What it is:
The Design Science Lab is where solutions to global and local problems
are developed— by you. This year the Lab will be
focused on the increasingly critical global energy situation. Read
more
Who it is for:
Students—from college and high school—as well as teachers and young
professionals
When:
June 16–23, 2008
Where:
Chestnut Hill College,
Philadelphia, PA, and
United Nations, NY
2008 Focus:
Global and local energy problems and opportunities
What you will learn, do, and get
- You will learn a problem solving and planning methodology, developed
by Buckminster Fuller and other scientists and designers, that
will be of use to you the rest of your life
- You will learn about the global energy situation, its problems,
opportunities, and what we can do to change it
- You will work collaboratively with other participants from around
the world on designing real world solutions to the world's energy
problems (and to those problems connected to the world's energy
problems)
- You will be briefed by United Nations staff and other experts
on global energy problems and opportunities
- You will present you work to a team of UN and other experts
- Your work will be published as a book
- You will receive a comprehensive digital collection of the latest
reports from the UN and research organizations around the world
on the state of the planet (over $1,000 worth of reports and studies
on energy, climate change, the global economy, food, and other
topics).
- You will work very hard and have fun doing it.
Check out:
“The most astonishing thing about Spaceship Earth: it didn't
come with an operating manual."
—Buckminster Fuller |
