ABSTRACT
Nikolas Rose suggests that the construction of society begins with individuals rather than the society shaping the emergence of mature individuals. At the same time, every individual has a personal relationship with the non-human, ecological, systems that make life possible. This chapter explores some of the opportunities for taking action that have been facilitated by new digital communication technologies before it returns to the suggestion. It aims to give substance to the last of the nine RMIT Sustainability principles, namely: Learn how to travel hopefully in a world of uncertainty. The chapter focuses on possibilities for taking individual action in a 'runaway world', the creation and sharing of life stories, opportunities presented by the 'digital age', including possibilities for joining communities of practice, and some reasons for feeling hopeful about the future. In thinking about sustainability at a global scale it is hard to avoid feeling rather overwhelmed by the scale of the challenges we face.
