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Center for Future Human Evolution: www.human-evolution.org Communities of the Future (COTF) - to develop transformational thinking and learning skills to provide 21st century skills that will help graduates be prepared to lead in new ways aligned with a different type of society that is emerging: http://communitiesofthefuture.org Welcome to Creating Preferred Futures (CPF), geared for middle and high school students. A web-based learning environment with the objective of combining the elements of traditional futures education with the methodologies of multi-classroom Internet-based instruction and collaboration: http://cpfonline.org/cpf/ Extropy Institute, the original force behind the philosophy and global cultural movement of transhumanism. This web site will become the "Library of Transhumanism, Extropy and the Future:" http://www.extropy.org/ Association of Professional Futurists - an organization designed to provide professional development, facilitate networking, assist consumers of futures research and futurists: www.profuturists.com Extropy Institute: www.extropy.org Foresight is the leading think tank and public interest institute on nanotechnology. Founded in 1986, Foresight was the first organization to educate society about the benefits and risks of nanotechnology. At that time, nanotechnology was a little-known concept: http://www.foresight.org/ Infuse Corporation: www.infuse.com The Institute for the Future (IFTF) is an independent nonprofit research group. We work with organizations of all kinds to help them make better, more informed decisions about the future. We provide the foresight to create insights that lead to action. Institute conducts basic research on the futures of emerging technologies, health and global business trends. It also works with clients on targeted research projects: http://www.iftf.org/ Foresight Institute (focus on nanotechnology): www.foresight.org Futurist.com: www.futurist.com This site is dedicated to news, tutorials, editorials, and speculation on technologies and social issues impacting our collective future, The Future of Human Evolution. Its primary purpose is to stimulate your thinking: http://www.human-evolution.org/index.php Infuse Corporation: www.infuse.com Social Issues Research Center: www.sirc.org Techpolicybank Web site. This site aims to help policy-makers and community leaders access the information needed to bring the benefits of technology to young Americans, particularly those who are under served: http://www.techpolicybank.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Home1 World Future Society - A nonprofit educational and scientific organization for people interested in how social and technological developments are shaping the future: www.wfs.org Worldwatch Institute - Independent research for an environmentally sustainable and socially just society: www.worldwatch.org |
