Open Future

Sociologist and thinker reinvents the institutions of the liberal global order. Fly through a 30-year rescue of social rights and the environment from the ravages of unbridled globalisation.

A report from Finland on textiles and the clothing industry’s future in a circular economy.

A comic on European basic income and what it meant for one family among millions.

An agricultural specialist reports on the ground with the Belgian farmers adopting agroecology, the sustainable techniques that let nature do the work.

On the paradigm shift that awaits, a common-sense approach to rebalancing the troubled structures of international trade in the global economy.

Presenting “Schuman goes to China”, the cooperation on green tech, urban planning and big data that shaped the geopolitics of 2049.

The two stories of Souria’s life up to the year 2049. One built around the struggle to contain climate change. One a witness to planetary collapse and missed opportunities

A look at the past, present and future of rewilding that makes the case for restoring natural wonder to both country and city.

This imagined news article describes a Europe where revenues recuperated from tax evasion and avoidance are invested back into wellbeing for the benefit of society and the environment.

An analysis of the possibilities for organised labour in an age of automation and climate change.