Aims
The main aims of the Futures Academy include:
- Testing policies directed towards evolving a sustainable future.
- Identifying the ‘key drivers of change’ that might impact on the future of sustainable development.
- Providing executive training and trans-disciplinary education in the concepts, methods and techniques of Futures Studies.
- Developing an approach for decision-makers and practitioners involved in forward planning that will lead to effective successful solutions.
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—Frances E. Willard 1839–1898, U.S. president of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union 1879-1891, author, activist. The Woman’s Magazine, pp. 137-40 (January 1887)
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