The Global Solutions Lab is sponsored, produced, and directed by:

EarthGame™ Inc.
Is a non-profit, tax-exempt research and education organization developing a series of global problem-solving and educational tools. These include World.Game.2.0, a new version of the World Game global simulation we originally developed with Buckminster Fuller, the Global Solutions Lab, the Earth Dashboard, and NewWorld Game, an AI-assisted global problem-solving/solution development platform.  EarthGame has consulting status with the UN Department of Global Communications.

BigPictureSmallWorld Inc. (BPSW)
Is dedicated to providing quality research, education, training, and consulting programs that inform, inspire and empower. It works with schools, colleges, corporations, and organizations around the world. Its mission is to provide perspective and critical thinking that turns information overload into sensible knowledge that leads to effective action. More specifically, it seek to motivate and excite students, executives, and others about the wonders and challenges of the global predicament and how we can participate in shaping the world to match our values. It use workshops, simulations, games, web movies, lectures, assemblies, teacher development, consulting, books, and curriculum materials toward this purpose. BigPictureSmallWorld is located in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania area of the United States and was founded by Medard Gabel.

“The best way to understand a system is to understand the system it fits into.”

—Howard Odum