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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.
Share your visions of the future!
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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Take a look at the #ourfutures dashboard for some numbers
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Stories - find your inspiration!
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.

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Get inspiration from the Storiesfrom2050 project
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
Play the videos to learn how future narratives are born and how they can be rewritten
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#OurFutures stories by EU citizens
It's 2040, and aviation is finally reserved for business trips for which video conferencing contacts are insufficient. For private travel, each family can fly once every 4 years.
Cruise ships have been banned since 2035.
A universal income has been introduced, funded by corporate profits: anything in excess of 2% of ÇA in profits is redistributed. Executive salaries are limited to €15,000 and dividends to the same amount.
I hope that peace will finally return in 2040. The parties and politicians should pull together and finally focus on Germany and the needs of the population again. People are talking to each other more again and technology is helpful and saves time, but it also makes social interaction possible again. Europe has grown closer together again. There is a multi-cultural society that sticks together and complements each other well. Climate targets are being achieved together and nature is becoming more diverse again. People no longer travel by normal airplane, but have other methods of climate-neutral travel. Occupations will become more personalized. More skilled workers are needed. There are modern trains that enable climate-neutral travel.
I would like the world to have arrived at a state of well-being for as many people as possible, with less and less pollution due to improved disposal technologies, less processed food on the tables, honest and accessible health care, higher wages, an end to totalitarianism and principles of solidarity among peoples.
Arbeit in der Zukunft
In this future, we all have a four-day week or less. For the same salary and with the same efficiency, we only work three or four days, half of them in the office and half in the home office. We have more time for volunteering, raising children, continuing education, political engagement or just hobbies and sports.
In 2040, only organic food will be available. There will be no more animal suffering caused by humans, neither for food production nor for animal testing. The meadows will be colorful again and many insects and other animals will live on them because chemical pesticides will no longer be used. The waters are clean and the air is pure. Only really necessary items of clothing are bought and these are produced in an ecologically sustainable way and then disposed of in the same way. The same applies to furniture, crockery and all consumer goods. Electric cars are used in car sharing, all other cars are off the market. Public transport is closely timed so that hardly anyone still needs a car. Instead, there is a cheap ticket for all areas of public transport. Income disparities are low. The health and care systems are first-class and equally accessible to all. The educational institutions are in the best condition, the teachers are motivated and respected. And most importantly, there is peace and freedom everywhere in the world, so no more money needs to be spent on defense.
For the people of Wales, the arrival of Our Future Health is an opportunity to ensure that their communities are represented in future health research.
According to a Welsh Government report, the number of people living with a serious illness in Wales is expected to rise to 556,000 by 2040 - an increase of more than a third.
Our Future Health is on a mission to bring people together so that researchers can find new ways to prevent, detect and treat disease.
Society has overcome its overwhelming dependence on information consumption and has learned to use AI solutions effectively, controlling environmental impacts and social equity. Advances in medicine and health monitoring have made it possible to avoid the emergence of unplanned epidemics and the spread of infections. All forms of energy are increasingly being generated through safe technological solutions in the fields of nuclear energy and chemical fusion. This significantly reduces the need for industrial-intensive energy production, which has a major impact on the planet's ecological health. Humanity has begun active exploration and exploration of solar system objects.
In 2040, I would like to see care for the elderly provided in multi-generational homes or many senior citizens' shared flats.
Care is guaranteed and affordable for everyone, there are no more private health insurance companies, everyone pays into one pot and receives the same benefits.
Environmental protection has been promoted and we have sufficient renewable energies, and nature is treated with respect.
We have learned from the wars and there is peace and security again.
Vivere nella felicità.
I expect a world totally different from the current one. There are no wars, people live freely without oppression by governments freely elected by the people. Most of the economic differences between peoples have been eliminated. And most people have a job that allows them to live decently.
Business leadership is constantly changing and in the future it will be more digital, agile and people-centric. As technology evolves, leadership will become more data-driven and automated, and more about making decisions. This will enable faster and more accurate strategic decisions, as analytics and AI help anticipate trends and customer needs.
Future leadership will also emphasise flexibility. Traditional hierarchies may give way to lower organisational structures, where teams can operate more autonomously and react quickly to change. Agile ways of working, such as scrum and agile, are becoming more common.
People management will remain important, but the focus will shift more towards employee well-being and continuous development. Empathy, interpersonal skills and the ability to inspire will become increasingly valued qualities in leaders. With the rise of teleworking and global teams, management also requires new ways of connecting and creating a sense of community in a teleworking environment.
World peace, preserving democracy, protecting and improving the environment, stopping hunger in the world, eradicating xenophobia and banning Nazis of all kinds, saving rainforests and replanting them, researching natural disasters and preventing them in the future, creating equality for all, multi-culturalism in all countries of the world! Work for all! Usw.....
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