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...
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Future
Rick Bonetti
- May 1
- 3 min
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...
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Rick Bonetti
- Jan 25
- 3 min
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...
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Rick Bonetti
- Dec 26, 2022
- 1 min
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...
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Rick Bonetti
- Dec 11, 2022
- 1 min
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,...
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Rick Bonetti
- Dec 6, 2022
- 1 min
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...
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Rick Bonetti
- Nov 2, 2022
- 1 min
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...
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Rick Bonetti
- Oct 25, 2022
- 2 min
Talking About Hope
Meg Wheatley of The Margaret J. Wheatley of Berkana Institute is offering a 3-hour webinar We Have to Talk About Hope: An Invitation To...
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Rick Bonetti
- Oct 20, 2022
- 1 min
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...
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Rick Bonetti
- Sep 30, 2022
- 2 min
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...
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Rick Bonetti
- Sep 22, 2022
- 2 min
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...
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Rick Bonetti
- Sep 6, 2022
- 1 min
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...
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Rick Bonetti
- Aug 20, 2022
- 2 min
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....
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Rick Bonetti
- Aug 16, 2022
- 3 min
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...
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Rick Bonetti
- Jul 6, 2022
- 1 min
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...
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Rick Bonetti
- Jul 6, 2022
- 2 min
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...
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Rick Bonetti
- Jun 30, 2022
- 2 min
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...
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Rick Bonetti
- Jun 17, 2022
- 2 min
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...
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Rick Bonetti
- Jun 14, 2022
- 3 min
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...
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Rick Bonetti
- May 20, 2022
- 2 min
Designing Sustainable Futures
"Designing Sustainable Futures (DSF) is a practice and a mindset that draws on the power of futures thinking, the creativity of design,...
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Rick Bonetti
- Mar 19, 2022
- 5 min
Leadership Mindsets, Literacies and Skills for an Uncertain World
Futurist Bob Johansen, who was President of The Institute For The Future (IFTF) from 1996 to 2004, says: "We are in a time of...
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