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BFI seeks to expose today’s leaders to the conceptual models and tools necessary to design a future that works for 100% of life, without ecological offense.
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Cooperating Manual for Spaceship Earth
The Co-Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth is a doers manual. A comprehensive and creatively taxonomized wiki cataloguing our collective intelligence around societal transformation toward cooperation.
Trimtab Space Camp
Trimtab Space Camp is an immersive program that teaches you to think like nature, while sharing the models, tools, and frameworks that enable you to bring forth a world that works for 100% of Life.
Regenerosity
As climate breakdown and interdependent social, ecological, and economic crises accelerate, regenerative projects that utilize principles and patterns of nature are emerging around the world.
Design Science Studio
A (r)Evolutionary incubator for ART inspiring a regenerative future that works for 100% of life
Buckminster Fuller
Hailed as “one of the greatest minds of our times,” R. Buckminster Fuller was renowned for his comprehensive perspective on the world’s problems.
Geodesic Domes
The geodesic dome was the result of Fuller’s revolutionary discoveries about balancing compression and tension forces in building.
The Fuller Challenge
A comprehensive history of the $100,000 prize program and a curated ‘best of’ entries archive.
Fiscal Sponsorship
BFI supports and incubates small independent projects and programs that face these funding restrictions.
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UnEarthing Your Regenerative Potential: BFI & nRhythm at Shift2022
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Giving Tuesday 2021 [7:00]
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Global Launch of BFI Design Lab
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