Ideas for the New Millennium

by Peter, Ellyard

• ISBN13: 9780522849752
• ISBN10: 052284975X
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-02-11
• Publisher: Melbourne University Press

Summary

Revised and updated edition of a collection of ideas for the new millennium, first published 1998. Describes the emerging culture of 'Planetism' and its implications for leadership and management, education and learning, health and wellbeing, industrial development, food production and agriculture, environmental management, and intercultural relations and understanding. Urges the creation of an ecologically, economically, socially and culturally sustainable Planetist society in the 21st century. Includes bibliography and index. Author is a futurist and strategist who is currently executive director of Preferred Futures Pty Ltd. He has been a senior adviser to the United Nations for over 20 years.

Author Biography

Dr Peter Ellyard is a futurist and strategist who lives in Melbourne. A graduate of the University of Sydney and Cornell University, he is currently Executive Director of Preferred Futures Pty Ltd, and Chairman of the Universal Greening Group of companies and of the MyFutureFoundation. A former Executive Director of the Australian Commission for the Future, he held CEO positions in a number of public sector organisations over 15 years. He is Adjunct Professor of Intergenerational Strategies at the University of Queensland, and a Fellow of the Australian College of Education, the Environment Institute of Australia, and the Australian Institute of Management. He has been a senior advisor to the United Nations for over twenty years.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Crossing the Millennial Threshold	1	(15)
The Birth of Planetism	16	(32)
Preparing for a Planetist Future: Leadership	48	(24)
Preparing for a Planetist Future: Learning	72	(17)
Preparing for a Planetist Future: Innovation	89	(26)
Civilising Globalisation	115	(24)
Creating a Sustainable Society: Ecological Sustainability	139	(26)
Creating a Sustainable Society: Social and Cultural Sustainability	165	(29)
Food Production for a Planetist World	194	(17)
Health and Wellbeing on Spaceship Earth	211	(14)
Epilogue: Putting Everything Together	225	(7)
Bibliography	232	(3)
Index	235