Imagination Gardener

—“The Portland area is destined to become the world’s leading sustainable food capital” according to social futurist Mick Mortlock.

Elizabeth Cochran established the Quake Catcher Network after realizing that the low cost accelerometers already installed in laptop computers would respond to the earth's motion and could be used to alert people of impending earthquake activity.

Lisa Ganley-Leal wins the weekly inaugural award for Most Imaginative Idea for conceiving and presenting research on the effectiveness of embedding parasitic worms as a way to fight allergies, asthma, and a number of inflammatory diseases.

Calls on the Obama Administration to celebrate April 1st by encouraging government employees and citizens to create safe imaginative acts on a grand scale, and use the press to promote the best of these.

An analysis reported today that out of 28,875 job openings in the Federal Government, close to zero percent require imagination related skills.

Futurist Mick Mortlock's December 6th speech: Peace Vision: Oregon in 50 years" will trumpet a peace multipler as a way to bring energy and a brighter future to Oregon.

Futurist Mick Mortlock will help launch a revolutionary new model of education in United States. Green Earth Schools opening in 2010 will empower students to research and create innovations needed to solve our communities problems.

Noted futurist Mick Mortlock's 50 year projection for Oregon includes: Two autobahn class highways, one along the eastern border, a second from Burns to the Coast through Bend and Eugene; Becoming the Number 1 tourist state, and hosting the Olympics.