Imagining Norwich as a Possible Place

Possitopia Norwich is a programme for activation on the Earth crisis, to open imaginations to possible futures of the City, of its wider bioregion and the Earth systems we all depend upon.

• It is a project under the umbrella of Climate Museum UK, an experimental museum gathering and curating responses to the Earth crisis. It is a collective of creative practitioners across the UK, with a cluster of us in Norfolk. We use approaches that are museum-like, but more activist and future-facing than typical museums.

• Starting with workshops and events, we aim to create a common space in Norwich that is inclusive and open to other organisations to use as a resource.

• It is Possitopian, which means opening to all possibilities, not being stuck in either despairing Dystopian or wishful Utopian positions, facing the dire state of the planet while generating active hope.

• It will offer opportunities for learning, conversation and planning for Norwich to become a regenerative City, tapping and reflecting its cultural heritage and its essence. 

There is an appetite for creative programming and accessible public experiences to support local initiatives such as:

• the Norwich 2040 City Vision - to be creative, liveable, fair, dynamic and connected;

• the Norwich Climate Commission - to engage, guide and empower citizens, communities and businesses with the zero carbon journey and towards better sustainability;

• Climate UEA telling the story of 50 years of climate research and current world-leading collaborations;

• Norwich Research Hub, with world-leading research on food futures and agriculture

• Plans for a Norwich Eco Hub - to build a local economy with respect for the living world

• Norwich BID - with its Journey to Net Zero Expo 

• An ecosystem of groups, retail spaces or projects such as many plant-based cafes; the Greenhouse Gallery; Transition Norwich; Norwich Upcycling Exchange; the Norfolk Green Care Network; active Green Party, Friends of the Earth and Extinction Rebellion presences; campaign against the Wensum Link; green housing projects; and Norwich Writers Rebel.