From: LARRY KLAES (ljk4_at_msn.com)
Date: Wed Dec 01 2004 - 04:31:23 PST
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Subject: [BFI_News] Vol. 5 No. 11
Welcome to Vo. 5 No. 11 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
humanity's 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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"In the evolution of political-economics
of the late 20th century
there is an emerging pattern
in which yesterday's virtues
become today's vices
and vice versa
vices virtues."
-R. Buckminster Fuller
(Ethics, "And It Came to Pass Not to Stay" 1976)
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TRENDS AND PERSPECTIVES
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The World's First Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion Facility
The world's first ocean thermal energy conversion facility
(Source: ReFocus)
Device to probe limits of physics
UK physicists have completed the first crucial element
(Source: BBC News)
A New Type of Solar Cell
Scientists in Japan have made the first device that can
(Source: Physics Web)
Brazilian Wins Miss Earth Beauty Pageant
Priscilla Meirelles, a medical student from Brazil, was named
There are no first and runner-up finishers in the competition;
(Source: Environmental News Network)
Ideas Stolen Right From Nature
Nature is pretty good at solving engineering problems,
(Source: Wired)
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Winning the Oil Endgame
This independent, peer-reviewed synthesis for American
http://www.oilendgame.org See also related article "Soft Energy Pathfinder: Who Needs Oil,
Cleaner and Greener Emissions Reduction Calculator
Energy efficiency can translate into a certain amount
http://www.cleanerandgreener.org/emission_reductions.htm -----------------------------------------------------------
Regenerative Design Institute Training
January - December, 2005
This year-long Advanced Permaculture Training offers a
Students will receive personalized instruction including
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Reminder:
Ongoing: Mo-Sun; 9:30 am - 5 pm
The Henry Ford Museum's exhibit "A New Way of Living"
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Holiday Gifts From BFI's Dymaxion Store
There is still time to order from the BFI store! Orders
This year, in addition to our range of Fuller-related books,
And BFI memberships and the premiums that come with
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South Pole Dome Bucky Stamp Cancellation!
We have just posted images of the cancellation you can
Scott F. Smith, South Pole Station Mechanical Coordinator,
For more details, contact us at: southpoledome_at_bfi.org<mailto:southpoledome_at_bfi.org>
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Strategic Thinking:
Gil Friend canvasses the growing number of reports on the
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Bucky in the News
Chris Fearnley has put together a web page listing interesting
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has been commissioned off the west coast of India. The
1MW plant is housed on a 65 meter barge anchored off the port
of Tuticorin, and uses a 'reverse' refrigeration cycle that
relies on the temperature differential of deep sea water
at 7°C and surface water at 28 °C.
http://www.sparksdata.co.uk/refocus/redesign/
showdoc.asp?docid=12127322&accnum=1
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of an experimental device designed to probe the forces
that shape our Universe.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/1/hi/sci/tech/4035747.stm
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convert solar energy into electricity and then store the
resulting electric charge. Conventional solar cells need
a secondary device, such as a battery, to store the
electrical power generated from light. The photocapacitor
combines the photoelectric and storage functions in a single
structure.
http://physicsweb.org/articles/news/8/11/3
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Miss Earth 2004 recently, winning a beauty pageant that
promotes environmental concerns.
each of the final four receives a title: Miss Earth, Miss Fire;
Miss Air; and Miss Water. The Miss Earth pageant, launched
three years ago by a Philippine production outfit, requires
candidates to be aware of environmental problems faced by
their respective countries.
http://enn.com/ch_comm.html?id=24
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so designers are increasingly turning to biomimetics to
improve their products and ideas.
http://go.hotwired.com/news/technology/0,1282,65642,00.html/wn_ascii
RESOURCES
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by Rocky Mountain Institute
business and military leaders charts a roadmap for getting
the United States completely, attractively, and profitably
off oil. The strategy integrates four technological ways
to displace oil: using oil twice as efficiently, then substituting
biofuels, saved natural gas, and, optionally, hydrogen.
Anyway?"
at: http://enn.com/ch_trans.html?id=20
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of greenhouse gas reduction, but how much? This online
calculator illustrates how reducing energy consumption at
your home or business can cut emissions and save money.
Also breaks down emissions reduction by greenhouse gas:
CO2, nitrogen oxides, etc.
EVENTS
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Institute of Noetic Sciences, Petaluma, California
new model of ecological education and training that
creates multi-disciplinary practitioners skilled in the art
and science of regenerative design as well as construction
practices.
field trips, offsite workshops, theory and hands-on
experience. College credit is available.
http://www.permacultureinstitute.com/rdi.html
A New Way of Living
Dearborn. Greenfield Village
features a prototype of R. Buckminster Fuller's Dymaxion House.
There is also an online exhibit at
http://www.hfmgv.org/dymaxion/index.html
BFI UPDATE
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received by December 15th will arrive by Christmas (US
addresses). Visit our store page http://www.bfi.org/search.html
and browse our catalog http://www.bfi.org/pdf/catalog.pdf
videos and educational tools, we also have assorted items
sporting the Fuller Commemorative Stamp, including the
BFI Station Cover Cards with special USPS cancellation
($25/set, item #1001 or separately $10 each, item #1002-1004).
Don't forget about our organic cotton T-shirts and tote bags!
them also make great gifts! Visit http://www.bfi.org/membership.html
receive from the South Pole Station. See the picture on
the home page at http://www.bfi.org
Polar Plumber/Philatelist, and fourteen-year veteran of the
South Pole dome, has offered to cancel your Bucky stamps
from Antarctica this Austral Summer (November-March).
Design Science Network
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Risk, CFOs, and the Sustainability Business Case
By Gil Friend
financial implications of the sustainability challenge.
http://www.greenbiz.com/news/columns_third.cfm?NewsID=27351
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