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Forest Futures: Increasing Resiliency
Forests have been around a lot longer than humans. Thick and mighty, they represent the powerful unknown while sheltering the wild and inspiring the stuff [...]
Futurist in the Media Update: December 2016
In late November/early December we saw a good variety of activity involving futurists. An article by James Wallman suggested the gender pay gap will close [...]
From Christmas Tree to Coffee Table: Pine Needles are Full of Potential
Pine trees are the world’s main source of timber. When pine trees are cut down, the needles are often left behind as waste. With pine [...]
Science Fiction Writing Contest
A Certificate boot camp alum has alerted us to a science fiction writing competition seeking entries (yes, you!) Here's the announcement: The U.S. Army Training and [...]
Forest Futures: Knowing Each Tree in the Forest
There's no doubt the forest is different than the sum of its parts -- its more than a collection of specimens who happen to cohabitate. [...]
Alum Terry Collins "furthering" Integral Futures
I am Terry Collins, an alum of the foresight program, and I'm very excited to announce that the "father" of Integral Futures, Richard Slaughter, has [...]
Foresight student Joe Murphy interviews futurist Glen Hiemstra
Joe Murphy Popular Mechanics recently published an article, “How to See the Future,” that discusses the work that futurists do and notes that one can [...]
Promising Technologies in Forest Monitoring
New technologies in forestry monitoring Terrestrial LiDAR Ground-based approach generating “a high number of points … able to describe with high accuracy the understory of [...]
Futurists in the Media: November 2016 update
The last month has seen a mix of mentions about organizational futurists and keynoters. Mentions are increasing and we are seeing more quality hits on [...]
Houston Foresight Scenario Workshop in Dubai
Maryam Abdulrasool Abu Maleh, Maryam Mohmmed Bin Hammad al Saabri Dr. Andy Hines, Faisal Abdullah Bin Belaila, Dr. Rami Salah Abdalla Al Gharaibeh [...]
Forest Futures: Wood Skyscrapers
Tall buildings made of wood have been reaching skyward in many cities around the world recently. Using cross-laminated timber (CLT) panels, an innovative technology in [...]
Welcome Foresight Fall 2016 New Students
Glenn Akins serves as Assistant Executive Director of a large faith-based non-profit. Based in Richmond, VA. He spent last 36 years helping churches pioneer their [...]