Drawing the Future Together: Future Visioning Through Art with James McKay

How can art help us imagine and create a better future? In Drawing the Future (Together), artist James McKay explores how future visioning through illustration and storytelling can inspire collective action toward a regenerative, zero-carbon world.

Working at the intersection of art, science, and environmental communication, James shares how creative practices can transform complex research into compelling visual stories that make sustainable futures feel tangible, hopeful, and achievable. Participants are invited to actively imagine and co-create their own visions of thriving communities and resilient landscapes.

This interactive session demonstrates how creativity can become a powerful tool for systems change, helping individuals and communities move beyond crisis narratives toward inspiring possibilities for the future.

Speaker

James McKay is an artist, illustrator, and science communicator known as “the man who draws the future.” He collaborates with scientists to translate research on climate change, environmental history, and sustainability into illustrations, books, comics, films, and visual narratives. His work helps people imagine positive, regenerative futures and inspires action toward a more sustainable, zero-carbon society.

This session is ideal for educators, facilitators, artists, designers, Transition practitioners, climate communicators, and anyone interested in future visioning, creative storytelling, regenerative cultures, and using imagination as a catalyst for positive change.