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    Fruitopia

    By Daniel Gibbins

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    Fruitopia is set in a parallel reality where the world has been affected by super-storms caused by global climate change. In response people have chosen to change society, ceasing the use of combustion engines and living off grid in local communities. Technology has been harnessed for the good of all to enable the production of necessities in fully automated factories. People are now guardians of land, each allocated a plot on which to grow food.
    The story begins with Oscar, a young boy who lives in a future world where no action has been taken to resolve the climate issues. The air is polluted and he cannot go outside and play. Oscar finds a door in the back of his mind; a metaphor to suggest that it is merely a case of re-dreaming our world by making different choices in order to create an alternative and better future.
    Through the door Oscar enters a parallel reality where there are no cars, the roads have been turned into cycle paths, the centre of which have been planted with fruit trees and herbs. Food plants are growing everywhere, so there is no need to earn money to buy food. Oscar experiences life in a world where there is no school, no work and where people re-use all the products which have already been created rather than making more.
    Time is no longer money; it is Art and people have plenty of time to pursue their personal aims. Oscar surfs everyday, forages for food and picks fruit in the bio-domes which have been built to ensure a supply of fruit for everyone.
    He worries that he has left his friends and his dad in the other world but discovers that this dystopian reality was in fact the dream and Fruitopia is real!
    This is a story for older children and adults to enjoy, challenging normal concepts about how our world is designed.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDaniel Gibbins
    Release dateMay 19, 2014
    ISBN9781310842795
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    Fruitopia
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    Daniel Gibbins

    I hope my writing inspires change. If you enjoy reading my art then please write a review to support the artist. If you donate then you are helping to bring an alternative social system into reality. We can lift each other from the mundane world of wage slavery onto a higher plane where the personal art of each person is valued. The world can be changed if we change it. Words are powerful because they enable us to create and share ideas which take on form and become reality. With very little effort, just a raising of consciousness we could change the world in which we live, change begins with perception, followed by interaction and a different reaction to the existing paradigm. But most of all change requires that more people recognise the oppressive nature of the system in which we live and choose to opt out.The purpose of my writing is to raise awareness of our complicity in maintaining a social system which supports a minority elite, trashes the environment and oppresses the majority. I opted out in 2003 and live a simplistic low tech life. My Degree in Peace Studies from the acclaimed Peace Department at the University of Bradford, UK brought about the necessary awareness to realise the actions I needed to take. I have now found a way to live which creates time and reduces my personal impact on other people and the environment too. I choose to live in small, semi- self sufficient dwellings. I adopted the term "Gypsea" to describe my personal life style choice, which has been based on boats and around the sea since 2003. Nomadism is a low impact way of living; moving allows the environment time to recover and nomads are inherently non-materialistic.The name "wildhope" under which I publish my books, refers to the potential for survival offered to us by the wilderness. It is only in a state of harmony with nature that humankind has a future.

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