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Club of Amsterdam Journal, April 2022, Issue 242

CONTENT Lead Article DIY Light For Light On Main Street (especially during the pandemic)by Leni Schwendinger Article 01Cities need to embrace the darkness of the night sky – here’s whyby Nick Dunn, Lancaster University The Future Now Show Futurists about Sun & Lightwith Elisabet Sahtouris & Peachie Dioquino Article 02 Why the Sun is Necessary for Optimal HealthWith Alexander Wunsch News about the Future> The liquid metal battery > Forest seeks village to grow up in Article 03 LightingEurope Recommended BookThe Architecture of Natural Lightby Henry Plummer Article 04 Traveling vehicle powered by water and woodby Professor Pardal Brasil Climate Change Success StoryTarun Bharat Sangh Visionary Architect PortraitPeter Zumthor Swiss architect Tags:ARCHITECTURE, Battery, Climate Change, Design, Ecology, ENERGY, Light, Light pollution, Sun, Sustainability, URBAN DEVELOPMENT, Water Club of Amsterdam SearchSubmit your articleContactSubscribe Welcome Felix B BoppWebsite statistics forclubofamsterdam.comJanuary 2021 – March 2022:Visits: 600,000Visitors: 117,000  Elisabet Sahtouris: “A biology that sees all nature as co-evolving holons [living entities] in holarchies [interdependent embeddedness] will quickly reveal much about humanity itself as one such holon-containing its own holarchy of individuals, families, organizations, communities, nations and world. Through this understanding of ourselves, we will gain profound insights on where we succeed and where we fail as a living system.” Henry Plummer: “One is solid and static, the other illuminates and animates. Architects through the ages have preoccupied themselves with how to marry these two opposing aspects of architecture, a marriage that at its finest transforms natural light itself into a building material.” Peter Zumthor: “I’ve said goodbye to the overworked notion that architecture has to save the world.” Google: The Meaning of lightLight is a source of illumination, whether a natural one (like the sun) or an artificial one (like your lamp). Like light itself, the word can take a lot of different forms — it can be a noun, an adjective, or a verb, and it can mean “bright” or “not heavy”. What is the meaning of light in our life?Light, the essence of life itself. … Light is the main source of energy for all living organisms. Plants, main sustainers of life, are crucial in this conversion process and need light for photosynthesis that enables them to make their own food and food for others. What does light mean spiritually?In theology, divine light (also called divine radiance or divine refulgence) is an aspect of divine presence, specifically an unknown and mysterious ability of angels or human beings to express themselves communicatively through spiritual means, rather than through physical capacities. What is light energy?Light energy is a form of electromagnetic radiation. Light consists of photons, which are produced when an object’s atoms heat up. Light travels in waves and is the only form of energy visible to the human eye.

Futurists about Sun & Light with Elisabet Sahtouris & Peachie Dioquino – The Future Now Show

The Earth’s climate system depends entirely on the Sun for its energy. Solar radiation warms the atmosphere and is fundamental to atmospheric composition, while the distribution of solar heating across the planet produces global wind patterns and contributes to the formation of clouds, storms, and rainfall. (Google) Elisabet SahtourisHolder of the Elisabet Sahtouris Chair in Living Economies at World Business AcademyHawaiiworldbusiness.org/about/the-elisabet-sahtouris-chair Peachie Dioquino-ValeraClimate Reality Leader | Resource Speaker | Writer | Futures Learning Advisor | Consultancy (Community Dev.; Sustainability & Regenerative Design; Comms) | Conservationist | Citizen Scientist | Intuitive Counsel | COS TalentPhilippines CreditsElisabet SahtourisHolder of the Elisabet Sahtouris Chair in Living Economies at World Business AcademyHawaiiworldbusiness.org/about/the-elisabet-sahtouris-chair Peachie DioquinoClimate Reality Leader | Resource Speaker | Writer | Futures Learning Advisor | Consultancy (Community Dev.; Sustainability & Regenerative Design; Comms) | Conservationist | Citizen Scientist | Intuitive Counsel | COS TalentPhilippineswww.climaterealityproject.org Felix B BoppProducer of The Future Now Showclubofamsterdam.com The Future Now Showhttps://clubofamsterdam.com/the-future-now-show You can find The Future Now Show also at LinkedIn: The Future Now Show GroupYouTube: The Future Now Show Channel

