Membership: Help FAS Make the World a More Secure Place
By: Jeff Aaron
Entering our 64th year, the Federation of American Scientists continues to pursue the best use of science and technology for the benefit of mankind.
In the next three years, the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) with its critically important verification procedures will expire, the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) will come up for international review, and the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) may be resubmitted to the United States Senate for ratification. All of this will occur in a new political environment that includes an ever growing momentum for working toward the global abolition of nuclear weapons. At no time since the end of the Cold War has there been a greater need for the sound scientific, technical, and policy analysis provided by FAS.
The Learning Technologies Program continues to advance the goals of learning and professional training. FAS advances education from the archaic methods of the past to take advantage of the techniques and technologies of the 21st century. The progress in commercial video game technology will create a humanities and a science focused learning experience for middle and high school students. Ongoing research is conducted into the benefits of computer games and online environments, such as virtual worlds, as tools for learning and training. The Building Technologies Program uses innovative building design and construction to improve quality, affordability, energy efficiency and hazard protection while lowering construction and operating costs. Since its inception, the Building Technologies project has combined the talents of renowned architects and engineers along with the nation’s leading energy experts to embark upon housing issues in U.S. and abroad.
In the normal sense it is difficult to quantify or benchmark FAS’s impact on the reduction of nuclear weapons in the arsenals of the world – but we can show we’ve made a difference. We can provide metrics about the number of schools, children and scholars that are using our research. With regard to building technologies, FAS is collaborating with groups to revise codes and standards. Our demonstration houses stand as a testament that the FAS way is the right way to build.
The question then is: If you do believe that your support of FAS makes the world a better place, then please contribute and renew your membership. If you wish, you can designate your gift go to the project of your choice.
Visit us online at: http://www.fas.org/ member/member_contribute.html.
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