The beginning is near. Andrew Simms will be talking about his new book Cancel the Apocalypse, presenting an alternative future with paths to a new prosperity.

This is an opportunity to tease apart the thinking of Andrew Simms as he presents his new book. 'Cancel the apocalypse' takes it inspiration from 20 plus years of witnessing first hand the failures of nations to solve economic and environmental problems from poverty to climate change.

Miraculously Simms still believes passionately in the human capacity for change and argues that a good life for all is within our grasp. After all, is it worth winning the economic race, if at the end of it you are miserable and the planet is screwed?

Simms' new book is packed full of passion, theory, and delicious facts threaded with inspiration quotes and visions for the future. Simms argues that possibly the only thing holding us back is our lack of imagination weighed down by stale orthodoxies. 

Bring along you ideas for a cultural revolution. I look forward to waving my own flag at Interdependence Day.