Backcasting from a solar punk future using generative AI

What you'll learn

Understand the concept of backcasting and its benefits as a planning and decision-making tool that can leverage global wisdom & generative AI.
Use generative AI as a co-creative force in the backcasting process and utilize AI to identify missing institutions, fields of knowledge of relevance
Understand the role of humans as living bridges to a solar punk future and identify the skills and knowledge needed to be an effective steward and macro-leader
Utilize AI to generate credible fiction that reflects both hopeful and realistic aspirations for a solar punk future
Conduct a gap analysis and design scenarios for how to achieve a solar punk future using tactical and strategic backcasting methods.
Identify key systems that need to be changed in order to achieve a solar punk future and use the concept of Ikigai to identify one's perfect role in the world.
Understand the role of AI in co-creation and how it can be used to generate credible fiction.
Develop a vision for a solar punk future that is both hopeful and realistic, utilizing AI to generate credible fiction and overcome limitations on dreaming.
Understand the importance in the backcasting process of drawing inspiration from global wisdom to inform your vision for the future.
Learn how to use backcasting as a tool for creating a hopeful and realistic vision for the future and how to utilize it in your social innovations,work & life,