What future generations need from us
Abstract What do future generations need from us? Various procedures, including individual and group role playing at 13 locations in nine countries, can help us answer this question. In general, future generations need equal opportunity (a legacy as beneficial as ours was), our caring about their well-being, and attention to their needs in our legislatures and parliaments. Their particular needs are for us to focus on peace and security, the environment, the worst risks of all, governance, the knowledge base, children and learning. The needs of future generations may provide the centrepiece for a new global ethic that improves our prospects for a positive future.
Crucial questions about the future
The future of human civilization what is most important of all? why do we act in ways that hurt our future? what will our actual future turn out to be? how can we achieve a satisfactory future? preventing the worst catastrophes intelligent life in the universe - what role will it play in our future? from which aspects of reality can we gain meaning and purpose? how can each person contribute?
Satellites and Education in Australia--Learning from International Experience
Australia's domestic satellite service, AUSSAT, began operating in August 1985 and will be fully operational with the launch of the third satellite in late 1986. An examination of international educational satellite systems relevant to primary and secondary education in Australia is presented. Information collected and analysed is intended to inform decision-making.