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Omnipedia - Thinking for Tomorrow is an electronic periodical published by International Futures Forum.

Each edition includes a detailed briefing on a significant thinker of consequence (eg Arnold Toynbee, Pitirim Sorokin, E F Schumacher); relevant book reviews; columns on the IFF prompts – their genesis, application and wider context; stories of IFF praxis in action; and contributions from other IFF members and friends on a diverse array of topics from energy security to the power of the arts.

Publication of Omnipedia – Thinking for Tomorrow is currently suspended pending an editorial review. However, the archive of all previous series (issues 1 – 14) remains available to existing subscribers and may be accessed by others on payment of the appropriate fee (£30.00).

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Omnipedia14 - Winter 2006

  • From Domination to Partnership: A choice of futures
  • The Play Ethic: Care and leisure
  • BP, Newcastle and Iraq: The memory of order
  • Energy Analysis: Sources for the future

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Omnipedia13 Summer2006

  • Wisdom and Economics: revisiting E F Schumacher
  • Three Horizons of Energy Policy: timescales and mindsets
  • Transformational Change: lessons from the slums of Delhi
  • The Mother of all Paradigms: the trouble with exponentials
  • Gentle Action: surviving chaos and change

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Omnipedia 12 Winter 2005

  • Radharkrishnan: India's philosopher President
  • Capitalism as if the World Matters: reconciling capitalism with sustainability
  • Nuclear Inadequacies: reviving the nuclear debate
  • Return to Village India: humanity and development

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Omnipedia 11 - Autumn 2005

  • A Study of History: the vision of Arnold Toynbee
  • The State of the World Forum: 10 years on...
  • Dancing With Risk: opening up other ways of knowing
  • Why Most Things Fail: when to preserve and when to create
  • Slow Food: the social costs of our food systems
  • A Reunion Between Science and Spirituality: making sense of the world

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Omnipedia 10 - Summer 2005

  • Futures of Learning: embedding innovation
  • Live 8: making poverty history or entrenching our irresponsibility?
  • The Power of the Arts: two kinds of knowing
  • Spiritual Capital: wealth to live by

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Omnipedia 9 - May/Jun 2005

  • Peak Oil: an imminent concern
  • The Challenge of Scale: bringing about systemic change
  • Homo Fabulus: the storytellers
  • The Paragonian Manifesto: revealing the coherent light of consciousness

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Omnipedia 8 - Jan/Feb 2005

  • Pitirim Sorokin: from tribal egoism to universal altruism
  • Food Wars: the battle for mouths, minds and markets
  • Getting the Future Wrong: consensus as the enemy of creativity
  • Acting into a New Way of Thinking: from deficit to potential
  • Sustaining Human Aspiration: climbing the mountain that isn't there

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Omnipedia 7 - Nov/Dec 2004

  • Eco-philosophy: a new worldview
  • From Motivation to Inspiration: what great leaders do
  • The Fifth Wave: the next revolution in public health?
  • Working in the Near Present: anticipating the future

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Omnipedia 6 - Sept/Oct 2004

  • The Gaia Hypothesis: Mutuality in action
  • The Environmental Bubble Economy: Rescuing a planet under stress
  • Icon Building for Beginners: Describing what we do and think
  • Making Sense of the Present: Discerning order in chaos

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Omnipedia 5 - July/August 2004

  • Ervin Laszlo: Macroshift
  • From Consumption to Well-being: State of the world in 2004
  • Close Encounters of the Case Kind: Making ideas work
  • Keeping up with Demand: Challenges of exponential growth

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Omnipedia 4 - May/June 2004

  • The End of Certainty: The science of transformation
  • Towards a Wisdom Culture: A world that works
  • Of Bees and Flowers: Connections & flows
  • Benefits of the Explorer’s Mindset: Beware the expert

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Omnipedia 3 - March/April 2004

  • America: a transitional empire?
  • Spiral Dynamics: how societies evolve.
  • The CEO's Attention Span: a view from India.
  • The Tyranny of Numbers: how to escape.

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Omnipedia 2 - February 2004

  • Oil, War and the Future: The prospects.
  • Towards an Integral World-View: Ken Wilber in focus.
  • Planning to Deliver: Not as easy as it looks.
  • China, India, Singapore… and Scotland: Poised for influence?

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Omnipedia 1 - January 2004

  • Complexity, chaos and conceptualemergency: A user's guide.
  • Disruptive technology: Speeding up evolution.
  • Fear and love: Different motives, different actions.
  • Global conversation: Business, politics, consciousness, society.

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David Lorimer
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International Futures Forum
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