As a futurist and the author of Voluntary Simplicity, Duane Elgin has anticipated some of the most important trends of our time. According to a 1997 Trends Research Institute report, "voluntary simplicity... is now spreading throughout the industrialized world... Never before... has a societal trend grown so quickly, spread so broadly, and been embraced so eagerly."
Elgin is a visionary who looks beneath the surface turbulence of our times to explore the deeper trends that are transforming our world. His most recent book, The Living Universe, brings together extraordinary evidence from cosmology, biology, and physics to show that the universe is not dead but rather uniquely alive. Elgin explains how the nonliving view of the universe has led to global environmental degradation and why we need to move past a paradigm of separation and exploitation to live sustainably on the Earth. His other books are Promise Ahead: A Vision of Hope and Action for Humanity's Future, and Awakening Earth: Exploring The Evolution Of Human Culture & Consciousness.
Elgin served as a senior staff member of the joint Presidential Congressional Commission on Population Growth and the American Future and as a senior social-scientist with SRI International. At SRI he co-authored several major studies on the long-range future. These included Alternative Futures for Environmental Planning (for the Environmental Protection Agency), Anticipating Future National and Global Problems (for the President's Science Advisor), and City Size and the Quality of Life (for the National Science Foundation).
He is the primary author of The Millennium Project report Global Consciousness Change: Indicators of an Emerging Paradigm. Previously he was also the co-founder and director of Choosing Our Future, a non-partisan, non-profit organization created to "revitalize the conversation of democracy by mobilizing our tools of mass communication."
As a futurist and the author of Voluntary Simplicity, Duane Elgin has anticipated some of the most important trends of our time. According to a 1997 Trends Research Institute report, "voluntary simplicity... is now spreading throughout the industrialized world... Never before... has a societal trend grown so quickly, spread so broadly, and been embraced so eagerly."
Elgin is a visionary who looks beneath the surface turbulence of our times to explore the deeper trends that are transforming our world. His most recent book, The Living Universe, brings together extraordinary evidence from cosmology, biology, and physics to show that the universe is not dead but rather uniquely alive. Elgin explains how the nonliving view of the universe has led to global environmental degradation and why we need to move past a paradigm of separation and exploitation to live sustainably on the Earth. His other books are Promise Ahead: A Vision of Hope and Action for Humanity's Future, and Awakening Earth: Exploring The Evolution Of Human Culture & Consciousness.
Elgin served as a senior staff member of the joint Presidential Congressional Commission on Population Growth and the American Future and as a senior social-scientist with SRI International. At SRI he co-authored several major studies on the long-range future. These included Alternative Futures for Environmental Planning (for the Environmental Protection Agency), Anticipating Future National and Global Problems (for the President's Science Advisor), and City Size and the Quality of Life (for the National Science Foundation).
He is the primary author of The Millennium Project report Global Consciousness Change: Indicators of an Emerging Paradigm. Previously he was also the co-founder and director of Choosing Our Future, a non-partisan, non-profit organization created to "revitalize the conversation of democracy by mobilizing our tools of mass communication."
Our World in Transition: What Lies Ahead, Disaster or Renewal?
Moving From the Rat Race to the Human Race: Cool Lifestyles for a Hot Planet
Collective Crisis Meets Collective Wisdom
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U.S. Green Building Council
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R.F., President & CEO, U.S. Green Building Council
Our attendees, our board members, and our staff are still talking about how engaging and moving they found your keynote address - it was truly a highlight of the conference.
Institute for the Future
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R.J., President, Institute for the Future
Your presentation (to our annual gathering of international executives) was coherent and provocative, in the best sense of the word. You were thoughtful, constructively challenging, and very human in your responses. You have a strong yet gentle style that I find very compelling.
California Leadership
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M.S., Director of Programs, California Leadership
Among the nationally distinguished presenters in our Technology and Society Series at Santa Clara University, Duane Elgin was one of the finest. His talk and ensuing discussion on alternative futures and ecological lifestyles was rated by students and community participants as one of the most engaging and entertaining presentations of the series. I give Duane Elgin my highest recommendation.
Institute for Women Leadership
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R.S., President, Institute for Women Leadership
Duane gave an absolutely captivating presentation to a very bright and savvy group of business leaders in our Executives Leading Sustainable Change program. He provoked our deepest thinking and inspired urgent action! Hiring Duane is one of the best investments we have ever made!
2005 US Greenbuild Conference
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J.Y., Chair, 2005 US Greenbuild Conference
Duane Elgin totally engaged more than 2,000 green building professionals in a spirited dialog about the future. Duane's impact was immediate, profound and likely to be lasting on our industry.
Saint Mary's College of California
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D.E., Dean of the School of Education, Saint Mary's College of California
Duane's presentation was enlivening and generative. He helped us to examine our work in light of the world that is becoming, engaged us in a dialogue that challenged the way we see higher education, and led us to find innovative and liberating possibilities. Duane also inspired us as a model of values-based, life-long learning.
Staying Alive: The Psychology of Human Survival
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R.W.M.D.P.D.., Author, Staying Alive: The Psychology of Human Survival
I have heard Duane Elgin speak at a number of conferences over the past decade. He is an exceptionally thoughtful, well-informed speaker, on the cutting edge of social issues and ideas. He speaks with clarity, elegance and passion on the major issues of our time.
KCBS Radio
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J.J., Host/Creator of Man to Man, KCBS Radio
Duane Elgin does his homework and has a feeling for who he is speaking to. Responses from listeners on Man to Man were immediate and extremely positive. Duane is welcome as a return guest anytime.
