Economics is always and only about life support. It starts with the pre-existing cosmic or natural materials, energy and processes of the universe and solar system and includes all human life support activities. The ingredients of the human developed part of the economic system are materials, time, labor, energy and know-how. These are relatively easy to come to grips with. It does not take any great smarts or lengthy education to understand the basics. It’s because the economic system has a simplicity about it. There is common sense to it. Placing seeds in the ground, in springtime and keeping them watered is one example. Mixing certain metal ores together and heating them to a specific melting temperature to make steel for car bodies is another.

On the other hand, all financial systems become ridiculously complex. The rules keep changing. They require lots of study and effort. They lead to things like: making money with money; credit scoring; insurance and reinsurance companies; hedge funds; derivatives; stock values and profits going up when people lose their jobs through increased efficiency, but those people lose rather than share in the benefits; and the contamination of the air, land and seas. Financial systems become arbitrary, increasingly dysfunctional and irrational. They produce situations wherein we can build lots of cars and homes for people who need transportation and shelter, then within a few years they get repo’d, or foreclosed and evicted. People who raise and teach children are not well compensated. It is common for people to do anything they can to “make money” and “pay the bills” and never find what they really love to do and are really good at. These are clear failures of the financial system. All the “economist’s” supercomputer analyses have not and will not solve these problems. It’s telling that we don’t know for sure if we’re in a recession until after the fact.

How is the economy doing? This is the ever-present question. The economy is a rich source of material for all of us, for politicians, analysts, scholars, writers, TV shows, and talks at the water cooler and the kitchen table. It’s a question that could only be asked after we’ve confused a financial system with economics. It’s a question that could only be asked in a condition where people serve the system instead of the system serving the people.

How are the people doing? Does Everyone have food, shelter and health care, and to the highest standard? Is education available freely, and to Anyone? Is world around communication technology available to All? Are there fewer restrictions on moving around the planet today than there were last year? Is Everyone getting all the recreation they desire? How are All living beings doing? How is the environment doing? These are the questions that economics actually and appropriately addresses. The answers are usually straightforward and obvious. They are easy to comprehend.

William Daniels...... Copyright. Please distribute this freely for non-commercial purposes.
503-314-6902...... I am available to speak, write on specific topics, etc.
wdinpdx@yahoo.com...... See: BillionsofBillionaires.blogspot.com; BFI.org; “Critical Path” by R. Buckminster Fuller
11/14/08

Buckminster Fuller Bibliography by Trevor Blake and A Study of Shelter Logistics for Marine Corps Aviation by Col. Henry C. Lane now in print!

Buckminster Fuller Bibliography by Trevor Blake. Nearly one thousand printed works by and about R. Buckminster Fuller. Traces Fuller’s trajectory from outsider to globe-spanning public speaker to cultural icon. Includes information on Fuller found in no other book. 118 pages, 6" x 9", jacket-hardcover binding, cream interior paper (50# weight), black and white interior ink, white exterior paper (100# weight), full-color exterior ink.

A Study of Shelter Logistics for Marine Corps Aviation by Col. Henry C. Lane. In the 1950s the US Marine Corps put the geodesic domes of Buckminster Fuller to the test. They concluded domes were "the first major basic improvement in mobile military shelters for the past 2,600 years." Rare and fifty years out of print, now with a new introduction. 144 pages, 8.25" x 10.75", casewrap-hardcover binding, white interior paper (50# weight), black and white interior ink, white exterior paper (100# weight), full-color exterior ink.

ANNE AND BUCKY

In thanks for the contribution that their work is

for the privilege of having shared private times together

in awe of their courage

inspired by their human-ness

respectful of their integrity

in honor of their love

in acknowledgement of their passing

and towards the completion of our dream

this is lovingly dedicated.

