Consumer Society

In consumer societies the satisfaction of needs and pleasure is possible through consumption. This megatrend has numerous positive and negative interdependencies between economy, society and environment.

Knowledge Society

Knowledge is losing its elitist character; the global level of education is higher today than ever before. In particular, the interaction with the megatrend digitization is changing our knowledge of the world and the way we handle information. Thanks to the Internet, access to information worldwide has become much better and fairer.