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Below is a growing collection of links and videos to help inspire our small-group discussions.
Please visit their websites for more visions and insights.
Our goal is to:
Bring long-term (century-scale) visioning and foresight into present-day planning. What is the long-term future of decisions we are making now?
Recognize global links, especially what an an ice-free Arctic will mean for New England.
Develop positive and pro-active adaptation strategies through an optimistic economic growth.
(Note: credits are currently within the videos themselves. These resources were used to motivate our small group discussions. Please visit the sites of each videos to learn more about their projects.)
Visions from History: How has New England changed over the past century?
Visions from History: How has New England changed over the past century?
Boston Globe December 24, 1900 "Boston at the End of the 20th Century" - Smithsonian
The Unfulfilled Dream of Tidal Power
How might climate change affect New England into the next century?
How might climate change affect New England into the next century?
What are demographic and economic projections into the next century? And how are can we prepare for change?
What are demographic and economic projections into the next century? And how are can we prepare for change?
"Americans Are Moving To Escape Climate Impacts. Towns Expect More To Come" - Annie Ropeik, NPR
"Migration Gains to New Hampshire From Other U.S. States Are Growing, With the Largest Gains Among Young Adults" - Kenneth Johnson
Climate Resilience Screening Index (CRSI) - Summers et al., 2017
Designing our futures: Urban Planning, Landscape Design, Transportation, and Energy
Designing our futures: Urban Planning, Landscape Design, Transportation, and Energy
What will the science and technology of our future look like?
What will the science and technology of our future look like?
Below are links to videos on the NSF Ideas Machine 2026 (this website has 29 others, including ideas on Public Carbon Capture, Geomimicry, and Clean Oceans )
News Center Maine -- "Maine is leading the country in research about nanocellulose, a white, paste-like material with nearly limitless possibilities."
Social Infrastructure, Cultural Stewardship, and Future Values
Importance of social interactions in community resilience. Volunteer emergency responders, local energy, food systems, access to hospitals, grocery stores, clean waters, schools, etc; "community capital". Social network analyses. Social assets and values. Also broadband connectivity and virtual interactions. Legislative innovations and policy actions . Social Infrastructure, Cultural Stewardship, and Future Values
Environmental Justice: What do we want our societies to look like?
Environmental Justice: What do we want our societies to look like?
Others Envisioning the Future in Northern New England
Others Envisioning the Future in Northern New England
The Age of Nature Lecture Series (The Nature Conservancy, MEA, MMSA)
2021 Camden Conference - The Geopolitics of the Arctic: A Region in Peril
Webpage Notes
Provide hyperlinks to all videos as Google sites does not yet allow fullscreen option.Need to double check that we can legally embed videos on our website (they all have embed codes which likely means the authors gave permission when they uploaded them...but we should double check the rules).
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