. . . the Buckminster Fuller Challenge winner, 2008. This is a short description of a sophisticated ecological design proposal for restoration of the devastated ecological-economic-social remains of the extractive coal industry and creation of a new, biologically-based ecologically-economic regenerative regional economy and society.
This is one promising approach to--and example of--the restorative/regenerative, integrative, socio-economic-ecological dimension of sustainability planning.
See also, The Buckminster Fuller Challenge for other winner and runner-up ideas, the resources page for access to the intellectual foundation for comprehensive anticipatory design science, and the Idea Index 1.0 (v 2.0 soon),
. . . serves as a tool to educate, network, and help solve problems. As an educational tool, the Index is full of hopeful, exciting ideas and solutions to pressing global problems. As a networking tool, the Index allows site visitors to contact the project leaders, leave a constructive and/or encouraging comment and connect with one another. It presents a fully searchable database of socially-responsible initiatives, in all stages of development, in need of further funding and support. To read a summary of an entry click on its title or featured image below.
The Buckminster Institute has been remarkably successful in keeping alive, through continual and expanding application, development, and extension of the intellectual legacy--the permanent, ever evolving human capital--that Buckminster Fuller bequeathed humanity. Explore it's resources.Save & Close
Buckminster fuller was the grandfather of strategic sustainability and ecological-economic-societal design engineering and a true champion of humanities regenerative success.