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Houston Foresight Spring 2018 Newsletter
In the spirit of better late than never, I just realized I neglected to post last Spring's newsletter...sorry! The Spring 2018_HDCS Newsletter_FORESIGHT is put out [...]
Bes Baldwin Wins 2018 APF Student Recognition Competition
It is a great pleasure to announce that current Houston Foresight Master's student Bes Baldwin won the Master's category for the year's APF Student Recognition [...]
Perry & Hines on Integral Futures for Security
It seems that each time I teach Integral Futures as part of Alternative Perspectives class, at least one student really catches fire with it. A [...]
Long term management of California Wildfires
A Wired article recently featured some data with important implications on the short term outlook and long term management of wildfires in California. The elephant [...]
Richard Slaughter Lectures on Integral Futures
The "Godfather" of Integral Futures, Richard Slaughter, gave a brilliant overview of the topic for the Alternative Perspectives class on November 1st. We spend a [...]
Minorities Most Vulnerable to Wildfires
Recently a study was featured in the New York Times that found that communities who are the most at risk when it comes to wildfires tended [...]
Introducing the Fall 2018 New Foresight Students
Every new semester brings the Strategic Foresight Program new students each with unique backgrounds and interests that help bring the field and more depth and [...]
Knowledge Base of Futures Studies 2020
I am excited to announce that I accepted Richard Slaughter’s offer to be the Associate Editor of the next update of the Knowledge Base of [...]
Guest Lecture: Joe Tankersley on Storytelling
Thanks to APF colleague Joe Tankersley, for his visit to our Futures Research class and for giving us a first-hand account of his experiences in [...]
New blogroll and more changes ahead
We’re going to be polishing up our web presence. Alum April Koury is working on an updated web design for the Houston Futures site. The [...]
Forest Futures: Where’s the Beef? Meat without Livestock Production
Meat consumption is increasing rapidly across the globe. By 2050, the demand for meat is estimated to rise by 73% and the human population is [...]
Announcing the Houston Foresight Spring Gathering 2019
It’s time to lock in the dates for next year’s Spring Gathering, so block your calendar for Friday April 12 and Saturday April 13th. The [...]