From: LARRY KLAES (ljk4@msn.com)
Date: Tue Oct 01 2002 - 05:28:45 PDT
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From: Buckminster Fuller Institute
Sent: Monday, September 30, 2002 9:40 PM
To: BFI NEWS
Subject: [BFI_News] Vol. 3 No. 9
Welcome to another issue of BFI_News, the e-bulletin
of the Buckminster Fuller Institute.
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BFI_News brings you news from around the world related to
humanityıs option for success and comprehensive design
solutions. It also features updates from BFI and periodic
special offers for our members.
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FOOD FOR THOUGHT
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"The world will be saved by individuals of integrity
freely joining."
-R. Buckminster Fuller
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TRENDS AND PERSPECTIVES
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Economists Say it Pays to Save Nature
A study has found wild ecosystems are around 100 times more
economic than ones converted to human use. Research published
in the journal Science found goods and services such as climate
regulation, water filtration and tourism earn more money and cost
less in upkeep.
Experts say a network of global nature reserves would deliver 100
times more in goods and services than converted land.
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_646393.html?menu=news.scienceanddiscove
ry
(Source: Ananova)
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Algae: Power Plant of the Future?
Common algae found in ponds and rivers might be harnessed to
produce non-polluting hydrogen-based energy.
http://go.hotwired.com/news/technology/0,1282,54456,00.html/wn_ascii
(Source: Wired)
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Fast-Moving Nanotechnology Could Help Environment
For scientists who study it, nanotechnology is considered a
clean technology - perhaps even the key to solving some current
environmental ills. And the field is advancing rapidly.
http://enn.com/news/wire-stories/2002/09/09062002/ap_48365.asp
(Source: Environmental News Network)
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Environmentalists See Possible Risks in Nanotechnologyıs Marvelous Potential
Itıs supposed to make computers small enough to implant into a
wrist and supply materials that strengthen and lighten bridges and
airplanes. It might even cure cancer.
http://enn.com/news/wire-stories/2002/09/09102002/ap_48381.asp
(Source: Environmental News Network)
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RESOURCES
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New Tool Crunches Numbers on Buildingsı Energy Use
A new tool lets building designers estimate the energy life cycle
costs of a new building by simply entering numbers into the program.
http://www.greenbiz.com/news/news_third.cfm?NewsID=21645
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Powers of Ten
View the Milky Way at 10 million light years from the Earth.
Then move through space towards the Earth in successive orders of
magnitude until you reach a tall oak tree just outside the buildings
of the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory in Tallahassee, Florida.
After that, begin to move from the actual size of a leaf into a
microscopic world that reveals leaf cell walls, the cell nucleus,
chromatin, DNA and finally, into the subatomic universe of electrons
and protons.
http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/java/scienceopticsu/powersof10/index.html
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Nasaıs Earth Observatory & The Blue Marble
This spectacular "blue marble" image is the most detailed true-color
image of the entire Earth to date.
Using a collection of satellite-based observations, scientists and
visualizers stitched together months of observations of the land
surface, oceans, sea ice, and clouds into a seamless, true-color
mosaic of every square kilometer (.386 square mile) of our planet.
These images are freely available to educators, scientists, museums,
and the public. Preview images and links to full resolution versions -
up to 21,600 pixels across - are located below.
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/BlueMarble/
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Web Tool Shows Print Media Impact on Worldıs Forests
The Magazine PAPER Project has launched a web-based calculator
that offers magazine publishers and readers the opportunity to
calculate the number of trees that are logged as a result of printing
any particular U.S. magazine on non-recycled paper.
http://enn.com/news/enn-stories/2002/09/09182002/s_48399.asp
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EVENTS
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Corporate Social Responsibility
October 2-4, 2002
New York, NY
International speakers will gather at The Ethical Corporation
magazine conference and training seminar on 2-4 October 2002
in New York to explore the business case for effective management
of corporate social and environmentally responsible issues.
http://www.ewire-news.com/wires/20F5E8A3-F3E5-431C-A1552A812AF88496.htm
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The Ecological Design Revolution
October 12, 2002
Ocean Arks, Burlington, VT
Explore the history, concepts, and people behind this growing
movement that looks to nature for the knowledge to help us build
sustainable human systems.
and
Recycling Aquaculture
October 26, 2002
Ocean Arks, Burlington, VT
Learn how aquatic ecologies can be engineered to provide clean
water for cultivation by converting fish wastes into fish feeds
and producing vegetables at the same time with minimal inputs.
For more information on these and other upcoming workshops,
call Ryan Case at (802) 860-0011 or email education@oceanarks.org
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BFI UPDATE
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The History (and Mystery) Returns!
The one-man show about the life and work of Buckminster Fuller,
"The History (and Mystery) of the Universe" is back in San Francisco
and opens on October 20.
BFI will have a display in the 26 foot geodesic dome in the Project
Artaud Theater lobby, and we will also be sponsoring a lecture series called
"Bucky Up Close" following selected Saturday matinees.
Saturday, October 19th at 5:30pm features Jaime Snyder, Fuller's
grandson. Join us as Jaime reflects on growing up and working with
Fuller, and founding the Buckminster Fuller Institute.
Other speakers and dates will be announced via this e-bulletin and
will also be posted on our home page at http://www.bfi.org and the
Foghouse web site at http://www.foghouse.com
Join us on October 9 for the raising of the dome at the Project
Artaud Theater starting at 1pm. Call Rich Baker at (415) 587 6747
for more information and to get involved. Project sponsored by
Timberline Geodesics - http://www.domehome.com
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In Memory
In recent months, two pioneering thinkers who have made significant
contributions to the field of Design Science have passed away. Follow
the links below, to find out more about their contributions.
Arthur Loeb, Leader in Design, Dies at 79
Arthur Lee Loeb, who was a life-long associate of Fuller's and
contributed the preface to Fuller's "Synergetics," died July 19. He was 79.
A senior lecturer and honorary associate in the Department of Visual
and Environmental studies, Loeb was an internationally renowned
leader in the field of Design Science. Throughout his career, he
successfully combined the worlds of science and art, devising a
language of spatial patterns that he described as "Visual Mathematics."
http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2002/08.22/08-loeb.html
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Stafford Beer World Leader in the Development of Operational Research, Dies
at 75
Professor Stafford Beer, who died aged 75, was a leading exponent
of cybernetics, the theory devised in the 1940s which applied lessons
from biology to the management of organizations, and which Beer
applied to the management of business.
A charismatic, even flamboyant, character, Beer was a pioneer in
the field of Operational Research and was a world leader in the
development of systems ideas. He is widely acknowledged as the
founder of management cybernetics, which he defined as "the science
of effective organization."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/obituaries/story/0,3604,785671,00.html
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