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What the Lab is:
The Design Science Lab is where solutions to global and local problems
are developed— by you. This year the Lab will again
be focused on a critical global problem. Read
more
Who it is for:
Students from college and high school as well as teachers and young
professionals
When:
June 22–29, 2009
Where:
Chestnut Hill College,
Philadelphia, PA, and
United Nations, NY
2009 Focus:
To be announced in January, 2009
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 critical global problems that impact the
lives of everyone in the world, as well as the opportunities associated
with this problem, and what we can do to change the current situation
- You will work collaboratively with other participants from around
the world on designing real world solutions to a critical real
world problem
- You will be briefed by United Nations staff and other experts
on global 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 many
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 |
