{"id":3945,"date":"2025-06-21T16:17:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-21T14:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hubdespossibles.org\/atelier\/the-lucid-optimist-how-to-navigate-towards-sustainability-in-a-time-of-crisis-and-uncertainty\/"},"modified":"2026-01-13T07:09:29","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T06:09:29","slug":"the-lucid-optimist-how-to-navigate-towards-sustainability-in-a-time-of-crisis-and-uncertainty","status":"publish","type":"atelier","link":"https:\/\/hubdespossibles.org\/en\/atelier\/the-lucid-optimist-how-to-navigate-towards-sustainability-in-a-time-of-crisis-and-uncertainty\/","title":{"rendered":"What if we had to change the story to change the world?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<p>Human beings are not only rational beings: numerous studies show that our behavior is linked to our values, emotions, social norms and unconscious worldviews, rather than to an analysis of the facts.<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"height:23px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<p><strong>So&#8230;. What if we had to change our story to change the world?  What if we had to work on our emotions and imaginations as much as our solutions?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<div style=\"height:21px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<p>In this workshop-conference, Chantal Peyer will talk about the uncertain times we live in and the importance of storytelling. She will explore the representations of the future with which we are collectively imbued, through the films we watch or the books we read. And she&#8217;ll talk about the impact of these imaginaries on our resilience and our ability to mobilize for change. Above all, it will get you working on your desirable future. What would you like to contribute? What makes sense to you? What would give you the desire and power to act? Finally, she&#8217;ll suggest a few keys to cultivating lucid optimism and staying connected to your power to act in these difficult times.       <\/p>\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<div style=\"height:57px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<p>Chantal Peyer is a futurist, political consultant and professional coach. She seeks to understand how to create momentum and courage to build a sustainable world, in which it is good to live. <\/p>\n\n<div style=\"height:17px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<p>In 2023, Chantal Peyer co-created the association le <a href=\"http:\/\/hubdespossibles.org\"><u>Hub des possibles<\/u><\/a>an association that aims to support the posture of lucid optimism, the emergence of a new narrative and the transition to action for a sustainable Switzerland. She launched the<a href=\"https:\/\/hubdespossibles.org\/en\/podcast\/\"><u> podcast &#8220;2040 j&#8217;y vais!<\/u><\/a> which goes out to meet the actors of change in French-speaking Switzerland, and imagines with them the horizon of 2040. Le Hub des possibles also offers forward-looking and imaginary workshops to explore futures, so we can act more effectively in the present. These workshops are offered to companies, public administrations and non-governmental organizations. Chantal Peyer is also a freelance coach. She has trained at the Wa-Kan Institute in Geneva, the Presencing Institute in Berlin, and the Institut des futur souhaitables et \u00e0 futuribles in Paris. Prior to this, she spent twenty years working on sustainability and human rights. She has carried out research on social responsibility in various countries, including the Democratic Republic of Congo and China, lobbied the Swiss parliament and held various positions as team leader in ethical economics. 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