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The workshop followed a two-step logic: from dreaming to planning. On Day 1, a “future-first” approach invited participants to co-create pluralistic and inspiring visions for 2050 for the Danube Delta. Using the Nature Futures Framework and the Seeds of Good Anthropocenes as prompts, groups explored different relationships between people and nature (nature for nature, nature for society, and nature as culture) and what each could mean in the Delta context.
On Day 2, those visions were translated into transformation pathways: identifying barriers, enabling conditions and strategic directions of change, then exploring how these insights could support the Danube Lighthouse objectives more broadly.
Participants responded particularly well to the mix of realism and optimistic foresight entailed by the workshop methods. While they retained a clear view of the financial, educational and legislative changes needed in the near future, they did not hesitate to picture futures in which all these and more have been dealt with. And allowing this leap of imagination was one of the purposes and achievements of the workshop.
“The locals participating in the workshop had a very clear understanding of the fact that, in order to save tomorrow’s ecosystems, we must act today.”dr. Valentin Dinu of the Research Center in Systems Ecology and Sustainability, University of Bucharest
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