On behalf of UNESCO Science Decade Secretariat, we are pleased to share the announcement of the launch of the Fourth Global Call for Initiatives under the International Decade of Sciences for Sustainable Development (2024–2033).
"What happens when we bring together agriculture, tradition, art and culture with food in a way that makes them accessible to as many people as possible? What happens when we pass rural life, cultural heritage, nature conservation and our relationship with consumption on to the next generation in a way that allows us to preserve and strengthen old knowledge while also responding to new challenges? And how can we approach nature conservation in a way that makes people genuinely want to take part?" This blog by Luca Reichmann of our coalition membership organisation, Gaswerkareal, explores how we can bring traditional wisdom and environmental stewardship to life through community-rooted engagement.
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.
