Foundation For the Future | Humanity 3000 "Future of Planet Earth" Statement


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Website Search Announcements 2011 Kistler Prize Call for Nominations • Deadline: September 30, 2010 Streaming Video Playlists • Feature Films • Kistler Prize • Scholar Interviews • Scholar Lectures • Scholar Visions Recent Publications “Water – The Crisis Ahead” Executive Summary [2.1 MB PDF] Foundation News Vol. 12 • Fall 2009 [1.9 MB PDF] “Anthropogenic Climate Change: A Worst-case Scenario” Executive Summary [2 MB PDF] “Energy Challenges” Executive Summary [2 MB PDF] All Foundation publications are available for download from our Publications page. Planned Events 11th Annual Kistler Prize • September 22, 2010 Peter Ward Lecture • Walter P. Kistler Lecture Series • Town Hall Seattle • October 13, 2010 “Global Transitions and Asia 2060” Workshop • Taipei, Taiwan • November 3–6, 2010 RECENT Events Talk by Sesh Velamoor • "Managing the Future" • July 2010 “Water – The Crisis Ahead” • Humanity 3000 Workshop • April 2010 [AUDIO FILES] 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	Programs Humanity 3000 HOME \| SEMINARS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 \| SYMPOSIA 1 2 \| WORKSHOPS 1 2 3 4 5 6 Seminar 9 “Future of Planet Earth” Participant Statement Paris, France \| June 3–5, 2008 < Previous \| Main \| Next > Robert C. Milne What are the three most critical challenges facing Planet Earth going forward? 1. Virtual opportunities will replace natural circumstances. Physical and social demands will continue to subdivide supplies and opportunities. This process will encroach on availability and necessitate ersatz substitutions. A comparable physical and social adaptation to environmental facsimiles being substituted for actual situations will be required. 2. An increased recognition and acceptance of interdependence on a global scale. We are challenged by a necessity of recognizing and accepting the interdependence of systemic integrity, life processes, and individual equality taking precedence over dominance and disenfranchisement. 3. The ability to adapt and adjust to an exponential rate of change. In a matter of a few short decades our ability to acquire and store information is exceeding our present ability to evaluate and constructively utilize information to support our existence on a sustainable basis. There is the need to evolve in our use of energy and resources at a rate commensurate with dwindling supplies.