date: Wed, 13 Nov 1996 16:02:56 -0700 from: sdri@sdri.ubc.ca (John Robinson) subject: Follow-up from IEA meeting to: alcamo@usf.uni.kassel-de, andre@cerfacs.fr, pdg8@york.ac.uk, baron@iea.org, behinger@eawag/ch.sdri.ubc.ca, Klima@post.uni-bielefeld.de, brassel@informatik.uni-hoblaz.de, isr@nwo.nl, Jean-Yves.Caneill@der.edfgdf.fr, cariolle@meteo.fr, carraro@vega.unive.it, chanin@aerov.jussieu.fr, michele.chevrel@cnes.fr, energy@endadak.gn.apc.org, dahinden@eawag.ch, gouvello@cired.msh-paris.fr, hd10@andrew.cmu.edu, Tom.Downing@ecu.ox.ac.uk, gregor@eawag.ch, ed@ifs.th-darmstadt.de, ja_edmonds@ccmail.pnl.gov, jlf@medias1.cst.cnes.fr, silvio.funtowicz@jrc.it, reyer.gerlagh@ivm.vu.nl, godard@cired.msh-paris.fr, clair.gough@jrc.it, ehaites@hookup.net, ucc-khal@risoe.dk, hoekstra@mta5.kema.nl, HSlee@ccmail.KEEI.RE.KR, hourcade@msh-paris.fr, m.hulme@uea.ac.uk, HJacoby@mit.edu, jaeger@iiasa.ac.at, jaeger@eawag.ch, journe@alize.msh-paris.fr, kasemir@eawag.ch, marcel.kok@rivm.nl, krueck@soz01.soziologie.uni-bielefeld.de, aie02002@ufrj.br, Angela.Liberatore@DG12.cec.be, alier@cc.uab.es, matarass@msh-paris.fr, gerard.megie@aero.jussieu.fr, melieres@glaciog.grenet.fr, Paul.Mensink@Alg.SHHK.WAU.NL, L.A.Meyer@ie.dgm.minvrom.nl, morais@igbp.kva.se, t-morita@nies.go.jp, nagano@criepi.denken.or.jp, naki@iiasa.ac.at, martin.OConnor@c3ed.uvsq.fr, briano@edf.org, Pahl@eawag.ch, s.parkinson@surrey.ac.uk, mparry@geography.ucl.ac.uk, tparson@ksgrsch.harvard.edu, scpeck@eprinet.epri.com, ipeters@tellus.com, petit@polytechnique.fr, phili@mail3.imaginet.fr, lpr@adc.coppe.ufrg.br, ap@medias.cst.cnes.fr, 100105.2516@compuserve.com, sf_rayner@ccmail.pnl.gov, r.richels@msm.epri.com, uextern8@trauco.colomsat.net.co, Rotmans@un.org, Royer@medias1.cst.cnes.fr, boisson@sc.uni-montp1.fr, andrea.saltelli@jrc.it, schuele@ifs.th-darmstadt.de, shukla@iimahd.ernet.in, g.sims@waikato.ac.nz, j.f.skea@sussex.ac.uk, YSokona@ndar.enda.sn, jswager@unfccc.de, rob.swart@rivm.nl, richard.tol@ivm.vu.nl, toth@pik-potsdam.de, truffer@eawag.ch, tuinstra@iiasa.ac.at, van.asselt@eawag.ch, Jeroens@nwsmail.chem.ruu.nl, vdst@belspo.be, pier.vellinga@ivm.vu.nl, daniel.vidal-madjar@cetp.cpsl.fr, vorsatzd@ceu.hu, rwatson@worldbank.org, john.weyant@leland.stanford.edu, Wieringa@eea.dk, markuu.wilenius@helsinki.fi, haw@environ.se, c.baker@lancaster.ac.uk To: All participants in the IEA Workshop, Toulouse, France, October 24-26, 1996 From: John B. Robinson, Sustainable Development Research Institute, University of British Columbia Recalling Pier Vellinga's during our meeting in Toulouse about the need to analyse visions of alternative futures, I thought you might be interested in the recent book, _Life in 2030_ described below. As far as I know, this is the most detailed attempt to create and evaluate a scenario of what a sustainable society might look like in the future. I would be pleased to receive your comments. ==== Life in 2030: Exploring a Sustainable Future for Canada, by John B. Robinson, David Biggs, George Francis, Russel Legge, Sally Lerner, Scott Slocombe and Caroline Van Bers. Life in 2030 spells out a coherent, practical and above all, optimistic vision of a sustainable future for Canada in the next century. Written in the form of a "future history", as if its authors were living in 2030, the book outlines the changes to Canada's culture, industries, institutions and natural environment from the present to a more sustainable 21st century. The book is based on a five year research project led by John Robinson where future scenarios were developed using an integrated modelling system based on an extensive Statistics Canada database. The vision presented in the book does not predict the most likely future, but encourages us to envision our own version of a future sustainable society and its implications. Available from UBC Press. $25.95 softcover, $65.00 harcover (Canadian dollars) Add $5 for shipping. 6344 Memorial Road Vancouver, British Columbia CANADA V6T 1Z4 Tel: 604.822.5959 Fax: 1-800-668-0821 email: orders@ubcpress.ubc.ca John B. Robinson Sustainable Development Research Institute, University of British Columbia, B5 2202 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4, Canada Tel: 604 822 8198 fax: 604 822 9191 e-mail: sdri@sdri.ubc.ca