North East Zone Dialogue Themes

Lettering: Is this river still alive? Is nature on borrowed time?

Summary: The vitality of Earth’s rivers, oceans, and ecosystems faces existential threats, from climate instability to biodiversity loss. Dialogues explore whether a stable climate and healthy oceans can be recognized as humanity’s common heritage, as championed by Common Home of Humanity and Sustainable Ocean Alliance. The concept of a multispecies constitution, proposed by the Berggruen Institute, challenges humanity to rethink nature’s rights, while citizen empowerment discussions with Eneri, João, and Yves probe planetary boundaries. These sessions question if systemic policies can safeguard nature’s untradeable essence against commodification, ensuring rivers and ecosystems thrive for future generations.

Key Questions:

Can recognizing a stable climate as a common heritage prevent ecosystems from losing vitality to exploitation?
How might a multispecies constitution reshape humanity’s relationship with nature to respect planetary boundaries?
Do citizen-driven initiatives hold the power to protect rivers, oceans, and ecosystems from being on borrowed time?

Keywords: climate stability, oceans, biodiversity, planetary boundaries, multispecies constitution, common heritage, ecosystems, sustainability, citizen empowerment, environmental justice, nature’s rights

South East Zone Dialogue Themes

Lettering: Borders limit dreams

Summary: Borders, both digital and political, fragment aspirations for equitable futures, as explored through citizen empowerment sessions on borders (Eneri, João, Yves), AI governance (Global Coalition on Inclusive AI Governance), and art and politics (Eneri, João, Art For Tomorrow, Democracy and Culture Foundation). These dialogues probe how AI-driven surveillance and geopolitical divides create invisible barriers, limiting access and freedom. Art and politics challenge these constraints, envisioning a world where universal participation dismantles fear-driven exclusion, fostering dreams of open, inclusive societies.

Key Questions:

How do AI-driven and political borders perpetuate exclusion and limit dreams of universal participation?
Can art and politics inspire new frameworks to overcome digital and geopolitical barriers?
Do citizen-led movements hold the key to dismantling fear-driven borders for equitable futures?

Keywords: digital borders, political borders, AI governance, art and politics, universal participation, citizen empowerment, equitable futures, surveillance, geopolitics, inclusion, freedom

South West Zone Dialogue Themes

Lettering: Who decides who belongs? Are the borders made of fear? Is a new life a right? is belonging earned? Is liberty visible or felt? What does welcome mean?

Summary: Global migration and citizen empowerment, explored through sessions on migrations, the present, the future, and a blind session (Eneri, João, Yves), probe who defines belonging in a world of fear-driven borders. These dialogues challenge systemic exclusion, questioning whether a new life is a universal right and how liberty and welcome can be reimagined. By addressing migration’s root causes and envisioning inclusive futures, these discussions confront commodification and seek to dismantle barriers to shared global citizenship.

Key Questions:

Who should define belonging amidst global migration and fear-driven exclusion?
Can citizen empowerment redefine liberty and welcome as universal rights for migrants?
Do current migration systems limit dreams of inclusive, shared global citizenship?

Keywords: migration, belonging, universal rights, citizen empowerment, global citizenship, fear-driven borders, inclusion, liberty, welcome, systemic exclusion, justice

North West Zone Dialogue Themes

Lettering: Is equality just a word? Who is free to walk here?

Summary: Systemic inequalities, from economic disparities to unequal access to leadership, are probed through dialogues on inequalities (Eneri, João, Yves) and the immersive “Politician for a Day” experience (Apolitical Foundation, CIVIX). These sessions challenge the commodification of health, shelter, and opportunity, questioning who is free to thrive in a divided world. By reimagining equity as a universal right and fostering 21st-century leadership, these discussions seek to dismantle economic borders and restore dreams of inclusive societies.

Key Questions:

Can reimagining equity as a universal right dismantle economic borders of inequality?
How does inclusive leadership reshape access to health, shelter, and opportunity for all?
Do market-driven systems inherently limit the right to thrive in the 21st century?

Keywords: inequality, equity, universal rights, leadership, economic disparity, health access, shelter rights, citizen empowerment, inclusive societies, systemic reform, opportunity