ASU CSPO… World Wide Views Climate and Energy Forums in the US 19 Mar 201517 Jun 2015 In a policy breakfast seminar in Washington DC on Thursday, March 19th, ECAST team members Rick Worthington, Mahmud Farooque, David Tomblin and Gretchen Gano introduced World Wide Views on Climate and…
Consensus Conference… Consider.IT: The final phase of online forum to Inform NASA’s Asteroid Initiative 18 Feb 201517 Jun 2015 Go to ecastonline.consider.it to get started. In November, several hundred people in Phoenix, Boston, and online came together to learn about NASA’s Asteroid Initiative and to consider and discuss different…
ASU CSPO… Get involved in our next big project—NASA’s Asteroid Initiative! 25 Aug 201417 Jun 2015 Informing NASA’s Asteroid Initiative: A Citizen Forum In its history, the Earth has been repeatedly struck by asteroids, large chunks of rock from space that can cause considerable damage in…
COP11… Technology Assessment and Public Participation Report Available Online 29 Jan 201331 Jul 2013 Expert and Citizen Assessment of Science and Technology (ECAST) Technology Assessment and Public Participation: From TA to pTA Richard Worthington2, Darlene Cavalier4, Mahmud Farooque1, Gretchen Gano1&5, Henry Geddes5, Steven Sander2,…
COP11… David Blockstein reflecting on the WWViews 21 Dec 201217 Jun 2015 David E. Blockstein, Ph.D., Executive Secretary, Council of Environmental Deans and Directors and Senior Scientist National Council for Science and the Environment, reflecting on his observation of ECAST's World Wide…
COP11… Convention on Biodiversity: Concerns 21 Oct 201217 Jun 2015 18 October, 2012, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India The Global Political Economy of Biodiversity Rick Worthington In my last post I promised to next address concerns that the UN Convention on Biodiversity,…
ASU CSPO… World Wide Views – One Month Later 16 Oct 201223 Oct 2015 Eric B. Kennedy On September 15th, 2012, I found myself at an impressively diverse table. Gathered around me were a church’s facilities manager, a student, a data analyst, an American…
COP11… “New contrasts” from Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India 12 Oct 201217 Jun 2015 New Contrasts Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India, 10 October, 2012 By Rick Worthington First, a confession: I had never heard of Hyderabad, India before my involvement with World Wide Views on…
Press release… Report released at the UN Convention 12 Oct 201218 Jan 2013 For Immediate Release October 12, 2012 U.S. Citizens call for political action to stop the decline in biodiversity Results Report from global citizens’ consultation released at the UN Convention Washington—Boston,…
ASU CSPO… Reflections on Arizona’s WWViews 10 Oct 2012 By Mary Jane Parmentier The World Wide Views conference in Arizona was very reflective of our state, both in terms of human diversity and the issues that were raised. I…