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Mapping Weak Signals

Inspired by: interviews » The shift towards post-material values

version: 4 / updated: 2011-10-25
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Originally submitted by: Ivan Montenegro Perini
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Source of inspiration

Interviews

The source of the Weak Signal is

Richard SLAUGHTER, "Foresight International", interviewed by "MIOIR".

Signal's headline

(max. 9 words)
The shift towards post-material values

Signal's description

(approx. 150 words)
Please describe the Weak Signal (approx. 150 words)
Going from the need to own a lot of stuff to feel good, to modes of satisfaction and fulfilment that are not based on possessions, but maybe on quality of relationships or doing the right thing by the environment. Where It stops being about me and my immediate needs and my personal stuff and is more about caring or maybe going for a stewardship kind of ethic or taking care of things.

Keywords

environment, social, economic, ethic, needs, consumption.

Mini-description

(max. 250 characters)
Going from the need to own a lot of stuff to feel good, to modes of satisfaction and fulfilment that are not based on possessions, but maybe on quality of relationships or doing the right thing by the environment.

Signal's potential evolution

It could lead to...
issue type of issue/development potential impact on society timeframe for the issue to become at least 50% probable
#1 re-emerging
 		beneficial

Importance

please specify
please select
Level 1: important for a particular country
Level 3: important for the European Union
Level 4: important for the whole world

Filters preventing the signal's monitoring

cultural/religious filters (values, traditions, faith, spiritual beliefs)
economic filters (business/market interests)
social filters (class, status, education level)
other, please specify:   Ethical

Signal's relevance for European Grand Challenges

where? please justify:
particularly relevant Europe world
Ethics and abuse of S&T
Social pathologies & ethics
Social cohesion and diversity
Sustainability and climate change
Water security/vulnerability

Signal's relevance for thematic research areas

please justify:
particularly relevant
Environment (including Climate Change)
Social Sciences and Humanities