William Daniels
July 13,1983 503-314-6902 wdinpdx@yahoo.com

FROM FINANCE TO ECONOMICS

Why does NO-ONE, actually know, how the various financial systems work? Political leaders, the Fed. chief, the “economists”, and the commentators, are all talking about the big problems in the US and global monetary systems. No one is sure about the consequences of hedge funds, credit default swaps, derivatives, deregulated banks, packaged sub-prime mortgages as securities, declining home prices, etc., etc. No one knows for sure what it will take to restore a semblance of stability.

No one truly understands how monetary systems work because they are not founded on facts. They are founded on concepts like “confidence” and “value”. The problem is that confidence and values change frequently and unpredictably. Facts remain constant. All monetary systems are out of sync with the Natural Economic Order of the universe.

What, then are the facts? First, the Natural Economy provides life support for free. No one has to pay the universe to have plants produce nuts, berries, tomatos, coconuts and bananas.
No cow or chicken has ever demanded money to produce milk or eggs. Second, the Natural Economy is abundant. Sunlight beams aboard the planet 24/7/365. It is the direct energy source for all plant life. We grow enough food to feed every human being. We could power all human activities only with solar and its renewable derivatives: wind, hydro, wave, bio-fuels, and geo-thermal. Third, the Natural Economy values all life forms equally. It doesn’t give less sunlight to snakes and spotted owls than it does to dogs and human beings.

The specific facts, about growing corn for example, are learned by every farmer. They stay the same from year to year and from region to region. Shipbuilders who design boats in the Amazon find that the laws of buoyancy work the same when their craft is used in Europe. Scientists in Egypt discover the same principles at work when they produce brass as the scientists in China

The Natural Economy of the universe is based on “sharing with”, freely, abundantly and equally. Monetary systems are based on “withholding from”. I will let you have what I have, only if you give me something that I value. If you don’t have anything that I value, I’ll go find someone who does. If what I have happens to be something that would save your life, oh well.

So, the good news is that we already know all the facts necessary to produce an extraordinarily high standard of living for every human being, and honor all other life forms equally. The only thing to do now is to switch our attention from financial systems to the Natural Economic System. We can do it relatively gently, gracefully or harshly and with suffering. But do it we will.

William Daniels
503-314-6902
wdinpdx@yahoo.com
10/11/2008

Seeking Buckminster Fuller Challenge team members.

An idea using geodesics for transportation/to move objects has been entered into the Buckminster Fuller Challenge and this will require a team effort to obtain the achievable solution to one of humanity's most pressing problem; a more efficient use of energy for transportation. This will require developing a Buckminster Fuller geodesic design for a more efficient mechanical transmission system.

Specifically seeking a team member with a very good working knowledge of holism. An experienced mechanical engineer familiar the the principles of Buckminster Fuller would add verifiability to the team.

Those interested in joining the team and would like more information, please contact me at JK_MD@yahoo.com.

Interested in building bucky's sphere. Have idea.
Who has the money?

An idea has been entered into the Buckminster Fuller Challenge and this will require a team effort to obtain the achievable solution to one of humanity's most pressing problem; a more efficient use of energy for transportation. This will require developing a Buckminster Fuller geodesic design for a more efficient mechanical transmission system.

Specifically seeking a team member with a very good working knowledge of holism. An experienced mechanical engineer familiar the the principles of Buckminster Fuller would add verifiability to the team.

Those interested in joining the team and would like more information, please contact me at JK_MD@yahoo.com

ECONOMICS IS BASED ON FACTS
MONETARY SYSTEMS ARE BASED ON CONFIDENCE

9/16/2008 10:18 A.M. PDT

The economy of the universe is based on discoverable facts and principles. Sunlight is beamed aboard planet earth continuously. It is a direct energy source, supports the growth of plants, powers the wind and rain, lights our way, etc. It is measurable. It is relatively consistent. Don’t know about you, but I’ve never heard a report that the sun coming into view in the morning was dependent on how confident humans were that day.

