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Futures Studies

 

Master of Science (Strategic Foresight) Program is situated in Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia. "Strategic Foresight is the ability to create high quality forward views and to apply them in organisationally useful ways. These emerging insights can then be applied to help make better strategic decisions and to create wiser policy options."

Now offering the first year of the Masters in Strategic Foresight - online course

The Center for Human Emergence "will help facilitate the conscious emergence of the human species using a synthesis of profound breakthroughs in human knowledge and capabilities, encompassing natural pattern coherence, mega-integration, unification, expanded whole mind capacity, deep intelligence and consciousness."
 

Foresight International Social foresight is the ability to create and sustain a variety of high quality images and understandings about futures and apply these in a range of socially useful ways.

World Future Society

 

The World Futures Studies Federation is an organization of some 500 individuals and 60 institutions around the world whose mission is to promote futures education and research.

FHI

Future of Humanity Institute  aims to become humanity's best effort at understanding and evaluating its own long-term prospects. FHI will study how anticipated technological developments may change human beings and transform the human condition.

Community for Integrative Learning and Action (CILA) Through its work in higher education, the CILA seeks to develop the whole human being: body, mind and spirit. It promotes the integration of diverse ways of knowing, and the cultivation of the contemplative, ethical, and spiritual dimensions of life within existing and new institutions of higher education.

Metafuture.org What is futures studies? One working definition is: the science, art and ethics of negotiating and creating alternative societies and the ideas and meanings that govern them.
The Shift Foundation is an international foundation that engages outstanding young leaders aged 16-35 to progress thinking and action on some of the planet's most critical global challenges.

 
Foundation for the Future conducts a broad range of programs and activities to promote an understanding of the factors in the social, genetic, biological, medical, psychological, physiological, cultural, technological, and ecological fields that may have an impact on human life during coming millennia.
Humanity 3000 is designed to bring together some of the world's most prominent thinkers to assess the current state of humanity and to identify the most significant factors that may affect the quality of life of the future people of the Earth.
Integrative Strategies Forum

Integrative thinking and strategies - systems thinking

The Arlington Institute specializes in thinking about global futures and trying to influence rapid, positive change. We encourage systemic, non-linear approaches to planning and believe that effective thinking about the future is enhanced by applying newly emerging technology.
Millennium Project of the American Council for the United Nations University is a global participatory futures research think tank of futurists, scholars, business planners, and policy makers who work for international organizations, governments, corporations, NGOs, and universities.
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World Transformation has ideas, resources, connections, information, inspiration and surprises, all aimed at growing, creating or discovering a world that works better for all of us.

Anyone bored these days is not paying attention.
(Bill Copeland)

"May your life be magical and adventurous!"

Union of Concerned Scientists

UCS is an alliance of 50,000 concerned citizens and scientists. We augment rigorous scientific analysis with innovative thinking and committed citizen advocacy to build a cleaner, healthier environment and a safer world.

The State of the World Forum  is to serve the gathering of leaders and citizens from around the world to search together for those new values required for a new phase of human development; and  to help give shape to the world we envision.
mighty.gif (3531 bytes) Mighty Companions is  "Dedicated to encouraging the awareness of ourselves as a One Life."  We support a shift of consciousness from outer focus to inner, from separation to union.
Global Ideas Bank wants your innovations and ideas to help to improve the quality of life and solve social problems. OzIDEAS & INNOVATIONS
United Nations Earthwatch coordinates and share information on the global environment.
The Foundation for Global Community  works for the diversity and sustainability of all life.
newciv.gif (3398 bytes) New Civilization Network "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world.
Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has."  - Margaret Mead
Awakening Earth building a sustainable and compassionate future with Duane Elgin.

 

russell.gif (12921 bytes) Peter Russell is a fellow of the Institute of Noetic Sciences, of The World Business Academy and of The Findhorn Foundation. His principal interest is the deeper, spiritual significance of the times we are passing through.
The Natural Step (TNS) is  working to build an ecologically and economically sustainable society based on systems thinking.
The World Business Academy ’s mission is to explore and clarify the fundamental paradigm shifts underway globally in order to create a positive and sustainable future.
 

 

 
 
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Last Update January 06, 2006