Archive for August, 2008
Enjoy Labor Day
Have a nice Labor Day holiday. Glen Hiemstra is a futurist speaker, consultant, blogger, internet TV show host and founder of Futurist.com. To arrange for a speech contact Futurist.com.
Full StoryFuture of Arctic Ice – New Data
Among the interesting policy positions of the new Vice President nominee designate of the Republican Party, Sarah Palin, is that global warming, if it exists, is not related to human activity, and that polar bears are in no danger in the Arctic and thus do not need endangered species designation. As a futurist speaker, I [...]
Full StoryFuturist Speaker – Media Futurist Videos
Gerd Leonard, EU-based media futurist and I just got a nice notice for our video series in a blog called SkipVision, by David Potsiadlo. He links to all of our online videos about media futures and the forces impacting the future of media. He says, Remember when you were a kid and used to think [...]
Full StoryFuturist Speaker Glen Hiemstra in Google News
This is just a quick note to alert you to two currently available articles that feature quotes from me, noted for me by Google news alerts. The first is actually about China and the Beijing Olympics, “Beijing results serve food for thought,” which appears in the blog at the WRAL TV station out of Raleigh [...]
Full StoryFuture of Energy – Glen Hiemstra in The Economist
The current issue of The Economist, August 16-22, 2008, on news stands now, features a paid special section entitled “The Future of Energy: Sustainability Rules in 2030.” Comments from Futurist.com founder and futurist speaker Glen Hiemstra are prominently featured by the article author, writer Morey Stettner. In this piece, sponsored by BP, the writer explores [...]
Full StoryFuture of Urban Living and Building – update
In a blog post last week we discussed an innovation in urban housing, and presented a video interview and tour. The full tour, in 4 video episodes, is now available. The video series can also be seen at YouTube. Glen Hiemstra is a futurist speaker, consultant, blogger, internet TV show host and founder of Futurist.com. [...]
Full StoryFuture of Sustainable Affordable Housing – A Prototype
The future of housing in the United States, and the world, is one of the most important issues we face. In the U.S. housing has been hit with a perfect storm: 1. Demographic changes including an older population, smaller households, and a younger population with differing values – all of which mean a mismatch between [...]
Full StoryFuture of Engineering
In mid-July 2008 I had the privilege of conducting a think tank for the ASFE Emerging Issues and Trends Committee. ASFE is an association of engineering firms, with a focus on geotechnical engineering. The Committee is a standing group charged with anticipatory thinking on behalf of the association and its member firms. We gathered in [...]
Full StoryPeak Metal Looms
I just received a “google alert” about an interview I did with The National, published in the UAE. The article focuses on “peak metal.” The question, and it is a good one, is whether there are enough metals to enable a global population to adopt a “western/Dubai” life style. The conclusion is not with current [...]
Full StoryOur Future on Mars
As a child of the original space age, I’ve been hoping that a human mission to Mars will happen within my lifetime. While this is still a long shot, two recent developments suggest that the possibility is improving. First, the several successful NASA missions to Mars have culminated with the confirmation of water ice by [...]
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