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Suggestions for a post-fossil mobility-scenario between science and fiction
Our
contribution to the FUTUR ZWEI Zukunftsalmanach.
The
21th century requires visions of environment-friendly lifestyles. The
development of a sustainable society is driven by successful projects of
today: Responsible entrepreneurship, creative principals or citizens
using their scope to develop new economic strategies. The FUTURZWEI
Zukunftsalmanach tells their stories, providing role models for
sustainable economics and living and shows that alternatives to the
current culture of growth and waste can be fun. In addition to these
projects and initiatives the Zukunftsalmanach focuses a future issue of
social impact. The first edition picks out mobility as a central theme.
This part was written by team members of the ITD.
Our mobile life in the
mid-21st century is sketched in unexpected scenarios: High-speed night
trains cross Europe, cargo rafts transport our goods independently via
inland waterways, business trips with sail-powered cruise ships and open
source communities that tinker with their own e-vehicles.
Scenario
techniques are a familiar method at the ITD. The science fiction based
approach the authors took for their creative work is new, though. Based
on existing technologies and transport concepts ideas of tomorrow are
translated into the future lives of people, being confronted with their
needs, desires and dreams. The intention of these utopian ideas? To
stimulate discussions beyond the means of today and to start the
creative redesign of our mobility.
The FUTURZWEI Zukunftsalmanach is available here (German only).