Club of Amsterdam Journal, March 2022, Issue 241

CONTENT Lead ArticleWhat is the metaverse? 2 media and information experts explainby Rabindra Ratan, Michigan State University and Yiming Lei, Michigan State University Article 01Bitcoin City The Future Now ShowHybrid Spacewith Elizabeth Sikiaridi Article 02Digital Twin Cities News about the Future> New European Bauhaus> Notpla Article 03Urban Spaces in a Digital CultureWith Gernot Riether Recommended BookHome in a Hybrid Worldby Martin Pot Article 04Making the ‘City in Nature’ a realityby Future Cities Lab Global / Singapore-ETH Centre Climate Change Success StoryGlobal Forest Watch Futurist PortraitGreg LindsayJournalist, Urbanist, Speaker, Futurist Tags:Augmented Reality, Bitcoin, Blockchain, Children, Digital Twins,EDUCATION, Forest, Humboldt Forum Berlin, Hybrid Space, MEDIA,Metaverse, New European Bauhaus, Packaging, URBAN DEVELOPMENT,Virtual Reality Club of Amsterdam SearchSubmit your articleContactSubscribe Welcome Felix B BoppWebsite statistics forclubofamsterdam.comJanuary 2021 – February 2022:Visits: 560,000Visitors: 103,000  Frans Vogelaar: “In the early 1990s, I started to develop a new field of study: hybrid space. This was twenty years ago the start of analog and digital space. At that time, I was very interested in networks, internet was still not yet public, but the concept of networks – social networks, mobility networks, etc.- was of course already known.” Greg Lindsay: “The future isn’t what it used to be. As the pace of social, technological, and environmental change accelerates, organizations are struggling just to make sense of the present, let alone spot threats and opportunities looming just over the horizon. The ability to anticipate, understand, plan for, and innovate around uncertainty has become a critical skill for designers, innovators, and strategists everywhere. (…)” Rod Taylor, Global Director of the Forests Program: Before joining WRI, Rod worked as the Forests Director at WWF International. In earlier roles at WWF, he coordinated the World Bank/WWF Forest Alliance and led WWF’s forest work in the Asia Pacific region. Prior to his time with WWF, Rod worked as a forest policy adviser in Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands.

Hybrid Space with Elizabeth Sikiaridi – The Future Now Show

Elizabeth addresses the multifaceted notion of hybridity. With the contemporary cultural shift and paradigm change – with the focus readjusting away from divisions and boundaries to interconnections and networks, we are experiencing today a proliferation of hybridizations in all dimensions of contemporary life. Hybrid (combined physical and digital) spaces for communicating and living together are today rapidly developing. With hybrid space forming the core competency and focus of Hybrid Space Lab’s long-standing engagement, the objective of our work is to filter out the best of both worlds, the physical and the digital, and combine these dimensions intelligently and effectively. The key here is to influence developments, by “inhabiting technology, approaching technological developments from a cultural perspective in order to transform technologies in such a way, that they correspond to the way we want to live as a society. CreditsElizabeth SikiaridiCo-Founder & Partner of Hybrid Space Labarchitect, urbanist, professorBerlin, Germany Frans VogelaarCo-Founder & Partner of Hybrid Space LabProfessor for Hybrid Space @ Academy of Media ArtsBerlin, Germany Hybrid Space Lab is a think tank and design lab focussing on cultural innovation. “Hybrid” stands for interdisciplinarity, “Space” for spatial expertise and “Lab” for an innovative working method that favours a transdisciplinary design approach where city, nature and the digital – the technological and the biological – are thought and developed together.hybridspacelab.net Felix B BoppProducer of The Future Now Showclubofamsterdam.com The Future Now Showhttps://clubofamsterdam.com/the-future-now-show You can find The Future Now Show also at LinkedIn: The Future Now Show GroupYouTube: The Future Now Show Channel

Club of Amsterdam Journal, February 2022, Issue 240

CONTENT Lead Article Understanding others’ feelings: what is empathy and why do we need it?by Pascal Molenberghs, Monash University Article 01TikTok, a new learning platform?by Peter van Gorsel The Future Now Show Regenerative Businesswith Rudy de Waele Article 02 The Hacking of the American Mind with Dr. Robert LustigUniversity of California Television (UCTV) News about the Future> Space debris> Plastic Bank Article 03 FoodscapingWith Matt Lebon Recommended BookThe Age of Empathy: Nature’s Lessons for a Kinder Societyby Frans de Waal Article 04 Applied EmpathyWith Michael Ventura Climate Change Success StoryClimate Neutral Group Visionary PortraitRana el Kalioubypioneer of artificial emotional intelligence Tags:A.I., Artificial Emotional Intelligence, Artificial Intelligence, Dopamine, Empathy, Foodscaping, Happiness, Healthcare, LEARNING, Love, Nature, Pleasure, Primates, Serotonin, Space, Tik Tok, USA Club of Amsterdam SearchSubmit your articleContactSubscribe Welcome Felix B BoppWebsite statistics forhttps://clubofamsterdam.comJanuary 2021 . January 2022:Visits: 535,000Visitors: 92,000  Frans de Waal: “I think we need to start thinking about grounding our moral systems in our biology.” Michael Ventura: “With empathy, complex problems become more understandable, teams become more effective, and companies become more nimble.” René Toet: “We are optimistic about what we have achieved in terms of climate impact, the results that we can achieve in the future and the drive among organisations to move to Net Zero.”

