In the inaugural lecture of the Visions of a Sustainable World Speaker Series, Dr. Raskin presents a history from the future which describes a sustainable planetary civilization and how we got there. Dr. Raskin is the President and Founder of the Tellus Institute, the Founder of the Global Scenario Group, and a leader of the Great Transition Initiative. The Visions Lecture Series brings scholars and practitioners to campus to help articulate positive, concrete visions of a sustainable global future and road maps for getting there.