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The Society derives its name from the Roman general Fabius, who fought lengthy battles of attrition and harrassment in order to break his enemies, most notably the formidable Hannibal. The Fabians hoped to spread clean and simple living. They were not, however, clean-living or religious people. Among them were free thinkers and the first sexologists.

Jane Jacobs died in the spring of 2006. Three years earlier she had published the last book of her illustrious career as a philosopher, Dark Age Ahead, prophesying the fall of North American civilization.

Briefly, the idea is that walkable neighborhoods could be intentionally structured so that food production is integrated into the physical form and the lifestyle of the inhabitants. In other words, it is a synthesis between urban and rural.

Scott Adams muses on how humans store information in much of what we build and make: businesses, flower gardens, music.

Greater Sudbury is a post-industrial city transitioning towards a strengthened knowledge economy that is deeply rooted in the arts, innovation and creativity.

Visionary and world-leading innovator Bruce Mau is participating in the visioning process to re-imagine the future of Liverpool.

One of the ways people respond to stories about climate change, peak oil, the idea of a coming Apocalypse (or even the current recession) is to conclude that civilization as we know it is going to collapse, and in the near future

The AgendaCamp exercise on Sunday was the forerunner to the live broadcast from the TH&VS auditorium Monday night for the TVO flagship current affairs program known as The Agenda. It is hosted by well-known broadcaster Steve Paikin, who took part in Sunday's workshop as an observer

Temple Grandin, diagnosed with autism as a child, talks about how her mind works -- sharing her ability to "think in pictures," which helps her solve problems that neurotypical brains might miss

Deceptive times demand devious critiques. You Are Not Dead was born out of fraughtful observations of the state of our States and the repetitive, empty monotony of consumer culture and electronic music.

This was a poster for a local police-organized community forum on gangs, as part of a province-wide initiative to prevent gangs from spreading to rural, remote, and northern communities.

I believe in science and art and the practice of design that brings them together to change the world.

the two dominant scenarios about the American future that progressives seem to be wrestling with right now. These two scenarios might be described as:

1) Permanent Decline -2) Reinvented Greatness