Sustainable September 2024 - challenge yourself

The year is 2124. We’ve successfully transitioned to a happier way of travelling around our neighbourhoods; growing and shopping (or not?) for food, accessing and giving healthcare, spending time in nature, learning in schools, working in our jobs, having fun with friends and family on a weekend, using energy in our homes, and much more.

What does this Kingston-Upon-Thames look like? 

Throughout the month of September The Happy Kingston Project, run by Kingston Hive, invites you to take part in a small imagination exercise on Instagram. Each day they’ll use a new prompt to imagine the world we really want to live in, using either:

• A found image (please tell us why this resonates with you and where you found the visual), or
• Original artwork (doodle, collage, photo, word art etc.) with an explanation, or
• A short text or story (can be a couple of sentences or a longer piece, you decide!), or
• An audio voice-note (we can help you transcribe these)

There is no age limit, and absolutely everyone can take part. Simply upload your imagining via Instagram stories or post on the day of the prompt and tag @the.happykingstonproject so they can find you. You can dip in and out as you like, and there is no right or wrong answer - everyone’s ideas will be celebrated!

They'll re-share your posts on The Happy Kingston Project account and with permission and where appropriate will also include them in the two exhibitions we have planned for 2025 and 2027.

The prompts for each day of September

1. Sunday lunch
2. School or learning
3. Shopping
4. Pets
5. Neighbours
6. Home
7. The 'stuff' we have
8. Towns and cities
9. Food
10. Waste
11. Playgrounds or social spaces
12. Medicine
13. After dark
14. Self care
15. Markets
16. Garden
17. Fashion and clothing
18. Moving our bodies
19. Wellbeing.
20. Cooking
21. Parks
22. Celebrations
23. Winter
24. Technology and gadgets
25. Moving around
26. Money or wealth
27. The River Thames
28. Rules and peace
29. Wild
30. Time

The Happy Kingston Project is a storytelling experiment looking to foster active hope in residents through visioning joyful futures. It’s made possible through funding from Kingston Council.