Nine Ideas to Save the World


	Nine Ideas to Save the World
JohnWaterman
4-25-2009 2:05 PM
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Inspired by Buckminster Fuller
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4-25-2009 9:34 PM
masbury
All elegant.
4-26-2009 4:41 AM
abailart
It's the thinking and values, slow, steady and 'down to earth' that are celebrative here. What a lovely contrast to harsh technoporn based on greed and disdain for the soil and soul of humanity.
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The visionary architect Buckminster Fuller believed that a single design could save the world. That ethos is being carried forward by the Buckminster Fuller Institute, which every year holds a contest to create a design with maximum social impact; the winner gets a seed grant of $100,000. 
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The 33 finalists, chosen from <A rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://challenge.bfi.org/ideaindex">285 entries</A>, were just unveiled. The grand prize winner will be announced on May 4. Here, we've culled nine of our favorites: 
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