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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 - 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.

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
okos világ
okos világ
Life will certainly change significantly in the next 20 years. Machines will become even more a part of everyday life - smart, intelligent devices that will hopefully make our lives easier. Hopefully, we will find solutions to many of the problems we cannot cope with today, such as hunger, poverty. I hope that our planet will still be habitable and that the necessary resources will be available.
Мир и равноправие
Мир и равноправие
I hope in 2040 authoritarian leaders like Putin and Trump will be gone. World order to be determined by principles of equality between large and small nations, artificial intelligence to solve cases thus avoiding dependencies and corruption.
Viver apenas com orgulho
Viver apenas com orgulho
I woke up feeling that today's work was going to be spectacular. Fortunately, now everyone works because they like it and not because they have to. I don't even want to imagine what it was like in 2025 when everyone had to work in order to eat, have fun or simply live. I give thanks to those who have managed to make everyone choose what they like to be, what they like to do, and they don't even need to be paid for it. Today everything is paid for by the system, what we want we have, we don't have any difficulties and with this there is no crime, there is happiness and as we manage to be what we like, humanity grows more and more, because everything we do is perfect, it comes from the heart, from commitment and from pride. We have become creative beings and human creation has no limits. Today I'm going to improve life in the world, because nothing is so good that it can't be improved. Today I'm going to be myself, because I'm allowed to be, because I wanted to be. Living in 2040 has been the best experience ever.
sustainable and technologically advanced world
sustainable and technologically advanced world
In 2040, I imagine a world where climate change has been slowed down thanks to a full transition to renewable energy sources and the promotion of the circular economy. Cities are green and accessible to all with advanced transport systems that reduce pollution. At the same time, technology and artificial intelligence improve people's lives by enhancing education, health and employment.
Buducnost
Buducnost
The year is 2040 and Europe is a very different place. Instead of crowded roads, castles have become silent and peaceful marvels of technology. Self-driving and autonomous vehicles drive us through green castles, but the air is clean. Renewable sources of energy are rapidly replacing fossil fuels, making the continent self-sustaining. Each building has its own solar-energy grid, and the windows are smart, automatically adjustable depending on the world and weather conditions. By 2025, there will be a major economic and ecological leap forward. European countries are fighting against climate change, raising standards for sustainability and technology. Greater investment in education has enabled new innovations in medicine, healthcare and display systems. By reducing CO2 emissions, buildings have become areas where people live in balance with nature. Wanderings are a set of trends in enjoyment. With virtual reality technology, you can visit all corners of the world without leaving your home. But, at the same time, personal relationships have become easier, with digital platforms that allow instant communication with anyone, anywhere. The future is coming, and we are its creators.
Mâinele dorit
Mâinele dorit
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Mir
Mir
Today is 17th June 2040. Today, the sun has shone a little differently. And the birds have a different song. Today, all the species of rat on planet Earth have passed away. Today, the environment has lost its function and will never be restored. Humans have become as they were before. Kind, loving, helping others in the autumn.
Пътуване към бъдещето
Пътуване към бъдещето
If we imagine 2040, I would choose to focus on the problem of environmental change and sustainable development. In 2040, I would like to see a world in which humans have managed to overcome the ecological crisis and create a sustainable, harmonious future for the planet and all its inhabitants.
O lume utopică.
O lume utopică.
I would like to see a world where the most important thing is happiness, not wealth, not accumulated money. A world where we live in harmony with each other and with nature. A world where there is only one nation: Europeans. A world where we don't live in fear of a mad dictator telling us what to think and do. Unfortunately, this is only a utopia, because man has always done nothing but conquer the man next to him in order to take his resources, not realizing that life is very short and he will die very quickly. Leaving nothing behind.
green thoughts
green thoughts
Humanity had always found a way to create war, to spew hate and be violent. That has always happend and may never truly stop. However, now, people have realised that, their personal interests set aside, a larger goal is at risk. The environment's safety has been a priority for a while now, in order to fix the irreparable damage is has already suffered. Many campaigns have been put at the store front, money has been invested, and people have finally realised that a future without protecting our planet is a future non-survivable.
2040s
2040s
By 2040, I envision a world where the fight against climate change has been successful. Fossil fuels have been replaced by clean energy, with smart grids and advanced batteries providing the energy supply. Transport is electric and autonomous, cities are dominated by green roofs and self-sustaining buildings. Agriculture is sustainable, with vertical farms and precision technologies reducing environmental pressures. Healthcare is preventive and personalised, with artificial intelligence helping to detect diseases early. Work and education are digitised, with access to knowledge and opportunities for all. Automation does not take away work, but creates more creative, human-centred occupations. We live in a cleaner, fairer and more liveable world where technology and nature work in harmony.
Bleakness
Bleakness
I dont want this future, but it looks like the course is similar, cars are mostly electric, the national electricity grids cant take it, leading to blackouts. The infrastructure demand cant keep up. Influx of immigrants illegal of otherwise starts to put a now much heavier strain on Europe, civil unrest, because of the cultural differences and not willing to assimilate to local varied cultures. United states of America are a wasteland with Trump/Elon ar god emperor at the helm of a wreck of a once respected country. Nothing good happens anymore.
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