Please refer to the following links for background material on transformation learning, trends, master capacity building skills, and reading lists.

To learn more about communities of the future and transformational learning concepts visit COTF.

Read more about the future and different ways of thinking from our reading list:

21ST CENTURY - BIBLIOGRAPHY 2005(2).doc

World Futures Society Reference List

Energy Web Links

Nanotechnology Trends

Ray Kurzweil Trend References

Economic Development Trends

Google's Trend Tool

Suggested books on tape at the Norfolk Library.

• Ethics for the New Millennium, Dalai Lama
• The Devil in the White City, Erik Larson
• Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed, Jared Diamond
• The Terrible Hours, Peter Maas
• The Cruelest Miles, Gay Salisbury
• The Tenth Insight, James Redfield
• Sandy Koufax, Jane Leavy
• The Greatest Generation, Tom Brokow
• A Long Way From Home, Tom Brokow

Other recommended books at the Norfolk Library

• An Army of Davids, Glenn Reynolds, 2006, 303.48 REY
• Ogallala Blue - Water and Life on the High Plains, William Ashworth, 2006, 553.7 ASH
• Water - No Longer Taken for Granted, Robert Jacobson, 2005, 333.91 JAC

• Knowledge Institute Links

06/28/06 How Long Will America Lead the World?

The United States is still the dominant force in technology, innovation, productivity and profits. But Americans don't quite realize how fast the rest of the world is catching up. By Fareed Zakaria, Newsweek, June 12, 2006 issue

• Web Publishing Tool References

Here's the website for a blogging/webpublishing/RSS-capable website creation tool.

http://www.squarespace.com/

This could be a great tool in conjunction with our website or wiki.

http://www.quicktopic.com/

Here's a few webpages for advertising events:

http://www.mollyguard.com/

http://eventful.com/

http://upcoming.org/

Have you used this multi-search?

http://tagjag.com/