‘Community-led’ Futuring

at the intersection of destruction and recuperation

In eastern Meghalaya, where unregulated resource extraction persists, residents are entangled in both destruction and recuperation. In response to ‘community-involved’ degradation, institutionalised attempts at environmental conservation are burgeoning. Simulteneously, community-led initiatives to restore scarred landscapes offer signs of hope. How does this expand the idea of futuring to encompass both conservation and  ‘community-led destruction’?