An interview with Maurice Strong, of the United Nations, primarily about the world conference held in Stockholm in the summer of 1973 concerned with the effects of man's activities on the future of humanity. (MS)

The president of the World Bank Group outlines the great need for developed and developing countries to make greater efforts to rescue poorer nations and other impoverished areas from their continuing poverty. (Author/RK)

The article, an overview, surveys various schools of futures research with reference to futurism's dimensions (methodologies, typologies, and distance in time); planning for alternative futures; orientations; and inner-future orientations (mysticism vs. science). Developing nations are advised to adapt developed nations' learnings selectively, and…

The following papers are included: "Seminar's Focus on Practice Puts Action on the Human Level" (Margaret Gayfer); "Literacy: What Do Definitions Tell Us?" (Carman Hunter); "The Practice of Literacy in the Netherlands" (Ella Bohnenn); "The Approach of Popular Literacy Groups in Quebec" (Louise Miller); "Perspectives and Lessons from the Adult…