{"id":9393,"date":"2023-06-27T19:08:19","date_gmt":"2023-06-27T17:08:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eat-life.fundesplai.org\/?p=9393"},"modified":"2023-06-27T19:16:37","modified_gmt":"2023-06-27T17:16:37","slug":"can-we-change-the-future-through-eating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eat-life.fundesplai.org\/en\/can-we-change-the-future-through-eating\/","title":{"rendered":"Can we change the future through eating?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Have you ever heard of “Futures Literacy”? To what extent do the food choices you make every day have consequences for the future of the planet?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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WHAT IS \u201cFUTURES LITERACY\u201d?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

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When we decide to carry an umbrella in the morning because we think it will rain later and we don’t want to get wet, we are using the future to make decisions in the present.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Futures Literacy <\/strong>or knowledge of the (possible) futures<\/strong> is the ability to identify and understand<\/strong> the anticipation mechanisms<\/strong> available to us and use them to innovate in the present time<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Similarly, the 2030 Agenda, which contains the 17 Sustainable Development Goals<\/a><\/strong> (SDGs) is precisely a shared plan for a prosperous future for people and the planet. Therefore, it consits in a created image of a desired future that shapes our actions and choices in the present.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Futures Literacy is disseminated internationally since 2013 through the Futures Literacy Labs <\/strong>(FLL methodology developed by Professor Riel Miller, Head of Foresight at UNESCO.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FLL seek to analyse how people use anticipatory assumptions to create different images of the future, highlighting how the latter affect people’s perceptions and decisions in the present. Understanding how these ideas and images of the future influence how people act in the present is the key to innovation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, contrary to what might be assumed, the object of Futures Literacy’s research is not predictions about the future but the plurality of ideas and images that people have about the future<\/strong>. Only by questioning and deconstructing our assumptions about the future can we imagine and create truly disruptive futures<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ability to “use the future” is a skill that can be acquired and practised and allows people to better understand the role of the future in their present.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We can have more tools for the future if we consider that:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. The future does not yet exist; it can only be imagined.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. We, humans, have the capacity to imagine.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    As a result of these two conditions, we humans can imagine the future in different ways and thus be more prepared for adversity. Imagining different possible futures and having the tools to analyse them in depth can help us make decisions to innovate in the present.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    If you want to learn more about Futures Literacy, watch this interview with R\u00e1mila Zadeh<\/strong>, an innovation expert.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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