It is argued that in our world there are many "pessimists", who do not believe that climate, environmental and natural disasters can still be averted, and therefore want to live today as if there was no tomorrow. And if you have nothing more to expect, why should you also let the pleasures of today be …

It is argued that a world can exist in which man is not a plague, in which we do not take away all diversity with cheap copy-paste mass production to worship a system world that makes everything uniform everywhere and in which we wrongly believe that we are working to establish heaven on earth. Optimists …

In order to be able to do paid work, it is a condition that people also do reproductive work. Raising children, taking care of the house, running errands, taking care of the community (family, neighbours), etc. all this is also necessary work. No paid work without this so-called reproductive work. There …

When we think of the energy transition, we think of new technology that will enable us to get rid of fossil fuels. However, we are extremely energy addicted worldwide. Now, with the energy crisis, we seem to be able to turn down our heating and put on a warm sweater from one day to the next. This is …

One of our most distinctive powers is imagination, our capability to imagine or fantasize about possible futures. Systematic use of imagination can be a powerful method to analyze possible next steps in the present. In 2012, UNESCO coined the term Futures Literacy (plural: the future does not exist, …

Do we dare to explore the hypothesis that technology shouldn't necessarily play the main role in our human future? It's time to face this discrepancy. Technology became our faith, but it is certainly not a joyful faith. With every new "solution", comes the need for new "solutions" to mitigate the previously …

This article is about Inner Development Goals (IDGs), that were created in Sweden from 2019 as a necessary addition to the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs: no more poverty, good education for all, etc.) formulated by the UN in 2015 to achieve a sustainable world by 2030. The idea behind this initiative …

City growth threatens sustainable development of cities. Over the past decades increased urbanization has created more pressure - not only on the suburban outskirts - but also in the inner core of the cities, putting important environmental issues such as water management and cultural heritage under …