1. Accountability structure
In order for the future viability of human civilisation in any form to be adequately addressed, a number of key area must be prioritised. Foremost among these is understanding and management of planetary life support systems, including the development of:
Life Appropriate Technologies
Characteristics: non-toxic – or detoxifying, recyclable, carbon sequestering, generative/regenerative, biophillic – must also be viable in terms of all lifeforms rights to quality of life …
- Biological
- https://www.geneticliteracyproject.org/our-team/
- Neurological
- Cognitive
- Architectural
- http://www.biophilicdesign.net/books.html
- https://www.terrapinbrightgreen.com/reports/14-patterns/
- Electronic
- Systemic
- Exchange
- Links to stakeholder groups:
- http://about.foresight.org/
- http://lifeboat.com/ex/about
Earth Dashboard (Gabel, 2017)
- (Near) Real time update of planetary systems
- atmospheric
- geological
- ecological
- fresh water
- agriculture
- energy
- communication
- distribution
- populations
- species balance
- health
- access to life support resources
- access to energy and comms
- Decision support, analysis and advisory body
- Information access and distribution methodologies
- Resources:
A user friendly and accessible information dissemination and retrieval structure must be established and qualified influential users must be prepared to interface and engage with its input/output. This area has been addressed in outline, pathway proposals to the initiation of such a scheme have been described by Earth Intelligence Network (Steele, 2015).
Plan (under construction):
- Investigate shortcomings/oversights in, obstacles to implementation of Steele et al current proposal. Discover potential amendments, alternate strategies, consideration of needs for inclusion, potential stakeholders to on-board in support of concluded best proposal.
- Research and evaluate any other comprehensive proposals toward a World/Global Brain style address to planetary future/s.
- To read:
- Global Brain: The Evolution of Mass Mind from the Big Bang to the 21st Century – Howard Bloom
- 14-Patterns-of-Biophilic-Design-Terrapin-2014e – Terrapin Bright Green, LLC. 2014
- To read:
Access/assess active R&D/implementation efforts:
- Life preservation policy (all species) – LPP
- Implementation strategy
- Ethics
- Ecology
- Environment
- Economy
- Links to stakeholder groups
- Incentivisation of life-equity as prime directive – PD
- Target groups
- Sanctity of life
- Ecocide prevention
- Species and systems longevity
- Guaranteed long term returns
References:
Gabel, M. 2017, Earth Dashboard, <http://earthdash.org/>
Steele, R. 2015, Re-Engineering Earth, book 1, Beyond Data Monitoring, <https://www.amazon.com/s?_encoding=UTF8&field-collection=Re-Engineering+Earth&url=search-alias%3Ddigital-text#>