Why speculate on the future of water?

The Museum of Future Water is a collection of Participatory Possitopian Futures about water.  This means that the futures collected in this Museum are gathered from the imagination of many different everyday people.

Participatory - all imaginations from all people are invited, not just experts.
Possitopian - stories of the future that are from multiple voices with multiple possibilities, keeping many different ideas, values and options open. Read more at the Climate Museum UK.
Futures - more than one future can and will exist, our experiences of what happens next will be different from others.

Each contribution to the museum is a speculation on the future of water. Sharing speculative ideas, stories and objects can help us challenge dominant utopian or dystopian narratives. It can provoke critical and creative thinking about what futures we are creating in the present, where our imagination about the future comes from and who holds power over those future imaginings and creations. It also asks us to consider how a range of different possible futures might be woven together.

Water is a critical and shared part of life. In Australia, water is a valuable resource that is facing increasing pressures from water extremes (drought and flood). This will create further tensions around use and management. We need to talk about the different futures coming, our different hopes and fears, and how we can work together to create water futures that are more positive for more people, places and environments.  The Museum of Future Water seeks to start new conversations around futures to create, avoid and adapt to.