how to look up – an invitation to unlearn, reconstruct and imagine the future

coming up with a title for this video was really difficult and I spent countless weeks agonising over how to present these ideas to you all but here it is!!!

I hope this video is able to give some food for thought, and most importantly of all, encourage you to take on this project of imagination in your own lives. I am far from being a perfect example of whatever I advocate for in this video, but I am always thankful to be able to share my ideas with an audience that cares for the same things as I do. Okay, enough rambling, please enjoy the video and let me know what you think in the comments below

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0:00 introduction
1:15 first – how to look up
4:19 second – deconstruct
10:06 third – reconstruct
20:08 fourth – claim back your everyday
23:52 fifth – create!
29:40 ending

BOOKS
Warmth: Coming of Age at the End of the World by Daniel Sherrell
Post-Growth Living: For an Alternative Hedonism by Kate Soper
Exploring Degrowth: A Critical Guide by Anitra Nelson, Vincent Liegey
The Day the World Stops Shopping: How Ending Consumerism Saves the Environment and Ourselves by J.B. MacKinnon
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer
The Refusal of Work: Rethinking Post-Work Theory and Practice by David Frayne
Losing Eden: Why Our Minds Need the Wild by Lucy Jones
The Great Derangement: Climate Change and the Unthinkable by Amitav Ghosh
Less is More: How Degrowth Will Save the World by Jason Hickel
How to Be an Anticapitalist in the Twenty-First Century by Erik Olin Wright
How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy by Jenny Odell
Take Care of Your Self: The Art and Cultures of Care and Liberation by Sundus Abdul Hadi
Consequences of Capitalism: Manufacturing Discontent and Resistance by Noam Chomsky
Capitalism in the Web of Life: Ecology and the Accumulation of Capital by Jason W. Moore
Staying with the Trouble: Making Kin in the Chthulucene by Donna J. Haraway
Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good by adrienne maree brown
Unthinking Mastery: Dehumanism and Decolonial Entanglements by Julietta Singh

additional resources:
Why No One Wins the Fast Fashion Debate by Broey Deschanel (https://youtu.be/XT6Hwx20m5M)
A Message from the Future II: The Years of Repair (https://youtu.be/2m8YACFJlMg)
We Can Beat Racism by TJ1 (https://youtu.be/M2elg8wymrg)
Why Imagination Is Vital by Saint Andrewism (https://youtu.be/7pQb9WM3VVg)
A New Philosophy of Nature: On Ecological Disconnect, Climate Despair, and Moving Forward (https://youtu.be/SzxlSGulR84)
Luna oi! Channel (https://www.youtube.com/c/Lunaoi/featured)
Xiran Jay Zhao (https://www.youtube.com/c/XiranJayZhao/featured)
Khadija Mbowe (https://www.youtube.com/c/KhadijaMbowe/featured)

my socials
– ig/tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@anattynook
– podcast: https://anchor.fm/dearfutureletters https://anchor.fm/gulamelaka
– patreon: https://www.patreon.com/anattynook
-twitch: twitch.tv/nattynook
– email: anattynook@gmail.com

about me
Hi! My name is nat and I am based in Singapore I like to talk about books – mainly nonfiction books on society, climate change and local issues! Occasionally I make videos on random topics and I give out advice time to time. My pronouns are she/they

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