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Humanity 3000 Workshop
April 2010

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June 16, 2010, Seattle (revised date)

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June 2010

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September 2010

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September 2010

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November 2010

 

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Brian Fagan Lecture

Walter P. Kistler Lecture Series
November 2009

10th Annual Kistler Prize

October 2009

Donald Johanson Lecture

Walter P. Kistler Lecture Series
September 2009

Walter P. Kistler Book Award

April 2009

 

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Foundation News Vol. 12

Fall 2009
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“Anthropogenic Climate Change: A Worst-case Scenario” Executive Summary

“Future of Planet Earth” Proceedings

“Energy Challenges” Executive Summary

 

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The Next Thousand Years
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Workshops

“This Tiny Planet”

Convened June 18–20, 2004 | Foundation For the Future Building, Bellevue, Washington

The workshop “This Tiny Planet” focused on the scientific content, related to planetary considerations, of a one-hour television program to be entitled “Earth and Beyond.” Eight scholars worked together to look at the future of planet Earth and its options and potentialities in three timescales: one generation (25 years), ten generations (250 years), and forty generations (a thousand years).

Proceedings (4.3 MB PDF)

“The Future Human”*

Convened November 8–10, 2002 | Foundation For the Future Building, Bellevue, Washington

Nine scholars gathered with Foundation officers and affiliates in a weekend workshop focused on Program 2: The Future Human, which addresses how humans may evolve in the next thousand years as our species begins to defy its biological limits.

Proceedings (4.2 MB PDF)

*Support for this workshop was provided by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this website do not necessarily reflect those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

First Producers Workshop

Convened April 19–21, 2002 | Hyatt Regency Hotel, Bellevue, Washington

The First Producers Workshop brought together 17 prominent television documentary producers and 11 eminent scholars to discuss content and production issues related to The Next Thousand Years television series.

Report (3.6 MB PDF)