100 Things to Watch in 2011
via slideshare.net
Wideranging presentation on trends in 2011. via waxy
More on the future of the Arctic region from the WSJ "World in 2050" article -- outline of the "New North" countries with territory in the Arctic Circle: Canada, US (with Alaska), Greenland (and so Denmark), Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden. Iceland is outside of the Arctic Circle -- who knew?
Image: Ray Bartkus
Imagine the Arctic in 2050 as a frigid version of Nevada—an empty landscape dotted with gleaming boom towns. Gas pipelines fan across the tundra, fueling fast-growing cities to the south like Calgary and Moscow, the coveted destinations for millions of global immigrants. It's a busy web for global commerce, as the world's ships advance each summer as the seasonal sea ice retreats, or even briefly disappears.
Much of the planet's northern quarter of latitude, including the Arctic, is poised to undergo tremendous transformation over the next century. As a booming population increases the demand for the Earth's natural resources, and as lands closer to the equator face the prospect of rising water demand, droughts and other likely changes, the prominence of northern countries will rise along with their projected milder winters.
The WSJ describes the race North to capture newly accessible resources, in an excerpt from Laurence C. Smith's book The World in 2050.
We are extremely pleased to be able to announce the new edition of Worldchanging: A User's Guide for the 21st Century, to be released this spring (and already available for discount pre-order at Powell's, Barnes and Noble, Borders and Amazon).
The new edition of the Worldchanging book is out -- congrats to Alex and the team.
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