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Hope & Wonder

Less self.
More wonder.

A platform for amplifying others and sharing moments of wonder, turning our attention outwards towards the hopeful and extraordinary.

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Practice

The practice of looking outward

Hope & Wonder turns the spotlight away from self and asks something different.

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A few prompts to get you started

Hope

Who specifically gave you hope recently? What is their name? What are they doing? Why does it matter to you personally? This could be a person, an organisation, or an idea.

Wonder

Where were you? What did you hear or notice? What did it feel like in the moment? What stayed with you afterwards? Science, music, nature, art, literature, design, conservation…

Speak up to 60 seconds / Write up to 250 words

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Your stories live on your own Hope & Wonder profile - a less self-focused window into what you find hopeful and extraordinary. A simple space free of likes, comments, algorithms or metrics. Your profile link is yours to keep and paste into other spaces and platforms.

Organisations, events, and networks have their own branded pages on the Hope and Wonder platform, a unique space for your event or organisational community and their profiles.

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Manifesto

There is another story.

We lift our eyes beyond the scroll and the overwhelming headlines and remind ourselves and the world that there is another story.

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Solutions, compassion, innovation, collaboration, interdependence, empathy, wonder, science, breathtaking beauty and art and music and literature and design. All this curiosity and awareness is within everyone.

This is our starting point, our work of preparation for the personal and systemic challenges we all face.

We believe that sharing your hope and wonder reveals what matters to you. And looking outward creates a different kind of connection and insight across teams, networks, learning spaces and for anyone who would value a safe and simple digital space.

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Begin your orbit.

Bring yourself and your network into the orbit and help remind the world that there is another story.

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Our origin

Born from 150 conversations on the Wonderspace Podcast — imagined from a window seat 250 miles above Earth. Six questions in orbit around hope and wonder.

Now, the seat is open.

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