Posted in News on Jul 29, 2024.
Spotlight on the institutions our global hubs are rooted in: The Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory™ - base of the UNESCO-MOST BRIDGES Flagship Hub
The Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory™ is the base of the UNESCO-MOST BRIDGES Flagship Hub, adopting the ‘urgent belief that we can and must make a meaningful contribution to ensuring a habitable planet and a future in which well-being is attainable.’
‘Using the model of the multi-focused National Laboratories, the Global Futures Laboratory is creating a platform for an ongoing and wide-ranging exchange across all knowledge domains to address the complex social, economic and scientific challenges spawned by the current and future threats from environmental degradation. This platform positions a new world headquarters for an international network of scientists, scholars and innovators, it lays the foundation to respond to existing and emerging challenges and it uses innovation to purposefully shape and inform our future.’
‘The Global Futures Laboratory provides key engagement spaces for scientists, educators and leaders across ASU and around the world to address critical issues related to the future of planet Earth. Rather than solving problems after they arise, we seek to design a future in which humanity not only survives, but thrives.’
The BRIDGES Flagship Hub at Arizona State University advocates and creates space for the meaningful engagement of traditionally marginalized voices and perspectives as co-teachers and co-learners in justice-driven sustainability education across the lifespan. It does this by supporting, co-designing and co-facilitating humanities-led educational and action-oriented programs/initiatives which leverage the collective wisdom and strengths of humans and nature embedded across disciplinary, cultural, and experiential knowledges.
Find out more about the vision and mission of The Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory™ here: Home - Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory™ (asu.edu)
