We are living in a time of great consequence. We act as if we are not. Meeting the polycrises of our age requires a fundamental shift in how humanity turns knowledge into action. Officially launched this week at the UNESCO MOST Forum, the powerful new manifesto—A Time of Great Consequence: A Manifesto for Bridging Knowledge and Action—calls for a complete reorientation of our global systems.
Author: Gareth Thomas. Coracle fishing on West Wales's River Tywi is an ancient tradition facing severe threats from pollution and declining fish stocks. As explored in this blog post, the ethnographic short film Yma o Hyd: The Ancient Art of Fishing in Wales reveals how preserving this unique food culture requires protecting the active livelihoods and ecological knowledge that sustain it.
New manifesto calls for a fundamental shift in how humanity turns knowledge into action A group of leading scientists and scholars, authors, policymakers and institutions from across the world have endorsed A Time of Great Consequence: A Manifesto for Bridging Knowledge and Action, launched today by UNESCO-MOST BRIDGES, the Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory at Arizona State University and the Club of Rome.
Among contributions to the publication, 'Bridging History and Policy: Essays on Resilience, Sustainability and Systems Modelling', is a chapter by BRIDGES Prof. Luci Attala titled ‘The Creative Complications and Challenges of UNESCO-MOST BRIDGES Transdisciplinary Research Method: Experiencing Dreaming as an Approach—My Story’. This chapter highlights alternative methodologies like dreaming and Indigenous knowledge systems, challenging traditional academic hierarchies and advocates for genuine, equitable co-design that reconfigures how we understand human-environment relationships.
We welcome you to attend the BRIDGES Workshops Day, during UNESCO MOST Transformations Week! Join a workshop and help us co-create the Policy Toolkit! To help Member States navigate rapid socio-ecological transformations, BRIDGES is launching three interconnected guiding instruments: Our Manifesto and Policy Framework: To be launched during the MOST Forum (29 September) and the MOST IGC during MOST Transformations Week - and a Policy Toolkit: Designed to support the implementation of the first two instruments.
