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Occupy Wall Street – why on FC_org?
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FutureChallenges.org is focussing on Occupy Wall Street – why? For us it’s a good example of what we are talking about – Occupy Wall Street (OWS) gives the correlations of megatrends a real face. It makes FC_org touchable, real! And hopefully better understandable. OWS makes the clash of at least […]
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Democracy belongs to us all – People want to participate in global debates
Written by Ole Wintermann
After the revolutions in North Africa, after protests in Spain and Portugal, New York is the new flash point for protests against political and economic authority. The revolutions in Africa and the protests in Europe and the US have more in common than one thought at first. It seems as […]
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Video GES2011: How Great Ideas Are Born
Written by Corina Murafa
The Global Economic Symposium (GES) is a solution forum which identifies global challenges, examines their policy and business implications, and formulates concrete proposals for action with a view to creating a better world for the next generation. The GES takes place in alteration between Kiel, Germany, and a major international […]
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Civil society should strive to be a thousand, not one.
Written by Stu O'Brien
One can be lonely or one can be together. One can be weak or one can be strong. One can be an orphaned child. One can be a childless widow. One can be a father and husband of a family wiped out by war. In another world, one can be […]
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Democracy belongs to us all – People want to participate in global debates
Written by Ole Wintermann
Photo: Ole Wintermann After the revolutions in North Africa, after protests in Spain and Portugal, New York is the new flash point for protests against political and economic authority. The revolutions in Africa and the protests in Europe and the US have more in common than one thought at first. […]
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Democratic transition in Slovakia – An Environmental Game-Changer
Written by Tibor Blažko
In her lead article Ulrike Reinhard asks wherever “democracies are dressing climate challenge better than non-democracies?” Let’s look at the case of Slovakia, a country that left the non-democratic socialist club in 1989 and after some time moved towards the European Union. Even in limiting the fight against climate change […]
