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Posted in Bridging Futures, News on Aug 05, 2025.

Celebrating Bridging Futures: UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador Phan Thị Kim Phúc inspires at Peace and Futures Forum

The University of Wales Trinity Saint David recently played host to an extraordinary two-day gathering that brought together some of the world’s most thoughtful voices in sustainability, peacebuilding, and intergenerational dialogue. Organised by the UNESCO-MOST BRIDGES International Programme Office (IPO) at UWTSD, the inaugural Bridging Futures: Connecting Today’s Decisions to Tomorrow’s Needs took place at the Dylan Thomas Centre in Swansea on 16 July 2025. The event welcomed a diverse audience of policymakers, young leaders, Indigenous representatives, educators, and members of the public.

Posted in Blog, Bridging Futures on Aug 04, 2025.

Cultural Address & Ritual: Bridging Futures

Author: Sophie Spooner. At the Bridging Futures event, Kogi Ambassador, Jose Manuel Sauna Mamatacan, Translated by Paula Rodriguez, delivered a special cultural address, sharing Kogi wisdom about relationships with the natural world, and a powerful ritual which captured the presence of all who came together and experienced this as One.

Posted in News on Aug 01, 2025.

New Project: "Zoogestures"

News from Multidisciplinary Environmental Studies in the Humanities (MESH) The Volkswagen Foundation is funding ZOOGESTURES, a new project on interspecies learning and technical invention in early human evolution with 1.3 million euros over four years. The project is co-led by MESH researcher Dr. Shumon T. Hussain (Cologne), philosopher and anthropologist of technology Dr. Johannes Schick (Siegen) and cognitive primatologist Prof. Dr. Cat Hobaiter (St Andrews, UK).

Posted in Blog, Bridging Futures on Jul 31, 2025.

Bridging Futures General Assembly Event 2025

Author: Sophie Spooner. Earlier this month UNESCO-MOST BRIDGES Coalition came together in Swansea, Wales for the second General Assembly and third Governing Council meetings of the coalition. On 16th July, at the Dylan Thomas Centre our public programme ‘“Bridging Futures: Connecting Today's Decisions to Tomorrow's Needs”’ kicked off three back-to-back days of exciting activities, public events, film screenings, lectures, panel discussions and participatory workshops, as well as planning and launching of new initiatives.

Posted in News on Jul 31, 2025.

News from MESH: New Project and CfP: "Mediterranean Fragments: A Call for Creative Contributions on Marine Litter and Climate Action"

Students across the EUniWell Alliance are invited to submit creative projects that explore the issue of marine litter in the Mediterranean using at least one of the following expressive approaches: Poetry and improvised performance, Visual Art or Data storytelling.