True, fundamental, cosmic, natural economics is about life support, purely, simply. Humans have chanced upon, and intentionally sought out ways to accelerate nature’s processes. For example, we found out that clearing a field and planting only one type of plant will produce a much higher yield than just finding a random patch of the desired plant; using fertilizer again upped the yield; we developed tools to still further up the yield; etc. All of this is measurable and relatively predictable. Although weather patterns change continuously, it is a fact that as a planet we have been producing enough food to feed everyone, and have been doing it for decades, at least.

Buckminster Fuller identified 7 facets of life support: food; shelter; health care; education; communication; transportation and recreation. Goods and services are produced in these 7 areas by combining materials, time, labor, energy and know-how in measurable amounts. The recipe for building and flying airplanes has no entry titled: confidence. “We have no confidence that the laws of physics are working today, therefore all flights are cancelled” is a laughable idea.

The one true economic system has no requirement for money, exchange rates, credit scores, stocks, deeds, etc., etc. This is all fascinating, stimulating stuff that grabs and holds our attention. They are also un-natural, wasteful impediments to life support.

It is only after we have misunderstood the essential character of economics and have built up complex monetary systems and theories, that are ever changing, that we could be in a position where our life support delivery system could be in so much turmoil in such a short period of time. It’s time to withdraw confidence in all monetary systems, and place confidence where it belongs: in the basic, super-abundant economy of nature, which includes and is augmented by human know-how.

William Daniels

THE TRAGEDY OF MONETARY SYSTEMS
AND THE GOOD NEWS WE’RE MISSING

9/15/2008 9:23 A.M. PDT

The big news today is the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers and the buyout of Merrill Lynch. Thousands of people will lose their jobs. Markets around the world are in turmoil. The emotional toll is already great. The fear is that things could get worse. And yet the actual cause of the problem is unrecognized and the benefits are difficult to see. This is the greater tragedy.

Human inventors have been working for centuries to develop more and better labor saving products and services. They, we, have been very successful. Isn’t it ironic that we are not laboring less?

The foundational principle of monetary systems (We live in a condition of scarcity) blinds us to the benefits that become available due to our know-how. Know-how allows us to do-more-with-less. In practical terms, everyday reality, this means that it is good news whenever we can lay people off. We don’t need as much labor to produce the same or greater results. We won! We accomplished the result!

Uh-oh, we’ve got to “earn a living”. The good news, that we don’t need all those folks who are losing their jobs, actually looks like bad news. It certainly is bad news for them. They are going to be denied full access to the life support they enjoyed when they were “gainfully employed”. Heaven forbid, that these folks have the same, full access to life support. (Actually we’re doing a great job here, on our own, we don’t require ANY heavenly help.) The potential for these folks to develop even more efficient production and delivery systems to free up (lay off) even more people will be lost. We are still blinded and enslaved by monetary systems with their inaccurate premises.The image of the dog chasing it’s own tail is apt here.

However, all is not lost, Intelligence (love) will win out. Enough people all over the planet are intuitively (lovingly) recognizing, that all of us deserve to prosper. They are freely giving of their resources, time and know-how, so that all of us may benefit. I am optimistic that the incredibly good news that we are mostly unaware of, will get out, we will recognize it, we will simply drop these cumbersome, self defeating monetary systems.

William Daniels

HABITAT- Workshop DOME-GARDEN. THE STEP for sustainabiliti. We have found one of the branch of the Milky Way spiral galaxy.The Material and energy in journey in spirals. It Is Encoded in our nature DNA.
Using spiral principle DNA for design of the houses. Patent 8380- production shell netted rotation (principle DNA).
Workshop DOME-GARDEN is an unique educational ambience for student. The Design of the workshop for production, packing netted (mesh) frames, can minimize the energy costs and material.
The Diameter of the Project Workshop DOME-GARDEN- 5 metres. With mounted stove in the centre to be warmed and processing the metal. Membrane Workshop DOME-GARDEN- consists of steel
folding mesh frames, three layers to insulation (polyethylene, carbon, glass filament), cement, sheet metal, veneer, fabrics.
Target group, children with genetic alteration, schoolchildren, volunteer.
The Project provides the detailed instruction for all, who will be capable to build the house in the field of low prices with maximum conservation of the ambience and
energy everywhere. Novelty project- use local material available; the moss, fabrics insulator heats 3D polyethylene, sheets of the veneer,
and packing frame of the metal of the steel wire springs was formed on base of the structure gene and DNA.
The Surface of the building was going to minus welding and minus drill. Portable frame-based like gene, 3-5 metres on length (the chromosomes X Y), bolt (Nucleotide).

