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Stories for the future of Europe

Join us in exploring the possibilities of the future! Share your future perspectives, discover other people’s visions, and engage in a dialogue on what Europe and the world may look like in the future. We collect, share and distribute your visions in our stories database.

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Your ideas matter – shape the future you want! Share your visions of tomorrow and join us in creating a narrative that inspires citizens, policymakers, and foresight experts. Together, we can co-create the future.

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Stories do shape futures. Dive into the video tutorials to explore how future narratives are born. Further below, browse trough a series of inspiring, thought-provoking stories around challenges and opportunities of our futures.

Share your visions of the future!

Share your visions of the future!

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Inside the first self-sustainable city on Mars - by ABIBOO studio
Inside the first self-sustainable city on Mars - by ABIBOO studio
Construction of the city of Nüwa could start in 2054 and will see 250,000 people live inside the rock of a steep cliff. Freeze my body, melt me in 80 years, and send me to Mars. Architecture studio ABIBOO has revealed its plans to create the first self-sustainable city on the Red Planet, which is set to be ready for residents in 2100. The city will be called Nüwa and will be located at Tempe Mensa on one of the Martian cliffs. Its position inside a rock on the steep cliff will protect its residents from radiation and meteorites (cool!) while still giving them
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#OurFutures stories by EU citizens
Dependence (Independence)
Dependence (Independence)
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Calm and justice (Ηρεμία και δικαιοσύνη )
Calm and justice (Ηρεμία και δικαιοσύνη )
I would like to live in a less stressful and calm world in everyday life. To have more free time for ourselves and our loved ones. To be able to fight incurable diseases, be close to nature and reduce environmental pollution. Our relations are meaningful and can be disconnected frequently from the internet. Eradicate poverty and hunger and live in a just world. Make a fair distribution of wealth so that all people enjoy the basic goods. Making the education system simpler and more meaningful.
Law! (Δίκαιο! )
Law! (Δίκαιο! )
Equal future in education and health! I.e. focusing education on children’s skills and health accessible to all.... With any possible treatment applicable to all States regardless of cost and social status
Peaceful (Peaceful )
Peaceful (Peaceful )
green cities, with gentle civilised working people with decent income
Government, Science, and Technology in service of the citizens
Government, Science, and Technology in service of the citizens
World population under control, ecosystems no longer in danger, carbon emissions peaked and now gradually decreasing. Also, smaller governments, fully in service to the people rather than controlling people. Increased participation of citizens. Big world killers under better control. TB deaths decreased from today's 1.4m/yr to under 100k/yr. Fully personalized, skill-based education. The only way to have happy and effective education enabling children to realize their potential. Sensors everywhere, AI everywhere, in service to the people (rather than monitoring and modulating our behavior). Pursuit of freedom everywhere instead of compliance and obedience.
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Plain natularal environment
A calm ambition (Une sereine ambition)
A calm ambition (Une sereine ambition)
In 2040, life on Earth is expected to grow to that of happy existences and not the chaos that we are pressing today.We would like this future to be a collective richness, rather than census, of benevolent, rather than census. I think we need to get out of the unique pens that bolster the world and falsely guarantee peace. Human relations should be reinvigorated, in particular through development and culture. But a culture that can be traceable, not a culture that fuses the virtuous id &IES or aspires to thrive; m é diocrit &D. There is a need to change the strat &gie, which consists of: levelling down in order to pr é server the int &utions of a few powerful people. Europe would be an ambitious continent because it can make use of technology to restore business life by transforming common fr &sie into a fundamental mod é ration. The development effect of this structural innovation would have an overall qualitative effect and would make the men more humble. Lastly, the European Union’s own resources and shared moral values, which are the basis for its coh &DITY, are not enough to thrive.
peace at home, peace in the world
peace at home, peace in the world
international sports Olympiad is close to the best of humanity, it is a special event, it is broadcast to the world in real time, it is also fair as athletes are rated in space and time. Eurovision song contest is also a good example; it should be expanded to be international. More international events of this type are needed in all departments for increasing understanding: international business Olympiad, where teams can compete to launch and sustain business, international finance Olympiad, where teams can compete to finish specific projects, international trade Olympiad, where teams can compete to establish flow of resources, international industry Olympiad, where teams can compete to build a working plant, international logistics Olympiad, where teams can compete to keep the supply chain live, international training Olympiad, where teams can compete to train youth for specific tasks, international legal response Olympiad, where teams can respond to legal emergencies international health response Olympiad, where teams can respond to health emergencies international natural response Olympiad, where teams can respond to natural emergencies, international scout Olympiad, where youth can compete in geographical navigation, international tall ship Olympiad, where sailors can navigate the world's oceans, …
Safer and healthier future (Safer and healthier future )
Safer and healthier future (Safer and healthier future )
For sure better future would be if we will have safe life and good health conditions. I would like to live in a community that safeguards our safety from outside factors and to be certain for my health care.
A sustainable world (En hållbar värld)
A sustainable world (En hållbar värld)
By 2040, we have succeeded in transforming our society to fully fossil-free. The countries of the world finally realised what needs to be done and took their responsibility. In Sweden, investments in fossil-free steel and cement have also led to changes in the way cities and communities are built and developed. Biodiversity has been strengthened, both in urban and rural areas. Forests are managed and used sustainably. We continue driving, but without emissions and with reduced impact on nature and people. But it is not completely free of problems. Car accidents, congestion, road wear, etc. continue to disturb. Hevn is also slowly recovering. Joint actions by the Baltic Sea countries are finally having an impact and we see some confidence in the future.
Marriage free
Marriage free
I would like people to stop getting married. This (and religion) is the cornerstone of misery in modern societies. I would like to see people select their partners whenever they want, split up whenever they want and find another again whenever they want.
Black mirror (Black mirror)
Black mirror (Black mirror)
It will probably be something between using all the technology capacity as presented by Scientists and even some movies compiled with the unknown consequences of the daily routine of the planet.
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