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After Capitalism: Post Growth Economy
In the 1921 Czech play called “R.U.R.”, a scientist decries that his robots are used as war machines. The scientist envisioned robots as emancipating humans [...]
Forest Futures Newsletter, vol. 1, no. 1
As part of a collaborative research project between the University of Houston's Foresight program and the US Forest Service in setting up a Horizon Scanning system [...]
Alum Morgan Kauffman on North Korea
“North Korea is a failing state and could fall apart at any moment,” says alum Morgan Kauffman in an article he wrote for the EC [...]
Visualizing Forest Futures: Linking Traditional Knowledge with Modeling and Visualization
When it comes to forest futures, perhaps the uncertainty relative to climate change is better understood by a new approach that "links human values, projections [...]
After Capitalism: The Circular Economy
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle! Most of us have memorized this phrase to heart in our quest to be better to the environment. In Cradle-to-Cradle, architect William [...]
Foresight Certificate Boot Camp Registration for 2018 now open
We are pleased to announce that registration for the 2018 UH Foresight Certificate is now open! The five-day courses will take place January 15-19 and [...]
Certificate Alum Rebecca Ryan Hosts Futurist Camp
When do you do your best thinking about the future? In the shower? During your commute to work? Every summer, Rebecca Ryan hosts Futurist Camp [...]
Field Report: Summer of Futures by Bes Baldwin
Greetings from across the pond! This summer I’m working as an intern in the Corporate Foresight team at Evonik Creavis in Marl, Germany, a location [...]
Mimicking Mother Nature: Nudging Forests Toward Old Growth Conditions
University of Vermont (UVM) forest ecologist Bill Keeton is taking a "middle-aged" approach to managing forest ecosystems by nudging them towards "old growth conditions". His [...]
After Capitalism: Values-Driven STEEP Entities
Since adoption of Integral values will play a key part in After-Capitalism structures, it is useful to know what STEEP (Social, Technological, Economic, Environmental, Political) [...]
AI, the Forest, and Artisans
The quickening pace of technology offers the promise of greater productivity and better decision-making within modern society, but there’s a downside to that potential. The [...]
Spring Gathering 2017 Highlights
The annual Foresight Spring Gathering was held over the weekend of April 21-22 and was a blast! It was a terrific way for students, faculty, [...]