Transportation Alternatives is running a contest for the redesign of the 9th Street and 4th Avenue intersection of Brooklyn's Park Slope neighborhood.
There is a cash prize for the winner and first two runner-ups. The registration deadline is July 31st. Any and everybody is encouraged to enter.
Enjoy!

The official website with all the information:
21stcenturystreet.org

For more information, images, movies, and location, see http://www.wholeo.net/wholeodome.htm

I have invented the quickest, slickest way to make tensegrities. I call it the Klyp Styx system (pronounced “clip sticks”). It is an easy way to clip sticks together in an eloquent, flexible, multiple joint. You can see them in action at the unfinished web site klypstyx.com.

Klyp Styx is great for modeling polyhedra, floating compressions, Buckyballs, nanotubes, octet trusses and other space frames, and opens the doors to exploring other interesting structures (both rigid and dynamic). Curious? Let me know - eric@klypstyx.com.

Eric, the byg klyp styx kyd

I'd like to learn from the experience of others as I embark on a journey to build a modular lightweight construction system that utilizes synergetics for form and load bearing optimization.

I've run into a few snags so far, but don't let my focus on composites bother you. I'd just like to know things like wat experiences people have had building tetrahedral trusses, for example, or joining struts for domes in whatever material they are using.

If other have experience with smaller structures, that would be very helpful. I am thinking tinker toys, and hobbyists who might have some experience.

Does anyone think it is conceivable to develop community based dehumidifiers which can generate drinking water for communities as opposed to water treatment plants which cannot remove many of the impure chemicals which make their way into our waterways?

There is always humidity and the technology is available. Please post on this idea to develop solar powered water plants.

Anthony Park
anthonywpark@gmail.com

I believe that Buckminster Fuller's idea of the Trim tab is critical to understanding current stagnation of politics in Washington.

The small changes that would lead to big socially beneficial changes in Policy are not made because political people are busy making the small changes which will lead to bigger changes that are benificial to specific interests which they foster.
I am saying that unless the trim tab principal is openly discussed in government, vested interests will continue to employ it for narrow interests only.
A corrolary of this is that the public sector does have a special power which can be used to obtain leverage over social issues thru the leverage of the trim tab applied to the social rudder of a new policy applied to society..

Mouth of Babes is a new internet tv series that will begin airing June 2008. Ruthie our pregnant mother and Mikko her two year old son will demonstrate, practical, fun and easy foods that are particularly good for providing extra nutrients that pregnant mothers and young children need for brain and body development.

The show will be featured on the open source platform Miro and is geared towards sustainable, local communities and building them up through food and communication.

Mouth of Babes is currently open for sponsorship and is particularly interested in organizations who share the vision of a sustainable future for the coming generations. It is a grass roots movement which keeps our overhead low.

If you are interested in sponsoring this program please visit:

indiegogo.com/mouthofbabes

or

helladelicious.com

I am interested in starting a Synergetic Study/Practice Group in Los Angeles. I have a good meeting space in a quiet neighborhood. I also have a copy of Amy Edmondson's book that others can copy. This will be used as primary text.

Please contact me if you would be interested. I live in the Mid-Wilshire area.

G'day folks,

not 100% sure this post is appropriate or not. I just wanted to know whether anyone within the community had any comment to make on the science of implosion as it relates to Viktor Shaubergers work. i sell Vortex Energizers which have been inspired by the principles of implosion and attraction of 'ether'. This combination used to purify and energize water in a most practicle way.

The studies provided to me on their validity is not comprehensive, however, my personal use is comprehensive which is why I sell them.

