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Posted in Blog on Aug 19, 2025.

The Man Who Planted Trees and How to Blow Up a Pipeline: Environmental messages from two extremes!

Author: Debby Mercer. The communication of the climate crisis takes many different forms. Both The Man Who Planted Trees and How to Blow up a Pipeline are based on books and have a strong environmental message but are delivered in very different ways. While The Man Who Planted Trees has beautiful animation and a feel-good narrative with hope and positivity throughout, How to Blow up a Pipeline is a dark and gritty dramatization, questioning the validity and morality of extreme actions like property damage and terrorism.

Posted in Blog, Cologne News on Aug 11, 2025.

Stories from the Futures of Congo Basin

Author: Dr Nsah Mala. Stories from the Futures of Congo Basin is a project by BRIDGES Hub for Planetary Wellbeing, University of Cologne, Coordinator and 2023 NGFP Judges’ Choice Fellow Dr Nsah Mala.

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 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 Blog, Club of Rome News on Jul 25, 2025.

Unlocking impressive youth potential amidst significant challenges for an equitable future

Author: Nolita Mvunelo, Principal of Cultural Transformations at The Club of Rome. Young people hold the key to fostering systems transformation. This is why so much of The Fifth Element’s work focuses on empowering younger generations and promoting intergenerational collaboration. Read the article below to explore how to unlock youth potential in ways that put life at the centre of decision-making, while investing in the changemakers of tomorrow.