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Author : Michel Godet
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9782717852448
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (524 download)
Download or read book Creating Futures written by Michel Godet and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Linda Massola
Publisher : Writers Exchange E-Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1920741127
Total Pages : 66 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (27 download)
Download or read book Time Travellers written by Linda Massola and published by Writers Exchange E-Publishing. This book was released on 2002-11 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the Stanton kids take a trip in the time machine into the year 3010, they meet up with a race of people called the Troikas who are intent on creating perfect human beings. Initially, the children are impressed with their abilities, but, after they realise that the Troikas aren't what they seem to be, they decide they better return to their time--fast. However, the Troikas have other plans. The children will need to employ every trick they can think of in order to escape. The year 3010 is not at all what they bargained for!
Author : James A. Ogilvy
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199923841
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (999 download)
Download or read book Creating Better Futures written by James A. Ogilvy and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2002-04-11 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a founder and managing director of Global Business Network, James Ogilvy helped develop the technique of scenario planning, which has become an integral part of strategic thinking in both business and government. Now Ogilvy shows how we can use this cutting-edge method for social change in our own neighborhoods. In Creating Better Futures, Ogilvy presents a profound new vision of how the world is changing--and how it can be changed for the better. Ogilvy argues that self-defined communities, rather than individuals or governments, have become the primary agents for social change. Towns, professional associations, and interest groups of all kinds help shape the future in all the ways that matter most, from schools and hospitals to urban development. The key to improvement is scenario planning--a process that draws on groups of people, both lay and expert, to draft narratives that spell out possible futures, some to avoid, some inspiring hope. Scenario planning has revolutionized both public and private planning, leading to everything from the diverse product lines that have revived the auto industry, to a timely decision by the state of Colorado to avoid pouring millions into an oil-shale industry that never materialized. But never before has anyone proposed that it be taken up by society as a whole. Drawing on years of experience in both academia and the private sector, where he developed both a keen sense of how businesses work best and an abiding passion for changing the world, James Ogilvy provides the tools we need to create better communities: better health, better education, better lives.
Author : Hazel Henderson
Publisher : UADY
ISBN 13 : 9781565490604
Total Pages : 436 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (96 download)
Download or read book Creating Alternative Futures written by Hazel Henderson and published by UADY. This book was released on 1996 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Henderson explains how GNP distorts the goal of human development, pointing out misleading assumptions and redefines health, wealth, and progress for humanity's long-term survival.
Author : Princeton Review
Publisher : Princeton Review
ISBN 13 : 0804126399
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (41 download)
Download or read book Colleges That Create Futures written by Princeton Review and published by Princeton Review. This book was released on 2016-05-10 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: KICK-START YOUR CAREER WITH THE RIGHT ON-CAMPUS EXPERIENCE! When it comes to getting the most out of college, the experiences you have outside the classroom are just as important as what you study. Colleges That Create Futures looks beyond the usual “best of” college lists to highlight 50 schools that empower students to discover practical, real-world applications for their talents and interests. The schools in this book feature distinctive research, internship, and hands-on learning programs—all the info you need to help find a college where you can parlay your passion into a successful post-college career. Inside, You'll Find: • In-depth profiles covering career services, internship support, student group activity, alumni satisfaction, noteworthy facilities and programs, and more • Candid assessments of each school’s academics from students, current faculty, and alumni • Unique hands-on learning opportunities for students across majors • Testimonials on career prep from alumni in business, education, law, and much more *************************** What makes Colleges That Create Futures important? You've seen the headlines—lately the news has been full of horror stories about how the college educational system has failed many recent grads who leave school with huge debt, no job prospects, and no experience in the working world. Colleges That Create Futures identifies schools that don't fall into this trap but instead prepare students for successful careers! How are the colleges selected? Schools are selected based on survey results on career services, grad school matriculation, internship support, student group and government activity, alumni activity and salaries, and noteworthy facilities and programs.
Author : Donna Rhodes
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781735972800
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (728 download)
Download or read book Creating Futures: The Life of Richard Aguilera Ruiz written by Donna Rhodes and published by . This book was released on 2020-11-06 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A biographical narrative about the life of social entrepreneur Richard Ruiz and his selfless efforts to advance opportunities for marginalized populations, including minorities, the poverty-stricken, and other marginalized groups.
Author : Michel Godet
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9782717841893
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (418 download)
Download or read book Creating Futures written by Michel Godet and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The future is open to us, to be written or created collectively. This powerful statement flies in the face of traditional notions of prediction and forecasting, but is central to the approach presented in this book. The author maintains that, with the right tools and attitudes, people can learn how to create futures. In this handbook for professionals, managers, planners, and entrepreneurs will discover an arsenal of effective futures-thinking techniques--from workshops to scenario-building software--that enhance the collective process. Readers will find effective ways to anticipate change, while avoiding cliched solutions and conventional thinking. Creating Futures provides powerful tools for business and political leaders facing uncertainty.
