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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“Nature seems to have treasured up the depth of our mind talents and abilities that we are not aware of; it is the privilege of the passions alone to bring them to light, and to direct us sometimes to surer and more excellent aims than conscious effort could.”
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