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


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Search Foundation Website Announcements 2011 Kistler Prize Call for Nominations Deadline: September 30, 2010 Streaming Video Cosmic Origins: From Big Bang to Humankind Where Does Humanity Go from Here? Interview with Dr. J. Craig Venter Planned Events “Water – The Crisis Ahead” Humanity 3000 Workshop April 2010 Peter Ward Lecture Walter P. Kistler Lecture Series June 16, 2010, Seattle (revised date) Young Scholars Inquiry Young Scholars Seminar June 2010 Lecture Walter P. Kistler Lecture Series September 2010 11th Annual Kistler Prize September 2010 Humanity 3000 Seminar November 2010 RECENT Events 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 Recent Publications Foundation News Vol. 12 Fall 2009 [1.9 MB PDF] “Anthropogenic Climate Change: A Worst-case Scenario” Executive Summary [2 MB PDF] “Future of Planet Earth” Proceedings [28.1 MB PDF] “Energy Challenges” Executive Summary [2 MB PDF] All Foundation publications are available for download from our Publications page.	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.