NEW ATLANTA CONFERENCE URBAN LIFE AUDITORIUM, GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY

November 16 - 19, 1977

Chairman: Congressman Charles L. Weltner

Conference commences on the evening of November 16, with:

The PRELUDE: Address by Eugene Odum and preliminary discussion.

November 17 PRESENTATION Introduced by Joseph Campbell

The papers prepared by the experts will be presented as five workshops: 1. Population, Climate and Food 2 . Resources and Energy 3. Health 4. Economics 5. The American Alternative

November 18 RESPONSE

The citizens of Atlanta respond to the above and present the statements prepared by thirteen task forces who have been studying the future of their city for the past two and a half years in the light of the Arts, Communications, Economics, Energy, Environment, Governance, Health, Housing, Learning, Public Safety, Technology, Transport and Values.

November 19 RESOLUTON, CHOICE AND RECOMMENDATION

Conference looks at three alternative Futures for Atlanta: Business as usual, Highest probability, and The Ecological City and votes on which plan it will recommend to the City.

Closing speech.

Conference ends.

One special aspect of the presentation of the papers in this issue at the New Atlanta Conference is the unique way in which this information will interact with the citizens of Atlanta. The conference process, and the content contained in this special issue of The Ecologist, will be utilized in an interactive media program of Atlanta 2000. This program, entitled the Atlanta Metro Assembly, will present the conference as part of five television specials to the Atlanta public. To elicit and record responses of residents, approximately 200 viewing posts will be set up where the content of the specials can be discussed, questions and comments can be recorded, and balloting on issues relevant to the future of the City can take place.

Citizen response will then be tabulated and fed back to the citizens — followed by an analysis of the process and content by viewers from the viewing posts and by a panel of humanists, scientists and government officials. In this way the citizens of various Atlanta Neighborhoods have the opportunity to respond to the issues explored at the New Atlanta Conference and to become creatively involved in adapting this information to their own neighborhoods and city. The interactive media approach of the Atlanta Metro Assembly promises to allow both citizens and "experts" to provide a unique opportunity for the citizens of a major city to more effectively dialogue and define a more desirable future environment for their neighborhood, their city and their nation.

CORRECTION TO CONTENTS RESOURCES AND ENERGY SECTION

For Georg Borgstrom: Water Resources and National Destiny read David W. Orr and i

Cecil R. Phillips et alToward a Sustainable Energy Society. I A