The UNESCO-MOST BRIDGES Coalition is proud to announce the formal recognition of ‘UFMS Rock Trail: Innovations and social technologies in the Bioeconomy’ as an outstanding initiative in humanities-anchored, transdisciplinary sustainability science.
Looking back at the Bridging Futures General Assembly event and more specifically, in this account, the inaugural Bridging Futures Lecture. At the heart of the programme was a deeply moving and widely praised lecture by UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador Phan Thị Kim Phúc. Known internationally as the ‘Napalm Girl’ from the Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph of the Vietnam War, Kim has since become a powerful advocate for peace, reconciliation, and forgiveness.
We are pleased to highlight a significant contribution to the global dialogue on sustainability and progress, by Prof. Luci Attala, Executive Director of UNESCO-MOST BRIDGES. This compelling thought piece titled “Building BRIDGES to a Biophilic Future: Reimagining Progress in Relationship with our Planet” featured in UNESCO’s Futures Literacy and Foresight Collection, challenges the traditional metrics of success and offers a transformative framework for navigating our current era of "poly-crises."
This article by Samuel Ombeni, Refugee Youth Advocate for Sustainable Development and Humanitarian Agriculture, published by coalition members, African Youth Integrated For Socio-Economic Development (AYISD), provides vision of a community-led response to the escalating food crisis in Uganda’s Nakivale Refugee Settlement. Following the withdrawal of international food aid, this model presents a viable alternative to long-term dependency. By championing regenerative, high-impact ecological techniques, the model highlights that food security is achievable through the simultaneous restoration of the land and the livelihoods of those who tend it.
The UNESCO-MOST BRIDGES Coalition is proud to announce the formal recognition of ‘Onandjokwe Medical Museum (Namibia) and its local community: past, present and future’ as an outstanding initiative in humanities-anchored, transdisciplinary sustainability science.
