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Science and Interspirituality
David Sloan Wilson introduced Kurt Johnson on the ProSocial World YouTube Channel to discuss interspirituality. Today was the final...
Rick Bonetti
Sep 14, 20233 min read
We Have to Talk About Hope
Margaret J. Wheatly encourages us to not respond to looming existential threats with fear, but from a place of understanding. Wheatley...
Rick Bonetti
Aug 17, 20234 min read


Zest For Life
"Le gout de vivre" or zest for life is a theme frequently used by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin to refer to the life force that animates...
Rick Bonetti
May 27, 20234 min read


AI and Our Human Future
On May 1, 2023, the New York Times reported ‘The Godfather of A.I.’ Leaves Google and Warns of Danger Ahead. "Dr. Geoffrey Hinton said he...
Rick Bonetti
May 1, 20233 min read


Welcome Party Starts February 6, 2023
"Wake up in a world that is working together to move one billion people across borders. Get ready to pick your new destination." I belong...
Rick Bonetti
Jan 25, 20233 min read


Ethical Living for Dangerous Times
Oliver Burkeman, writing in The Guardian on August 25, 2022, calls William MacAskill's new book What We Owe the Future a thrilling...
Rick Bonetti
Dec 26, 20221 min read


Imagining a Positive Future
Can you imagine a world where humans work together to reverse the negative effects of climate change and created a flourishing,...
Rick Bonetti
Dec 11, 20221 min read


Reversing Economic Inequalities
On Monday, Dec 12, 2022 at 3 p.m. PST Institute For The Future is offering a free to the public behind-the-scenes look at how New Zealand...
Rick Bonetti
Dec 6, 20221 min read


Forecasting Environmental Change
On November 3, 2022, 9 a.m. PDT on Zoom - Institute For The Future (IFTF) is having a Foresight Talk: How to Forecast Environmental...
Rick Bonetti
Nov 2, 20221 min read


Making Spaces For Climate Action
Rev. Richenda Fairhurst's zoom Climate Cafe Multifaith gathering on October 18, 2022 featured Robert J. Shields talking about Making...
Rick Bonetti
Oct 20, 20221 min read


Climate Change and Hurricane Ian
Mainstream media coverage of Hurricane Ian in Florida has focused primarily on the devastation to human lives and property damage. With a...
Rick Bonetti
Sep 30, 20222 min read


A Climate of Optimism
The Institute For The Future (IFTF) had a webinar today on identifying positive signals of change - evidence of the future that we can...
Rick Bonetti
Sep 22, 20222 min read


Building A Healthy Collective Cognitive Immune System
Learn about how to fight lies and digital disinformation by downloading the Institute for the Future's map, “Building a Healthy Cognitive...
Rick Bonetti
Sep 6, 20221 min read


Global Futures Signals of Change
Futurists look for clues about emerging trends and use "signals of change" as concrete examples how the world could one day be different....
Rick Bonetti
Aug 20, 20222 min read


Creating Positive Futures
Some conservative, religious people may harken back to an imagined better past like the 1950s, or imagined utopian place like the Garden...
Rick Bonetti
Aug 16, 20223 min read


Where Are We Trying to Go? Possibilities for 2050
In February 2021, the Institute For The Future (IFTF) Vantage hosted a virtual public convening of climate experts as part of their...
Rick Bonetti
Jul 6, 20221 min read


A New Story to Spark the Future of Climate Action
"We need to write a new narrative of climate change action. A narrative that compels, empowers, and attracts people across industries and...
Rick Bonetti
Jul 6, 20222 min read


The Big Picture: What Every Earth Activist Needs to Know
Creation In Crisis is presenting Rev. Michael Dowd on July 7, 2022 at 1 p.m. PT, speaking on The Big Picture: What Every Earth Activist...
Rick Bonetti
Jun 30, 20222 min read


Navigating the Realities of Climate Chaos
Deep Adaptation "is a concept, agenda, and international social movement." The concept of Deep Adaptation was introduced in the 2018...
Rick Bonetti
Jun 17, 20222 min read


Unlocking Your Mind
In her 2022 book IMAGINABLE: How to See the Future Coming and Feel Ready for Anything—Even Things That Seem Impossible Today, author Jane...
Rick Bonetti
Jun 14, 20223 min read
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