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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.

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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
Tehnologija
In 2050, the world has changed in ways that would have seemed like science fiction only a few decades ago. Green spaces have spiralled skywards, interspersed with urban skyscrapers that breathe with the pattern of artificial intelligence. Cities glowed at night in a bioluminescent landscape, replacing street lights with shimmering pathways that changed colour according to the mood of the people walking by, thanks to state-of-the-art biofeedback technology.
Endlich ein lebenswertes Europa in einer friedlichen Welt
At last there is peace in Europe and right-wing political forces have finally been pushed back because all democrats have come together in defense of democracy. The last coal-fired power plants have been shut down and public transport is so well developed that we can speak of a real turnaround in transportation. The level of particulate matter in the air has been falling steadily for a few years now, which has also led to a reduction in respiratory diseases. Arms exports have also been declining for years because international conflicts are now being resolved peacefully and amicably thanks to the UN. Children's education is no longer subject to the previous pressure of grades, but has succeeded in following the example of the Scandinavian countries globally, so that children enjoy going to school. The income gap has also narrowed considerably and Europe has provided strong government stimulus for the economy.
Zelena prihodnost
In the future, I would like to see time stand still, to go back to a time when meat was a privilege and children spent their free time outdoors and without screens. I would like to see the meat and dairy industry stopped and only high-quality meat and cheese products from free-range fish available, and for fish to be raised by humans and not by machines. I would like to see children's brains being driven forward by nature and not by screens.
Kraftsamla för att komma ikapp
In 2040, I think Europe has a stronger economy and is no longer seen as a continent stuck in the past. More jobs, less crime, less unnecessary immigration and a strong common belief that Europe can handle problems together and not rely on the US to support it all the time. I think we need to have a common defense budget and not make too many laws that make the work difficult for the member states.
Environmental work should continue and the continent should take steps to catch up in technology development and not rely on Asia or America.
Fremtiden uden vold og våben
In 2040 all weapons (knives, guns, etc.) are banned and no longer manufactured. If you are unhappy/disagree with someone/someone, documentation is a handshake that is scanned and the parties then take the matter to court. Instead, the handshake, as it is known today, is replaced with a hug
Petelin ali človek
Continuing the trend of "all for nature conservation and animal welfare". The official line is to tackle climate change, which is the culprit for all changes, good and bad, that really have nothing to do with it. Local communities realise that cooperation is better than competition, but they don't know what that really means. What happens at global level is transferred to local level and the trends are expected to be the same - warming everywhere, weather extremes everywhere - which is not really the case. Instead of warming, it is colder, because there is the effect of 'cold water coming out of the radiator', which cools everything down.
Pravičnost za vse
Where everyone has the opportunity to earn a living and have access to a home. Having enough time for everything like friends family and hobbies. To make everything more organic and more nature friendly. That if you choose to work no more than six hours a day anything more is stressful and does not help productivity. and that everything was fairer and not all political.
Die Erde 2040
How will people live in 2040? Will they keep the peace and strive for it?
There will be AI-supported technology, many robots will do the work that people still do today.
do today. The earth will be a few degrees warmer, the weather will be more extreme and unpredictable.
Disasters will increase. The USA will no longer be the world power, other governments will
will come. I hope that people will do something for the climate so that the earth will last a long time
and people can live on it.
Svetla prihodnost polna optimizma
I want a diocratic europe without neo-Nazis, without people who want power not for money but to make a difference. I want to see as much connection to public transport as possible, as few cars as possible in city centres. I want the protests to be repeated, so that Slovenia can finally get rid of Janez Jansa. That we succeed in limiting global warming. That it is easier for young people to get their first jobs and to get housing.
Le bonheur de vivre ensemble
Cities are full of trees, no more big towers and gray in the landscape.intensive breeding has been stopped in favor of animal health, animals live in the open air and overconsumption is over.people have stopped hating each other or being jealous of each other ,wars are over and everyone has been able to get along. People are happy to live, happy to work because their investment is finally recognized and they have a very good work-life balance. Things have changed, the handicapped finally have adapted structures, homes where they are happy and we no longer worry about the money it costs. The school has finally understood that children need to let off steam, so lessons are only in the morning and activities such as sport or drawing are in the afternoon.Each profession is recognized for its true value, there are no more sub-trades in people's minds and everyone is proud of what they do.
Bezpieczna przyszłość
Everyone has a job, there are no unemployed or homeless people. Wars and conflicts have stopped all over the world.
Children and young people are studying in montessori schools, where they are gaining useful knowledge for their lives.
The economy is growing, new factories and workplaces are being built. Borders are secure, migrants have returned to their countries, and it is safe to travel.
There is plenty of greenery everywhere and places where people can relax with their families after work.
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