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Organizations or published work with a similar perspective attempting to define the requirements for stable societies
Organizations promoting a long term thinking
The Long Now Foundation was established in 01996* to creatively foster long-term thinking and responsibility in the framework of the next 10,000 years.
Organizations working to or published work attempting to explain sustainability
Wikipedia entry Sustainability
Organizations or published work promoting sustainability
The Alliance of Civilization (AoC) was established in 2005, at the initiative of the Governments of Spain and Turkey, under the auspices of the United Nations to explore the roots of polarization between societies and cultures today, and to recommend a practical programme of action to address this issue. The Alliance of Civilizations (AoC) aims to improve understanding and cooperative relations among nations and peoples across cultures and religions and, in the process, to help counter the forces that fuel polarization and extremism.
The Earth Policy Institute is dedicated to building a sustainable future as well as providing a plan of how to get from here to there.
De Kleine Aarde is a Dutch organization providing inspiration for sustainable living.
Organizations or published work concerning the future
Wikipedia entries on Futurology and Foresight and future studies
The Open Directory Project's list of societies concerned with sustainable development
Organizations or published work concerning threats to survival of civilization
Wikipedia entries on Risks to civilization humans and planet Earth and Societal Collapse
The ABC TV program Earth 2100
Jamais Cascio's Open the Future
Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies
The Institute for the Future (IFTF) is an independent, nonprofit research group with nearly 40 years of forecasting experience. The core of its work is identifying emerging trends and discontinuities that will transform global society and the global marketplace.
The Natural Capital Institute serves the people who are transforming the world. It describes itself as a team of researchers, teachers, students, activists, scholars, writers, social entrepreneurs, artists, and volunteers committed to the restoration of the earth and the healing of human culture.
The Millennium Project of The World Federation of UN Associations is a global participatory futures research think tank of futurists, scholars, business planners, and policy makers who work for international organizations, governments, corporations, NGOs, and universities.
The European Commission's FOR-LEARN Online Foresight Guide
The Sustainable Development Network is a coalition of individuals and non-governmental organizations who believe that sustainable development is about empowering people, promoting progress, eliminating poverty and achieving environmental protection through the institutions of the free society.