Author : Aviv Shahar
Publisher : Kora Press
ISBN 13 : 9780981550992
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (59 download)
Download or read book CREATE NEW FUTURES written by Aviv Shahar and published by Kora Press. This book was released on 2016-11-15 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The vignettes in this book are all part of the author's discovery journey instigated by the propelling inquiry: what creates the future? Aviv Shahar has integrated his personal and professional experiences to provide immediacy of access, to offer a practical translation of ideas, and to demonstrate how he has applied these techniques in his work.
Author : Niki Frantzeskaki
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319692739
Total Pages : 421 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (196 download)
Download or read book Co-creating Sustainable Urban Futures written by Niki Frantzeskaki and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-01-09 with total page 421 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a unique book that provides rich knowledge on how to understand and actively contribute to urban sustainability transitions. The book combines theoretical frameworks and tools with practical experiences on transition management as a framework that supports urban planning and governance towards sustainability. The book offers the opportunity to become actively engaged in working towards sustainable futures of cities. Readers of this book will be equipped to understand the complexity of urban sustainability transitions and diagnose persistent unsustainability problems in cities. Urban planners and professionals will build competences for designing transition management processes in cities and engaging with multidisciplinary knowledge in solution-seeking processes. The heart of the book marks the variety of very different local case studies across the world – including, amongst others, Rotterdam in the Netherlands, La Botija in Honduras, Sydney in Australia and Cleveland in the US. These rich studies give inspiration and practical insights to young planners on how to create sustainable urban futures in collaboration with other stakeholders. The case studies and critical reflections on applications of transition management in cities offer food for thought and welcome criticism. They also introduce new lenses to understand the bigger picture that co-creation dynamics play in terms of power, (dis-)empowerment, legitimacy and changing actor roles. This will equip the readers with a deep understanding of the dynamics, opportunities and challenges present in urban contexts and urban sustainability transitions.
Author : Stephen Flood
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9783030807900
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (79 download)
Download or read book Creating Resilient Futures written by Stephen Flood and published by Palgrave Macmillan. This book was released on 2021-11-01 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This open access edited volume critically examines a coherence building opportunity between Climate Change Adaptation, the Sustainable Development Goals and Disaster Risk Reduction agendas through presenting best practice approaches, and supporting Irish and international case studies. The Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted existing global inequalities and demonstrated the scope and scale of cascading socio-ecological impacts. The impacts of climate change on our global communities will likely dwarf the disruption brought on by the pandemic, and moreover, these impacts will be more diffuse and pervasive over a longer timeframe. This edited volume considers opportunities to address global challenges in the context of developing resilience as an integrated development continuum instead of through independent and siloed agendas.
Author : Thomas Carter
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351168509
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (511 download)
Download or read book Creating Heritage written by Thomas Carter and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-11-15 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book investigates the selection process of heritagisation to understand what specific pasts are being selected or rejected for representation, who is selecting them, how and to whom they are being represented and why they are being presented, or dismissed, in the ways that they are. Some aspects of our pasts are venerated and memorialised for a variety of reasons, while others are forgotten or even hidden. This volume, thus, provides examples from across a spectrum. Some phenomena are well-suited to heritagisation, such as animals memorialised for their bravery, long past agricultural techniques and implements, and impressive landscapes. However, this book also deals with products (e.g. tobacco), historical periods (e.g. the Third Reich) and scientific techniques (e.g. genetic modification) with negative connotations that extend beyond their heritage attributes. This volume considers how the actors in the heritage industry admit, valorise, prioritise and rationalise historic resources as heritage products. These findings provide practical examples of how heritage institutions privilege, frame and/or exclude a wide range of heritage items. They also contrast the invocations of sectional (local, national or class based) and more cosmopolitan heritages and consider the extent to which innovation and change are or can be acknowledged within the heritage discourse.
Author : The Princeton Review
Publisher : Princeton Review
ISBN 13 : 0451487834
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (514 download)
Download or read book Colleges That Create Futures, 2nd Edition written by The Princeton Review and published by Princeton Review. This book was released on 2017-05-02 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CHOOSE A COLLEGE THAT WILL LAUNCH A CAREER! When it comes to getting the most out of college, the experiences you have outside the classroom are just as important as what you study. Colleges That Create Futures looks beyond the usual “best of” college lists to highlight 50 schools that empower students to discover practical, real-world applications for their talents and interests. The schools in this book feature distinctive research, internship, and hands-on learning programs—all the info you need to help find a college where you can parlay your passion into a successful post-college career. Inside, You'll Find: • In-depth profiles covering career services, internship support, student group activity, alumni satisfaction, noteworthy facilities and programs, and more • Candid assessments of each school’s academics from students, current faculty, and alumni • Unique hands-on learning opportunities for students across majors • Testimonials on career prep from alumni in business, education, law, and much more *************************** What makes Colleges That Create Futures important? You've seen the headlines—lately the news has been full of horror stories about how the college educational system has failed many recent grads who leave school with huge debt, no job prospects, and no experience in the working world. Colleges That Create Futures identifies schools that don't fall into this trap but instead prepare students for successful careers! How are the colleges selected? Schools are selected based on survey results on career services, grad school matriculation, internship support, student group and government activity, alumni activity and salaries, and noteworthy facilities and programs.
