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The paper introduces the Preferable Futures (PF) Deck, a wellbeing intervention and toolkit developed through a 'research-through-design' process. Positioned at the intersection of participatory design, futures thinking, and ecological citizenship, the deck aims to inspire place-based action for an ecologically ethical transition by recognizing the link between human and planetary health. The authors propose a 'post-participatory intervention' model where designers act as catalysts for community-led practices rather than mere facilitators of predefined projects. The toolkit is intended for use by community organizers, educators, and policy-adjacent actors to facilitate democratic and ecological transformation.

The document argues that the Science and Technology system (SCyT) can improve decision-making regarding forest plantations in northwestern Patagonia by characterizing territorial heterogeneity, assessing land suitability and impacts, and analyzing the social construction of problems. It suggests using cause-and-effect trees and the analysis of Ecosystem Services (ES) to determine who benefits from these activities.