{"id":619,"date":"2017-09-12T18:29:29","date_gmt":"2017-09-12T18:29:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/creative-research-center\/?page_id=6"},"modified":"2020-05-21T09:53:41","modified_gmt":"2020-05-21T13:53:41","slug":"about-the-center","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/creative-research-center\/about-the-center\/","title":{"rendered":"About the Center"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Tenth Annual Creative Research Center Symposium on the Imagination<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Days of Future Past: Lessons Learned on the Other Side of the Earth<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n

As the world\u2019s population nears 9 billion, will we be able to save the natural ecosystems we depend upon for survival? Perhaps the key to humanity\u2019s future lies in our past.

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Dr. Thomas in New Guinea with Kaijende Forest Stewards, an alpine ecosystem and conservation area.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>
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Dr. Bill Thomas,\u00a0<\/strong>former Director of the New Jersey School of Conservation and winner of the Lowell Thomas Award for Exploration has spent the past 30 years living with New Guinea\u2019s most remote societies, learning their secrets toward creating a healthy and biologically diverse environment \u2014 on the other side of the globe.<\/p><\/div><\/p><\/div>\n

Dr. Thomas shares with our community\u00a0the enduring knowledge he has gained in New Guinea\u00a0\u2014 keys to sustainability from humanity\u2019s past\u00a0that we can hopefully apply to our shared future.<\/p>\n

Watch Dr. Thomas’ inspiring talk and colorful travelogue now<\/strong><\/p>\n