From: LARRY KLAES (ljk4_at_msn.com)
Date: Fri Jul 02 2004 - 14:25:04 PDT
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Subject: [BFI_News] Vol.5 No.6
Welcome to Vol. 5 No. 6 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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"I must commit myself to reforming the environment not man;
being absolutely confident that if you give man the right
environment he will behave favorably."
R. Buckminster Fuller
"An Autobiographical Monologue/Scenario"
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TRENDS AND PERSPECTIVES
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Bayer and UNEP Launch Partnership for Youth Environmental Projects
The Bayer Group has become the first private-sector company to
(Source: Greenbiz.com)
Port of Los Angeles Opens Green Shipping Terminal
The Port of Los Angeles opened the world's first green container
(Source: Environmental News Network)
Clothes Launder Own Fabric
In the classic 1951 film, "The Man in the White Suit," Alec Guinness
(Source: Nature)
Private Craft Makes Space History With Eco Friendly Fuel (Laughing Gas)
SpaceShipOne has rocketed into the history books to become the first
(Source: BBC)
California Family Drives To Argentina On Recycled Vegetable Oil
Mali Blotta and David Modersbach were unfazed by rising gas
(Source: Environmental News Network)
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Fast Company Profiles "Masters of Design"
No matter what you do for a living, design matters. Meet and learn
http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/83/mod.html L.A. College to Create Sustainable Design Certification Classes
The Los Angeles Community College District plans to launch
http://www.greenbiz.com/news/news_third.cfm?NewsID=26878 The Apollo Project - For Energy Indepence
The New Apollo Project is a $300 billion, public-private program
To see the Apollo proposal for yourself, visit
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REMINDER:
Buckminster Fuller's World Game Workshop
Led by Medard Gabel, this evening participants engage in Fuller's
AND
Buckminster Fuller's Comprehensive Anticipatory Design
Thursdays, July 15-Aug. 12,
Over five weeks, learn how to develop a practical approach to some
Each session includes exercises for learning Design Science, and
Solar 2004: A Solar Harvest, Growing Opportunities
July 11-14, 2004
SOLAR 2004 is bringing together solar disciplines and solar
The updated program is now online at
Next SNEC Meeting:
July 24th - 25th, 2004
Workshop Presentations:
For details and to register visit http://www.cjfearnley.com/snec/ -----------------------------------------------------------
Reminder:
On July 12th, Bucky's Birthday, the U.S. Postal Service will be
Next week we will send another special update on events
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1st International Cradle to Cradle Housing Design
Architects, designers and students are invited to develop
See also:
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partner the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) in
environmental projects for young people.
http://www.greenbiz.com/news/news_third.cfm?NewsID=26886
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terminal Monday as part of a $50-million settlement of a lawsuit
over air pollution that has plagued communities near the port.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-22/s_25104.asp
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Catalytic Cotton Chows Down On Dirt
played a scientist who invents a fabric that never gets dirty or wears
out. A chemist's pipe dream perhaps, but the prospect of self-cleaning
clothes might be getting closer.
http://www.nature.com/nsu/040607/040607-9.html
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Private manned spacecraft to fly to the edge of space and back.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3811881.stm
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prices when they drove 11,000 miles (17,700 kilometers) during
a recent family road trip from California to Argentina. Their
24-year-old station wagon runs on much cheaper fuel: recycled
vegetable oil.
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-06-24/s_25117.asp
RESOURCES
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from 20 visionary men and women who are using design to create
not just new products, but new ways of working, leading, and seeing,
profiled in the cover story of Fast Company's June 2004 issue.
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sustainable design certification classes at its campus, where more
than 40 green buildings are being constructed as part of the college
district's extensive campus improvement program.
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to create three million new, clean energy jobs to free America from
foreign oil dependence in ten years. The project is headed by the
Apollo Alliance, an organization building a broad coalition within
the labor, environmental, business, urban, and faith communities
in support of good jobs and energy independence.
http://www.apolloalliance.org
EVENTS
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The Smithsonian Institute Presents:
Evening Seminar: July 8
6:30 to 9:30 p.m.
World Game, a serious exercise that embodies his goal to "make
the world work for 100 percent of humanity, in the shortest possible
time, through spontaneous cooperation, without ecological offense,
or the disadvantage of anyone."
http://residentassociates.org/com/buckmister_game.asp
Science Problem-Solving Methodology in Practice
7 to 9 p.m.
existing modern problems using the process of Comprehensive
Anticipatory Design Science. The course includes an interview with a
prominent student of Buckminster Fuller's design approach, so students
can learn from the real-life experience and applications of Fuller's
work.
participants are responsible for developing a project--by themselves or
in a team--that presents a solution to a modern problem, using Fuller's
problem-solving methodology. Program led by Medard Gabel.
http://residentassociates.org/com/buckmister_science.asp
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American Solar Energy Society
Portland, Oregon
enthusiasts. Featuring:
- 33rd ASES Annual Conference
- 29th National Passive Solar Conference
- ASME International Solar Energy Conference
- SEIA Industry Updates
- SBSE Annual Meeting
- IREC/DOE Million Solar Roofs Partnerships Annual Meeting
- SRCC Annual Meeting
- Workshops, Tours, Special Events
http://www.ases.org/solar2004/program.htm
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Tensegrity Structures Workshop
SUNY, Oswego, New York
-Don Briddell -- Structor Geometry
-Roger Tobie -- The Laws of Tensile-Integrity Form
-Jeannie Moberly -- Circus of "Impossible" Structures
(bring failed or bizarre models of less than 3" for inclusion.)
-Marvin Solit and Stuart Quimby -- T Formation Post and Rail
Method For Building Tensegrities
-Francois Gabriel -- Beyond the Cube, The Architecture of
Space Frames and Polyhedra
-Don Richter
-Joe Clinton
BFI UPDATE
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Fuller Commemorative Stamp Released July 12
releasing a special commemorative Buckminster Fuller stamp
to honor Fuller on the 50th anniversary of his patent for the
geodesic dome!
http://www.usps.com/communications/news/stamps/2004/sr04_043.htm
and activities across the country related to the stamp
release in the next few days!
COMPREHENSIVE DESIGN NETWORK
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and Construction Competition!
affordable, sustainable house designs based on the principles
discusssed in Bill McDonough and Michael Braungart's book,
"Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things."
Deadline: November 15, discounted entry fee by July 15.
Submissions due December 15.
http://www.c2c-home.org
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Next SNEC Meeting: Tensegrity Structures Workshop
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