Three scenarios for sustainable development by students
The world in 2032
Scenarios turning into reality
The Challenge
As a part of the United World Colleges (UWC) Youth Action Summit 2002 conference, about 40 young, motivated, multi-ethic individuals from The Netherlands (16-19 years old) worked together for three weeks with 75 young members of NGO’s (Non-Governmental Organizations) from around the world (18 to 25 years old). For three weeks, the young participants listened daily to forward thinkers from all over the world and discussed with them. They joined roundtable sessions. And they shared their ideas until late evenings… From all that ideas and information, the young participants created 3 scenarios for sustainable development. What is the challenge of sustainable development in the world of 2032? To understand the dynamics and the possible leadership role in every scenario, the young participants took on three leadership roles to deal with tomorrows issues, based upon the archetypes of Jung:
- Emperors (Resulting scenario ‘Global Empires’)
- Wizard (Resulting scenario ‘United Fingerprints’)
- Explorer (Resulting scenario ‘Humanity’)
They presented the scenarios in the townhalls of Utrecht and The Hague. After that, a delegation of the students were invited to present the scenarios at the Johannesburg Summit on Sustainable Development in 2002. Our role: We helped our client UWC The Netherlands to design the project and the assignments and we conducted the scenariobuilding sessions. Our team members: Angelique Blansjaar, Marian van Weert and Adriaan Wagenaar.
3 scenarios for sustainable development 2032
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