Global Ecovillage Network/Solution Library/Future scenarios

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We often plan activities thinking about a desirable future or taking our concerns into account, but how can we imagine the future, addressing complexity and uncertainty, and taking into account interdisciplinary and diverse sources of knowledge?

Scenarios can be defined as plausible descriptions of how the future may unfold based on 'if ­- then' propositions

— (EEA, 2005)

Future scenarios is a multi stakeholder methodology where all stakeholders linked to a topic are offered the chance to listen to each other and discuss relations between future possibilities around the topic or question.

We consider different types of key factors, or drivers of change, to discuss and build a storyline from the future to the present:

• Sociopolitical Psychosocial.
• Cultural ­ Scientific.
• Technological Environmental Economical Demographic.

• Vision & Purpose.

• Website: http://www.eea.europa.eu/themes/scenarios/*
• Blog: http://escenariosdefuturo.net
• Submitted by Altekio