Author : Donna Pendergast
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781921513961
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (139 download)
Download or read book Creating Home Economics Futures written by Donna Pendergast and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the profession commences its second century of influence, this collection from 34 international Congress contributors reflects the global nature of the profession and provides a platform for outlining what the future of Home Economics might look like. D Pendergast, Griffith Uni.
Author : Thomas Ermacora
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317591429
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (175 download)
Download or read book Recoded City written by Thomas Ermacora and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-07-01 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recoded City examines alternative urban design, planning and architecture for the other 90%: namely the practice of participatory placemaking, a burgeoning practice that co-author Thomas Ermacora terms ‘recoding’. In combining bottom-up and top-down means of regenerating and rebalancing neighbourhoods affected by declining welfare or struck by disaster, this growing movement brings greater resilience. Recoded City sheds light on a new epoch in the relationship between cities and civil society by presenting an emerging range of collaborative solutions and distributed governance models. The authors draw on their own fresh research of global pioneers forging localist design strategies, public-realm interventions and new stakeholder dynamics. As the world becomes increasingly digital and virtual, a myriad of online tools and technological options is becoming available. These give unprecedented co-creation opportunities to communities and professionals alike, yielding the benefits of a more open – DIY – society. Because of its close engagement with people, place and local identity, the field of participatory placemaking has huge untapped potential. Responding to the challenges of the Anthropocene era, Recoded City is for decision-makers, developers and practitioners working globally to make better and more liveable cities.
Author : Chris Smaje
Publisher : Chelsea Green Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1603589031
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (35 download)
Download or read book A Small Farm Future written by Chris Smaje and published by Chelsea Green Publishing. This book was released on 2020-10-22 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A modern classic of the new agrarianism "Chris Smaje...shows that the choice is clear. Either we have a small farm future, or we face collapse and extinction."—Vandana Shiva "Every young person should read this book."—Richard Heinberg In a groundbreaking debut, farmer and social scientist Chris Smaje argues that organizing society around small-scale farming offers the soundest, sanest and most reasonable response to climate change and other crises of civilisation—and will yield humanity’s best chance at survival. Drawing on a vast range of sources from across a multitude of disciplines, A Small Farm Future analyses the complex forces that make societal change inevitable; explains how low-carbon, locally self-reliant agrarian communities can empower us to successfully confront these changes head on; and explores the pathways for delivering this vision politically. Challenging both conventional wisdom and utopian blueprints, A Small Farm Future offers rigorous original analysis of wicked problems and hidden opportunities in a way that illuminates the path toward functional local economies, effective self-provisioning, agricultural diversity and a shared earth. Perfect for readers of both Wendell Berry and Thomas Piketty, A Small Farm Future is a refreshing, new outlook on a way forward for society—and a vital resource for activists, students, policy makers, and anyone looking to enact change.
Author : Tom Alberg
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231553188
Total Pages : 434 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (315 download)
Download or read book Flywheels written by Tom Alberg and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2021-11-02 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Once a blue-collar outpost, Seattle, home to Microsoft, Amazon, and hundreds of startups, transformed into one of the world’s major innovation hubs in less than twenty years. As other cities try to solve the riddle of creating vibrant economies, many have looked to Seattle as a model for tech-driven urban renaissance. However, that success comes with skyrocketing housing costs, increasing homelessness, public safety concerns, persistent racial inequality, and a widening gap between the haves and have-nots. Against that backdrop, big tech has become a popular target. Tom Alberg, a venture capitalist who was one of the first investors in Amazon, draws on his experience in Seattle’s tech boom to offer a vision for how cities and businesses can build a brighter future together. He explores ways that cities can soar to prosperity by creating the conditions that encourage innovation. Like flywheels, livable cities generate momentum by drawing creative citizens who launch businesses. Success attracts more talent, energizing local economies and accelerating further innovation. Alberg emphasizes the importance of city governments and tech companies partnering to address civic challenges. He reflects on why the benefits of the tech boom have not been distributed equally and what business and government leaders must do differently to ensure inclusive growth. The book also examines success stories from smaller cities and their lessons for other up-and-coming tech hubs. Demonstrating the need for innovative thinking that encourages livability alongside economic growth, Flywheels is timely reading for everyone from mayors to business leaders to engaged citizens.
Author : Richard Slaughter
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9780415302708
Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (27 download)
Download or read book Futures Beyond Dystopia written by Richard Slaughter and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How can dystopian futures help provide the motivation to change the ways we operate day to day? This book raises and tackles a number of important questions about the future and the lessons we can learn for the present.