Is there a belief within the community that current western science is the only measure of the validity of a particular theory?

Thankyou

Dane
Watershed1

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The Tanzania Sanitation Project is a non-profit mission aimed at creating a healthier, stronger, greener future of Tanzania.

Established by students and faculty of the United Nations International School in New York City, our project aims to implement a waste management system in Tanzania, one country where improper waste management uncontrollably affects and burdens the population’s daily lives.

The improper management of waste triggers severe environmental and health problems, with the consequences of poor waste management on human health and the environment becoming more noticeable each day. Garbage is piled in the open, posing health threats to children who play and live in the area. What is not collected is dumped is usually on the near street. These polluting wastes are breeding sites for insect-vectors, pests, snakes, and vermin that augment the likelihood of disease transmission. Additionally, studies prove that the majority of diseases in Tanzania are partly due to the failure to dispose of garbage correctly, which have resulted in many devastating and easily prevented diseases such as dysentery, diarrhea, scabies, skin diseases, eye problems, typhoid, and intestinal parasite becoming widespread among poorer communities.

Our objective will be achieved by taking a number of steps to improve not only the waste management in Tanzania but additionally to educate the citizens of the importance of environmental health. By implementing a sustainable waste management system in each village, enabling the community to recognize the damaging consequences their present improper waste management situation imposes on their environment and everyday lifestyles in addition to the awe-inspiring benefits that await a solution, and by recruiting local participation and efforts to dispose of their wastes properly, we will successfully achieve our goal.

In addition, the Tanzania Sanitation Project aims to ensure long-term sanitation sustainability and proper hygiene in Tanzania by educating the locals on environmental sanitation through garbage collection and disposal. Through the education, the project also aspires to provide numerous opportunities for those in the community. The implementation of a waste management system in each village should also open many doors to the locals, as they will be offered the chance to be apart of this beneficial project and maintain its system.

Aims:

• Sustainable waste management systems in targeted areas including collection, transportation and land filling.
• Prevention of pollution and littering
• Educating locals on environmental sanitation and the need for a proper management of waste
• Involvement and participation of the Tanzania community
• Employment opportunities

Anticipated Impacts of Tanzania Sanitation Project

• Efficient waste disposal and collection system
• A cleaner, healthier environment
Each year over 200 million tons of human waste and huge quantities of solid waste are uncollected and untreated around the world. This fouls the environment and exposes million of children to disease and squalor. Improved environmental sanitation leads to less environmental degradation, increased sustainability of environmental resources, and a safer atmosphere for children.
• Lower mortality rates
due to decreased rate of diarrhea and other diseases transmitted through wastes
88% of all diarrhoeal deaths are due to poor hygiene and lack of access to sanitation
Diarrhea: 2nd highest single cause of child mortality
Ratio by which improved sanitation reduces diarrhea-related deaths: 2/3
• Awareness of the significance of proper sanitation
• Long-term sanitation sustainability
• Decreased rates in unemployment

For additional information, please contact:

Katie Simon, ksimon@tanzaniasanitation.org or
Ms. Maria Kerins, mkerins@unis.org

• Or you can visit our website: www.tanzaniasanitation.org

Sir Norman Foster speaks about the birth and rise of sustainable thinking, technological solutions, and the influence of Buckminster Fuller. Running time 32:05.
Video Here

ROXY is a dome for your home!
Italian designer and architect Giulio Neri is producing a simple spherical lamp based on the plywood domes construction method. The lamp can be purchased as a kit for self assembly or ready made. It can be recycled and uses low consumption bulbs.

This piece of furniture shows how simple geodesic structures can be. It's intention is to bring geodesic structures at home, to delight us with their beauty, in useful furniture elements.

Meet ROXY @
www.giulioneri.com/design/roxy.html

Four very cold nights for college kids in Canada. Very interesting and educational reading.

http://www.5days.ca/

http://www.5days.ca/blog/

2008 Mar 31st - Mon at 6:00 PM

MICHAEL BEN-ELI, Ph.D.: Sustainability: The Five Core Principles

Potluck dinner & presentation by a leading international consultant and sustainability educator who was a close associate of Buckminster Fuller.

