Thrutopian Narratives: Creating Flourishing Futures with Manda Scott

Event Overview

We are living through a time between stories. Narratives of scarcity, extraction, greed and separation are crumbling, while new stories of a flourishing and healthy planet are seeking to be born. Manda Scott, author of Any Human Power and creator of the Accidental Gods podcast, resides in this realm, continually reminding us…

“another world is possible…
we have the power of gods to destroy our home,
but we also have the chance to become something we cannot yet imagine,
and by doing so, to transform the nature of ourselves – and all humanity.”

Thrutopia, a concept popularized by Rupert Read, envisions a future beyond dystopia and utopia. Thrutopian visioning invites us to actively participate in and experiment with creating a regenerative, just and livable world, rather than waiting on a distant, perfect future. Thrutopian narratives emphasize the journey of navigating our present predicaments as we create a more flourishing future.

Manda Scott’s call is for participation in creating these new narratives. This begins with building deep connection to ourselves and each other with movements that coalesce around shared values and listening for the stories that arise out of those values.

Saturday, October 11, 2025
10am PDT / 6pm BST (UTC -7)
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For this webinar, Manda will offer a visioning and writing process that invites participants to explore the layers of what they truly value, and how they might express that value in ways that nourish life.

To prepare for this webinar and learn more about Manda’s work you can explore The Thrutopian Masterclass, which was first aired in 2022 and gives an outline of the basic concepts.

For more recent concepts/conversations aimed at laying the foundations for a future we’d be proud to leave as our legacy, follow the Accidental Gods podcast.

You may also be interested in Manda Scott’s recent Thrutopian mytho-political thriller Any Human Power.

Born in Scotland at 318ppm CO2, Manda Scott trained as a veterinary surgeon, but is now an award winning novelist, host of the international chart-topping Accidental Gods podcast and co-creator of The Thrutopia Masterclass.

Best known for the Boudica: Dreaming series, her latest novel, Any Human Power, abandons historical fiction in favour of a contemporary Thrutopian mytho-political narrative that explores one plausible route through towards a future we’d be proud to leave as our legacy.

If you are in China and having difficulty registering for this event, please contact Helen Sui 海静.