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World Future Society The World Future Society is a non profit educational and scientific organization for people interested in how social and technological developments are shaping the future. Each year the World Future Society holds an annual conference. Over 100 Pathways network members and thousands of conference participants have created an emerging body of work at WFS. Pathways to Sustainability Conference Tracks at the World Future Society The Pathways tracks are a growing body of work begun at San Francisco in 1997, continued in Chicago in 1998, Washington in 1999, and Houston in 2000 at the World Future Society's Annual Conferences. These tracks support the writing, retreat, project collaboration and were synthesized with the 1999 book Pathways to Sustainability: The Age of Transformation, available at http://ceres.ca.gov/tcsf/pathways free of charge. In the first four years, nearly 100 presenters and thousands of participants have established this foundation for the future. San Francisco introduced five core themes of leadership, learning, strategies, tools and resources. Chicago featured Communities of the Future: building capacities for transformation, creating local think tanks, applying consensus democracy, using electronic communications in the "Digital Economy," conducting "Conversations on Ethics, Values and Relationships," and introducing the 2030 Project of the Harrision Program on the Future Global Agenda. Washington in 1999 introduced an "Emerging Future Framework," with practical examples from communities illustrating what is working, to understand a theoretical foundation explaining the actions of millions of people and tens of thousands of organizations worldwide. This expanding global network continually grows in strength as linkages among communities increase. As we understand the foundation of this network, and these linkages, we collectively define new directions for the 21 Century. Houston in 2000 reviewed how technology makes information increasingly available, so there is no absence of information, but the questions are what it is and how do we use it. We focused on the needs of the 21st Century for generating the information we need, transforming it into knowledge and using it wisely to create a sustainable, common future. Conferee participation has been a key element of each session. For a review of the tracks from each year, please see:
"Thriving in the 21st Century: Building a Dynamic Framework for the Future August 3-5, 2000 Authored a Declaration of Conscience Concerning the Necessity of Working Toward a Sustainable Future. "Collaborating to Create Sustainable Communities |
