by kultur.work | Jul 21, 2020 | News and Comment
The Local Government Association (LGA) in partnership with the UK Stakeholders for Sustainable Development (UKSSD) have launched a guide to help boost councils’ efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in England and Wales. The SDGs are an...
by kultur.work | Jun 9, 2020 | News and Comment
FDSD, together with over 100 companies, universities, charities and trade associations, signed a letter to the UK Prime Minister urging that the recovery from COVID-19 use the Sustainable Development Goals to help “consolidate and future-proof these plans”. It argues...
by kultur.work | Apr 29, 2020
The aim of the Scotland’s Futures Forum “to inform MSPs and others and enable them to consider the effects of decisions taken today on Scotland’s long-term future … looking beyond the five-year electoral cycle and away from party politics”. It...
by kultur.work | Apr 29, 2020
Participatory Budgeting (PB) combines direct democracy with representative democracy; it is a process of democratic deliberation and decision-making, in which ordinary people decide how to allocate part of a municipal or public budget. In PB Cascais, the...
by kultur.work | Apr 29, 2020
From today to tomorrow is a project on behalf of future generations. “Because thinking about the generations of tomorrow means thinking about a more just society in which all generations are entitled to the same human dignity.” The project provides studies...
by kultur.work | Apr 29, 2020
From the OECD website: “Implementing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as an integrated and coherent set represents a major challenge to all countries. Addressing interactions between economic, social and environmental goals in a balanced manner,...
by kultur.work | Apr 28, 2020 | News and Comment
Following its successful launch in early Spring 2020, the #TodayForTomorrow campaign—founded to advance the Wellbeing of Future Generations Bill through the UK Parliament—is now looking for an experienced campaign manager to lead this project forwards. The ‘Future...
by kultur.work | Apr 28, 2020
The Three Horizons Toolkit is a usefully accessible framework that helps people to think and plan for the longer term; rather than being trapped in the here and now—and thereby potentially missing opportunities or not spotting risks. The toolkit was developed by...
by kultur.work | Mar 25, 2020 | News and Comment
On 24 March 2020, through a ten minute rule motion—backed by MPs from every major party—Caroline Lucas MP introduced the “Wellbeing of Future Generations Bill” to the House of Commons. “It is essential to deal with coronavirus as it is—a global emergency—but it is...
by kultur.work | Feb 23, 2020 | News and Comment
Role: Parliamentary Coordinator Working with: All-Party Parliamentary Group for Future Generations Start date: ASAP Duration: Funding available for 1½ years Working pattern: Full time. (Part time and flexible working applications accepted.) Location: Westminster,...
by kultur.work | Feb 13, 2020 | News and Comment
FDSD is playing a leading role in developing the campaign for a UK Future Generations Act in partnership with Lord Bird and the Big Issue. On Tuesday 12 February, a standing room-only meeting of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Future Generations considered the...
by kultur.work | Feb 7, 2020 | News and Comment
On 23 January 2020, the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) overwhelmingly adopted an innovative ‘own initiative opinion’ (OIO) on the sustainable and inclusive ‘wellbeing economy’ that Europe needs. The EU Council and the European Commission have a...
by kultur.work | Jan 31, 2020
On February 12th, FDSD co-hosted a reception in the House of Lords to celebrate the Today for Tomorrow campaign for a Wellbeing of Future Generations Bill for the UK. The Bill, modelled on the earlier Welsh legislation, was introduced as a private member’s bill...
by kultur.work | Jan 31, 2020
On February 12th, FDSD will be co-hosting a reception in the House of Lords to celebrate the Today for Tomorrow campaign for a Wellbeing of Future Generations Bill for the UK. The Bill, modelled on the earlier Welsh legislation, was introduced as a private...
by kultur.work | Jan 29, 2020 | News and Comment
FDSD has long supported the wider use of participatory and deliberative processes such as citizens’ assemblies in bringing the voice of citizens into political decision making. We are therefore delighted that the first weekend of the UK Climate Assembly has been a...
by kultur.work | Oct 14, 2019 | News and Comment
Our politics is too short-term. Our democracy seems unable to deal with long-term challenges. But change is at hand. With support from FDSD and other partners, The Big Issue founder, Lord Bird, has introduced the Future Generations Bill in the UK Parliament, and is...
by kultur.work | Oct 13, 2019 | News and Comment
“When they go short-term, we go long-term…” FDSD trustee Andrea Westall recently joined Ed Miliband and Geoff Lloyd for their Reasons to be Cheerful Podcast, to discuss the urgent need for representation of future generations in today’s politics....
by kultur.work | Aug 25, 2019 | News and Comment
Philosophical essay by Simon Caney on the morality of prosperity, intertemporal politics and a re-imagination of our political life. Political life is dominated by ‘presentism’ and a focus on the short-term. This political myopia is harmful in two important ways....
by Graham Smith | Jun 30, 2019 | Blog, News and Comment
Citizens’ assemblies could be vital in kick-starting the tough steps needed to respond to the climate emergency, Chair of the FDSD board of trustees, Graham Smith, argues. But the detail of how they will work is critical. (This blog first appeared on The Conversation...
by kultur.work | May 30, 2019
Evening event with the World Leadership Alliance–Club de Madrid on 11 June 2019, 6–7.30pm at Bates Wells, London Jigme Thinley, former Prime Minister of Bhutan, is the special guest of the World Leadership Alliance–Club de Madrid and The Foundation for Democracy and...
