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]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Programs

Humanity 3000

 

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Seminar 9

“Future of Planet Earth”

Paris, France | June 3–5, 2008

PURPOSE | AGENDA SUMMARY

Planet EarthThe intent of this seminar is to examine the state of Planet Earth: past, present, and future.

The UNESCO-FFF seminar “Future of Planet Earth” is intended to provide a forum for dialogue amongst academics, scientists, conservationists, resource managers, and practitioners in international environment relations to explore a critical component of the human-environment relationship with significant implications for the future of Planet Earth.
 

Participants

Jayanta Bandyopadhyay
Indian Institute of Management
Calcutta, India
Statement | Biography

Eric J. Chaisson
Wright Center for Innovative Science Education, Tufts University
Medford, MA USA
Statement | Biography

John R. Delaney
University of Washington
Seattle, WA USA
Statement | Biography

Eduardo F.J. de Mulder
International Year of Planet Earth Inc.
Norway
Statement | Biography

Brian Fagan
Lindbriar Corporation
Santa Barbara, CA USA
Statement | Biography

Irene Klaver
University of North Texas
Denton, TX USA
Statement | Biography

Molly K. Macauley
Resources for the Future
Washington, DC USA
Statement | Biography

Anthony McMichael
National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health
Canberra, Australia
Statement | Biography

Robert C. Milne
Consultant
Southern Shores, NC USA
Statement | Biography

David R. Montgomery
Dept. of Earth & Space Sciences, University of Washington
Seattle, WA USA
Statement | Biography

Sospeter Muhongo
ICSU Regional Office for Africa
Pretoria, South Africa
Biography

Norman Myers
Oxford University
Oxford, United Kingdom
Statement | Biography

Alfred Oteng-Yeboah
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)
Accra, Ghana
Statement | Biography

David Richards
Independent Consultant
Gwent, United Kingdom
Statement | Biography

Vernon L. Scarborough
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, OH USA
Statement | Biography

Jeffrey H. Schwartz
World Academy of Art and Science, University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA USA
Statement | Biography

Raman Sukumar
Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science
Bangalore, India
Statement | Biography

Crispin Tickell
Policy Foresight Programme, James Martin Institute for Science and Civilization
Oxford University, England
Statement | Biography