Regenerative Business with Rudy de Waele – The Future Now Show

Are you still sleepwalking through the addictive and unsustainable consumerist nightmare trying to keep our ultra-capitalist scarcity-based systems intact? Or are you ready to lead with your heart?In a recent WEF survey of nearly 21,000 adults in 28 countries, nearly nine out of ten people (86%) want the world to change significantly to become more sustainable and equitable.Rudy de Waele: “We treat the world as we treat ourselves. We are the seeds of our impact. We become leaders when we take full responsibility, first of ourselves.” CreditsRudy de WaeleCo-Founder Regenerate X and Conscious Learning TribeKeynote Speaker, Change Leadership, Conscious Leadership Development, Transformative Innovation,Regenerative Business, Co-Creating the Future, Self-AwarenesIbiza, SpainRegenerate Xmedium.com/regenerate-xConscious Learning Tribewww.consciouslearningtribe.com Felix B BoppProducer of The Future Now Showclubofamsterdam.com The Future Now Showhttps://clubofamsterdam.com/the-future-now-show You can find The Future Now Show also at LinkedIn: The Future Now Show GroupYouTube: The Future Now Show Channel

Club of Amsterdam Journal, January 2022, Issue 239

Club of Amsterdam Journal, January 2022, Issue 239https://clubofamsterdam.com/Ncontentimages/journal%202022/journal%20239/journal239.htm CONTENT Lead Article Chasing the dragonBy Peter van Gorsel Article 01The Ocean Economy will eclipse $3 trillion by 2030By CaspianReport The Future Now Show “It is all about the right focus”with Annegien Blokpoel Article 02 Three financial firms could change the direction of the climate crisis – and few people have any ideaby Jan Fichtner, Eelke Heemskerk, University of Amsterdam, and Johannes Petry, University of Warwick News about the Future> Startup Europe> Global Gateway Article 03 Exploring the TRUE cost of ditching fossil fuels.By Just Have a Think Recommended BookGood Economics for Hard Times: Better Answers to Our Biggest ProblemsBy Abhijit V. Banerjee, Esther Duflo Article 04 The Chef’s Menu: Bugs, Plants, and Anything He Can ForageBy The New Yorker Documentary Climate Change Success StoryEnergy Islands – Denmark Futurist PortraitRiane Eislersocial systems scientist, cultural historian, futurist Tags:Blue Economy, Business Development, Carbon neutral, Climate Change, Culture, Denmark, Economics, EDUCATION, ENERGY, Evolution, FOOD, Gambling, Human Rights, Humanity, Impact Investment, Investment, Leadership, Mass Media, Ocean, Ocean acidification, Peace, Population, Spirituality, Startups, Wind Club of Amsterdam SearchSubmit your articleContactSubscribe Welcome Felix B BoppWebsite statistics for https://clubofamsterdam.comJanuary 2021 – December 2021:Visits: 508.000Visitors: 85.000 Riane Eisler: “Both the mythical and archaeological evidence indicate that perhaps the most notable quality of the pre-dominator mind was its recognition of our oneness with all of nature,which lies at the heart of both Neolithic and the Cretan worship of the Goddess. Increasingly, the work of modern ecologists indicates that this earlier quality of mind, in our time often associated with some types of Eastern spirituality, was far advanced beyond today’s environmentally destructive ideology.” Abhijit V. Banerjee: “Our reaction to the other is closely tied to our self-confidence. Only a social policy founded on respect for the dignity of the individual can help make the average citizen more open to ideas of toleration.”

It is all about the right focus with Annegien Blokpoel – The Future Now Show

If we all know what is happening with the world, and if we see how fast the changes are taking place, why are we so slow in responding?Annegien Blokpoel addresses in this short presentation what are some key blockages for faster introduction of (impact) innovation to the global economy. She proposes some tricks to break through the current paradigms in investing, part of solving (pieces of) this complicated puzzle. CreditsAnnegien BlokpoelCatalyst investor, venture builder, strategy and management advisorFounder & Managing Partner, PerspeXothe Netherlandshttps://perspexo.com Felix B BoppProducer of The Future Now Showclubofamsterdam.com The Future Now Showhttps://clubofamsterdam.com/the-future-now-show You can find The Future Now Show also at LinkedIn: The Future Now Show GroupYouTube: The Future Now Show Channel