Location: Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS) - 101 San Antonio Rd. - Petaluma, California 94955

bfi-internal.org/sustainability/principles

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Project "House-sphere ARK" Description.

Using the principles of design for DNA helix homes. Priority Patent-1990 "Folding structure-frame netted a shell of rotation".

"House-sphere ARK" is a unique educational environment for students and refugees as a result of natural disasters. The manufacture of netted shell, can minimize expense the energy and material costs. Diameter house - 3-9 metres. House-quick-assembly - composed of folding steel mesh, three-layer netted insulation, cement, sheet metal, plywood, fabric, polycarbonate windows.

Target groups: children, schoolchildren, nomads, students,
refugees as a result of natural disasters. The draft provides detailed instruction for all who will be able to build a house on low prices with a maximum conservation the atmosphere and energy.

The novelty of the project-use of local materials; bags of moss, fabric, warm air veneer sheets, steel wire. Spiral DNA technology- minus welding and less drilling, without waste. Portable Folding netted a shell, elements spirals
how genes 3000-4300 mm. length (XY chromosomes), node-bolt (Nucleotide). Manufacturing shell elements netted in a special machine-similar to the ribosome living cells. For residents in the building- mobile phone and the Internet. It is necessary to synthesis of knowledge about genetics, mechanics and architecture to create fantastic architectural diversity and sustainable development. Made mini "House-sphere ARK" (puppet theatre) for children with limited abilities. Stability of the future - is to use the structure of DNA. I believe that
New technology will help solve the problems of housing and creation a stable civil society.

Snowflakes are designs, crystals are designs, music is design, and the electromagnetic spectrum of which the rainbow colors are but one millionth of its range is design; planets, stars, galaxies, and their contained behaviors such as the periodic regularities of the chemical elements are all design accomplishments. If a DNA-RNA genetic code programs the design of roses, elephants, and bees, we will have to ask what intellect designed the DNA-RNA code as well as the atoms and molecules that implement the coded programs.
-R. Buckminster Fuller

Technology spiral DNA suitable for design airship and submarine, space houses and hothouses. Thousands of people are realizing that fundamental change is within reach. Measuring up to the target issues for sustainable construction. Quantum changes and replication. "House-sphere ARK"- invention is based on the spiral of DNA and topology XY genes. Steel wire springs shell- structure(frame) similar to DNA and proteins. XY elements of a steel wire and sheet steel are linked fastening bolts.

For transportation home Biosphere-used compact containers-2200-2260-4550 mm. The prototype structure of the "House-sphere ARK" patent-Shukhov V.G. Experiments in a magnetic field with a cages Faraday and Tesla, provides the optimum size of the cell to form the structure of the envelope.
Ethical standards and social justice. This project contributes to the creation of new jobs and the transfer of skills across the local population, thus increase community capacity for decision-making to improve the quality of life. "House-sphere ARK", which can be constructed, operated, and maintained
community with minimal external support technical activities.
Everyone will be able to build his house. Environmental quality and energy conservation.

I plan to build a "House-sphere ARK" on a bog. I developed a biotoilet and electrical generator for autonomous houses.
Synthesis of sustainable livelihoods DNA technology high-hume in the region promises to significantly increase the viability of local culture and environment. The project is important to promote the transfer and awareness-raising available natural and renewable energy sources. Economic performance and compatibility.

"House-sphere ARK"- two floors -55+27 m2., with the exterior surface of -254 m2.- $ 100 000.
The envelope can be manufactured at the plant or in the workshop. Contextual and aesthetic impact; The house is able to adapt to changes in temperature and humidity. Efforts to integrate with the environment leads to aesthetically accurate
contextual response, the architectural expression of energy-saving technologies high-hume.

So, we can not cover all of our planet a great American city.
One look at the planet, to convince you of this.
When flooding Biosphere - float.