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Student Scanning: Futurecraft Biofabric
Shoe company, Adidas is going above and beyond to become a sustainable company. In November, they launched a prototype of a new shoe called Futurecraft [...]
UPDATED: 2017 Spring Gathering: Good futures work!
When: Friday April 21 & Saturday April 22, 2017 Where: UH Campus (and other fun spots) Why: Learn, network, and have fun! The topic and [...]
Congrats to Fall 2016 Graduates
Congratulations to our Fall 2016 graduates: Gandhi Bhakthavachalam, Maria Romero, and Johann Schutte. I am going to miss them, but happy to see them moving [...]
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 [...]