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Forest Futures: High Tide in Dorchester
I recently saw a documentary on Dorchester County (Maryland Eastern Shore) and how sea level rise has impacted it. The Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, established [...]
August 2019 "Certificate XXII" Foresight Seminar Registration is OPEN!
Over the past year we have experienced extraordinary growth in interest in the UH Strategic Foresight Certificate Program. Our April "Certificate XXI" session sold out [...]
Forest Futures: Drones in the forest
How are drones being used to help manage forests? Is it local or world-wide? First, let's distinguish between drones, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV), and Unmanned [...]
Book Review: Envisioning Real Utopias by Erik Olin Wright
Envisioning Real Utopias by Erik Olin Wright is a book about conceptualizing and creating a post capitalist society. Rather than a strong advocation for any [...]
Student Work: Crossroads for Opportunity in Front of Nations with Declining Populations
Image Source: Jo Di Graphics (using United Nations data) Declining populations have become the norm in a number of countries in the last few decades. [...]
Student Work: Are we all futurists?
After reading Navigating Into the Future or Driven by the Past, I am convinced to believe that we all have a futurist side in us [...]
Things to Consider if You Want to be a Futurist
So you have a friend who is thinking about undertaking a graduate degree in strategic foresight, maybe at the University of Houston’s program. It’s important [...]
What is the logical conclusion of freely abundant virtual consumption?
A former facebook executive went viral for saying “the short term dopamine driven feedback loops that we have created are destroying how society works.” Now [...]
DPC: Weak Signals for Health Care in the United States
Healthcare in the United States is an incredibly polarizing issue. The politics have been gridlocked for a decades. President Obama forced movement in the mechanics [...]
Student Work: Is My Reality Real
In our Social Change class taught by Cindy Frewen, we discussed many types of social change. One of the ones I thought was most interesting [...]
Student Work: EnerArt
A painting of Venus rising from the sea on a Shell fuel pump, a sheet of steel “played” in a symphony and tiny oil pump [...]
Student Work: The Road Ahead for Professional Services
My lovely wife, Hilary, and I used to take “jellyfish vacations” where we would jump in the car and just hit the road. We would [...]