Techno-futurism of civic innovation must be grounded in natural and human-centered systems to challenge the current narrative of development. Without this shift, a vast portion of the planet’s human settlements will become uninhabitable in the near future. Supported by a decentralized network, we explore strategic axes of intervention to help your organization redefine a new horizon.
BIOREGIONALISM
By 2050, UN-Habitat projects that 80% of the world’s population will live in cities. The main oversight of this vision is that sustaining today’s consumption and development metrics would require the resources of several planets. What, then, does this imply for the world’s rural populations—80% of whom live in Asia and Africa, regions that drive future growth—alongside South America, where 86% of the population is already urban? An ecological balance between rural and urban spaces must be adopted as the mega-city development model begins to collapse.
COMMON GOOD
The social contract that binds societies together is grounded in basic rights such as access to healthcare, education, finance, and land. Increasingly, public services must also navigate Creative Commons licensing, which supports Open Science, Open Banking, Open Culture, the Open Web, Open Educational Resources, Open Access, and Open Government, among others. How can we redefine our common good so that public institutions can coordinate the economic deployment of digital services within—and beyond—national jurisdictions?
NETWORK DIPLOMACY
Driven by the belief that history is shaped by science and technology—not political ideology—adherents rally around Web3, civic technology, and other tools from the Open Movement. We create spaces for Open Strategies to evolve—strengthening institutions and communities that prioritize participation, transparency, and international cooperation in ecological, human-centred development—and helping to shape the future of the global knowledge society.
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