An Overview Of Our Solution
Annual, replicable, scalable challenges to communities (self defined) to write local short stories set in the sustainable future their community could see, or on the way there.
- Population Impacted: Exponential, varied locales
- Continent: North America
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Context Analysis
The myriad of solutions and strategies in shifting to a sustainable planet is confusing and often unimaginable to integrate into people"s lives.So people don't take actions they could.
Describe the technical solution you wanted the target audience to adopt
Any or all of those solutions that work.
Type of intervention
Describe your behavioral intervention
Encouraging local short story writing "the way you want it to be". Actually a great "break" for activists and scientists, can be an educational exercise for students of many ages. The stories can inspire concrete actions seen by readers as doable and desirable. Very democratic visioning process.
As needed, please explain the type of intervention in more detail
Please excuse gaps, want judges/others to know about project. Found with 4 hours till deadline.Typing on phone. Explained already.
Describe your implementation
Started while night caregiving in 2016, decided I could read stories from my town at night. Two high schools in Costa Rica participated in their local contest, and an online writers platform in Brazil had a contest. Not much since due to my work load...a school in South Korea started this year but did not finish.
External connections
Sponsoring group, Writers for a Sustainable Future, did gel into 5 partners and a website out soon. Eco-Fiction.com run by Canadian partner, Mary Woodbury. " 2047: Stories from Our Common Future" editor, Tanje Bisggard in Copenhagen. Leona Abrahao in Costa Rica. Myself and Karina Rocha in Brazil..so far.
Who adopted the desired behaviors and to what degree?
See last answer re participation. No measurable results otherwise
How did you impact natural resource use and greenhouse gas emissions?
Not quantifiable at this time...maybe ever.
What were some of the resulting co-benefits?
Not enough data yet.
Sustainability
Modeled partly on the US organization, NaNoWriMo(National Novel Writing Month) which has grown to have a small staff and website, with donations as support. They encourage and support annual events that are organized in communities and schools throughout the US.
Return on investment
Very little. Mostly my time and the volunteer time of other organizers, with prizes donated by local businesses wanting exposure or supportive.
How could we successfully replicate this solution elsewhere?
Explained above. Organizers need encouragement, but template for the events is on a Facebook page titled Ecofiction Challenge.