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Good news, bad news: Robert Theobald |
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Monday, 29 August 2005 |
"It is clear to me from talking to some 5 000 Australians ... that there is no longer any need to convince people of the need for change" says eminent futurist Robert Theobald.
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Last Updated ( Monday, 19 June 2006 )
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Business executives hold key to sustainable futures |
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Monday, 29 August 2005 |
Business executives can do more than most to secure the
future of humanity, according to Australian futurist Richard
Slaughter. In doing so, they will create a better future for
business itself.
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Last Updated ( Monday, 29 August 2005 )
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Monday, 01 August 2005 |
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Will future societies return to more
labour intensive methods of agriculture? British author Colin Tudge
suggests that this could be the very rational solution to the
problems posed by today's economic rationalism. |
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Monday, 01 August 2005 |
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the first time in human history we have the opportunity to live
authentic lives, free of preoccupation with the basic needs of
survival, writes Clive Hamilton in his recent book, Growth Fetish.
Yet just as it becomes possible to take the hero's journey of
personal growth without demanding heroics, we are allowing ourselves
to be seduced by the trivial indulgences of consumer society. |
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Last Updated ( Monday, 01 August 2005 )
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Surviving the next 1000 years |
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Monday, 01 August 2005 |
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Individual humans will almost certainly survive any planetary crisis that might occur during the next 1,000 years. However, whether those survivors know enough, or can learn quickly enough, to re-create what we call civilization or society depends critically on how information and knowledge are managed today. |
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Last Updated ( Monday, 08 August 2005 )
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