Future Vision

Madeleine Rogers’s background is in illustration, graphic and product design. Recently graduated with an MA in Sustainable Design, her practice is focused on communicating wonder and awe for the natural world to young audiences. She has authored and illustrated a series of books celebrating wildlife which have been translated into several languages. Her award-winning make-them-yourself paper animals, MIBO series, published by Button Books, have inspired children around the world to celebrate the wonderful and unique species of our planet. She is also passionate about growing food and understanding food systems. In her spare time she is a volunteer shepherd and a nature friendly gardener. She is based East Sussex. Cathy Rogers Dr Cathy Rogers began her career in TV, as a creator and producer of science programmes, including the Emmy-nominated Scrapheap Challenge(UK)/Junkyard Wars(US). She returned to academia for a PhD in Educational Neuroscience, looking at how creativity works in the brain and has since written a book for teachers about how brains work. Her passion lies in communicating science, whether that’s explaining neuroscience to a class of 7 year olds or grilling NASA professors about the future of space exploration. She is also a musician and plays in the indie band Heavenly, which is currently touring worldwide. She is based in London. Madeleine and Cathy fervently believe that young people need more positive stories about the future.

Welcome to 2070 4-5 

 

Transport 6-11 

The A-Z of A to B 

 

Wildlife 12-17 

There’s a Bison in my Backyard 

 

Homes 18-21 

Helping Hands and Glowing Greens 

 

Artificial Intelligence 22-25 

Einstein in my Pocket 

 

Energy 26-31 

Green is the New Black 

 

Health and Wellbeing 32-35 

Finding our Happy Place 

 

Oceans 36-41 

Swimming with Siphonophores 

 

Food 42-45 

My 2070 Food Diary 

 

Space 46-49 

Out of this World  

 

Democracy 50-53 

Power to the People 

 

The Journey Starts Here 54-55 

One Small Step 

 

About the Authors/Acknowledgements 56