Reference Topics

Selected Reference Topics

-- a university of arizona course on methods and approaches for studying the future

This course has its history in environmental issues and still primarily retains that focus for specific examples, so the emphasis below is in that area. The emphasis is also on sources of data or information rather than position papers of alternative viewpoints. You can use the search options for learning more about the selected topics below or anything else you wish to search on Internet. Take the items below as starting points. An listing of general reading sources about the future is also available (about 3 printed pages).

Sustainability: I listed the sustainabilty links separately so they could be linked as examples of the potential next era.

Related futures references on this site: Futures related organizations (organizations that deal with the future); Futures related sites and resources (representative range of site types); List of links by developed by others (different people collect different links); References to specific topics (information sources on specific topics); Tour 2 - Futures relevant web sites overview
Related basic reference sites: Professional Organizations Listing; Encyclopedias and Major Reference Works; Libraries Listing
General References: Calculators On-line Center; Doing research (languages, people, places, maps); Federal Statistics (FEDSTATS) (data on many subjects)

Energy: Yahoo - Science:Energy; Energy Information and Resources (USDOE) - great site to cover everything; Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Network (USDOE); National Renewable Energy Laboratory (USDOE)

Environment: ATSDR - ATSDR's Home Page (Toxic/Disease Registry); Environment and Natural Resources Information Center (USAID); World Health Organization WWW Home Page; United Nations; UN Environment Program Home Page; US Environmental Protection Agency; European Environmental Agency; Native Americans and the Environment; Envirolink Network; EnviroInfo: Environmental Information Sources; ISO 14000 Information Center (environmental quality standard); Information Center for the Environment (Univ California)

Population: Population, Resources, and Conflict; GBR Table of Contents; KZPG Resource: Libraries and other population resources for activists; Search Family Planning and Population Resources on the Internet; EcoNet's Population Resources; Fact sheet 5 - Population and Resources; US Demography; University of Michigan Population Studies Center; Office of Population Research, Princeton University: Population Index; Penn Library-Population Studies; U.S. Bureau of Census

Risk Assessment: Risk, Safety and Health - Collected Papers; A Journalist's Handbook on Environmental Risk Assessment (good basic info); EPA Regional-State-Tribal Planning (includes risk assessment); Risk Information from Resources for the Future; Risk Information from American Chemical Society; Risk World - Lots of Information; Commission on Risk Assessment (via Risk World); Society for Risk Analysis Risk Assessment; Risk Assessment (Canada); Risk Information (US Department of Energy)

Biotechnology and Nanotechology: Biotechnology; Nanotechnology

Communications: Online Newspapers (worldwide); Magazines Online (popular and professional); Free subscriptions; American Communication Association; Project Censored; Hobbes' Internet History (Timeline); The Networking Institute (Lipnak and Stamps); Group Think (and its problems)

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Prepared by Roger L. Caldwell