Planned Events

“Future of Planet Earth” FFF/UNESCO Joint Sponsored Seminar

June 3–5, 2008

9th Annual Kistler Prize

September 11, 2008

“Anthropogenic Climate Destabilization: A Worst-case Scenario” Humanity 3000 Workshop

September 12–14, 2008

 

RECENT Events

“Think Globally, Act Locally” Humanity 3000 Seminar

April 2008

Awarding of the Walter P. Kistler Book Award

March 2008

Walter P. Kistler Science Teacher of the Year Award

November 2007

Awarding of Eighth Annual Kistler Prize

September 2007

Walter P. Kistler Science Documentary Film Award

June 2007

 

Announcements

2009 Kistler Prize
Call for Nominations

Deadline: Sept. 30, 2008

 

Streaming Video

Foundation For the Future 10th Anniversary

Where Does Humanity Go from Here?

Cosmic Origins: From Big Bang to Humankind

 

Recent Publications

Foundation Newsletter

Winter 2007/2008
[1.6 MB PDF]

“Energy Challenges” Executive Summary

“Energy Challenges” Workshop Proceedings

[34.9 MB PDF]

“Humanity and the Biosphere” Seminar Proceedings

[8.7 MB PDF]

“Crossroads for Planet Earth” Seminar Proceedings

[16 MB PDF]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Humanity 3000

 

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Seminar 8

“Humanity 3000: Think Globally, Act Locally”

April 19, 2008 | Bellevue, Washington

Summary

Historically, Humanity 3000 seminars have drawn distinguished scholars from all over the world to address critical issues that may affect the long-term future of humanity. In April 2008, for the first time, the Foundation For the Future will host its first “local seminar,” bringing together some two dozen leading citizens from Washington State for focused discussions on how to “think globally, act locally.” Prominent state business leaders, educators, state and local legislators, university presidents, and others have been invited to engage in a two-day discussion on the long-term future of humanity from a “community inquiry” perspective.

Increasingly, Humanity 3000 subjects such as population, resources and sustainability, education, technological developments, governance, the biosphere, space, and energy have planet-wide implications and ramifications. But how do issues such as these play out on the local level? How do the two levels impact each other? What does it mean to think globally while acting locally? These and related questions will be addressed in the April 2008 Humanity 3000 seminar.