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By Roger Spitz In 2023, the Cascade Institute launched its new polycrisis website, which includes the Disruptive Futures Institute as...

Part 2: Composting What Is, Cultivating What Could Be By amalia deloney This is Part 2 of “From Input to Interbeing.” If you haven’t read...

by James Balzer In the May Oceania Association of Professional Futurists (APF) webinar, we had the pleasure of hosting Patricia Lustig -...

By Grace Okubo The call to democratize foresight must expand beyond the boardroom to engage those who are most exposed to uncertainty....

Part 1: Reframing Public Participation as a Living System By amalia deloney Photo by Tara Winstead: https://www.pexels.com/photo/red-chec...

by James Balzer Complexity requires diverse participation  Foresight isn’t about predicting the future. Rather, it’s about anticipating...

By amalia deloney In the evolving landscape of societal transformation, the concept of public interest  has long ensured that essential...

by Elena Krafft Picture generated by AI Anyone who has lived and worked internationally can tell their own stories about how speaking the...

by James Balzer On 5 February 2025, the APF enjoyed hosted a compelling webinar with Brett Peppler as the guest speaker. Brett explored...

By Khai Seng Hong If you are paying attention to the news and the world out there, there is a good chance that you might be feeling...

As Futures Thinking gains wider recognition and awareness, it is natural for people from other disciplines to become curious about the...

by Khai Seng Hong Hope is a key emotion and mood that provides the fuel for people to imagine multiple futures.  Hope by  Nick Youngson  ...

By Cesar Perez In a future where democracy fades before the might of technological progress and corporate dominance, one man's mind...

THE APOLLO TRILOGY PART 3/3 By Samista Jugwanth “Music is a moral law. It gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the...

THE APOLLO TRILOGY PART 2/3 By Samista Jugwanth At its core, theatre is about storytelling, but it offers more than just tales that we...

THE APOLLO TRILOGY PART 1/3 By Samista Jugwanth Visual art has evolved significantly throughout human history: from early humans using...

Credit: manaldowayan.com In part one of this blog post, I explored the significance and impact of Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030—not only as...

“Only as subjects can we speak. As objects, we remain voiceless—our beings defined and interpreted by others.” —bell hooks* Credit:...

Review of Savannah Mandel’s Ground Control: An Argument for the End of Human Space Exploration By Fernando Gutiérrez Olaizola In her...

By Rich Erwin Humans love patterns.  We love to create them, and we love to find them.  Sometimes, the more they seem to wink at us, call...