======Scenarios of Good Anthropocenes in southern Africa======
This report presents outcomes from a participatory workshop that developed positive future scenarios for southern Africa, based on existing sustainability initiatives or "seeds."  \\ 
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|Report location:  |[[https://foresightfordevelopment.org/library/download-file/46-1472/54|source]]   |
|Language:  |English  |
|Publisher:  |[[encyclopedia:nl_els_elsevier|Elsevier]]  |
|Authors:  | A. Merrie,  D. Sanchez Betancourt,  G. Ziervogel,  H. Warrington-coetzee,  L. Pereira,  N. King,  P. Odendaal,  R. Biggs,  R. Blanchard,  R. Preiser,  S. Poskitt,  T. Hichert,  W. Nilsson, M. Hamann |
|Geographic focus:  |Southern Africa, Africa   |

=====Methods=====
The research method involved a participatory workshop where diverse stakeholders used existing sustainability initiatives, or "seeds," as a basis for developing four distinct, positive future scenarios for southern Africa. The process included imagining mature seeds, creating Futures Wheels to explore impacts, and using cross-impact matrices to understand seed interactions. Participants then expanded their visions and identified potential pathways from the present to the envisioned futures.  \\ 
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=====Key Insights=====
The research explores positive visions for the future of southern Africa using a novel visioning process. It identifies existing local-scale sustainability initiatives, or "seeds," and expands them into four distinct, positive scenarios through a participatory workshop. These scenarios share themes of decentralized governance, equity, connectedness, and a respectful relationship with nature, but differ in technology's role and nature's influence on human experience.  \\ 
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