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Key 10-Year ETD’s People: Much Older,
Younger, More Diverse than ever
"Small" gains value Tech-Acceleration
Biotechnology Nanotechology Info-Technology
Rationalizing global economy
Continued Emergence of China and India
Income Gap Economics
Global Climate Crisis Clarifies
Oil on roller coaster Gov't. drive to
sustainability Gov't drive to
accountability Global learning
challenge
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Society A Society B Everyone lives in 3,500-
square-foot houses and has no free time for exercise each day.
Everyone lives in 3,500-square-foot houses and has time to get together with friends one evening each month.
Everyone lives in 3,500-square-foot houses and has one week of vacation each year.
Everyone lives in 2,500-square-foot houses and has 45 minutes available for exercise each day.
Everyone lives in 2,500-square-foot houses and has time to get together with friends four evenings each month.
Everyone lives in 2,500-square-foot houses and has four weeks of vacation each year.
Adapted from Robert H. Frank, Falling Behind
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A Lesson from the Future A melting world and the end of cheap oil
mean taking green leadership. The good news is we have most or all of what we need to do this fast: upgrade our buildings and community design, steward our natural areas, build a power grid that downloads and uploads, shift our transportation from the happy motoring life style to next generation mobility. We have most of the designs we need!
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Future Water = Thin Membranes
“There's no doubt in my mind that the future of water treatment looks like membranes. Without that, if you continue to build conventional treatment plants, which we've been doing for 100 years, you will not be able to sufficiently protect against emerging pathogens and chemicals." University of Houston environmental engineer Shankar Chellam http://www.physorg.com/news159541848.html , 4/21/2009
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LA 1950 Beanfields
2007 74 homes 2017 2027
2037 2047 2057 LA 2067
Paul Glover dream, http://www.ithacahours.com/losangeles.html