News – Global Solutions Lab

2016 UN Presentations
How often do young adults have the opportunity to present their innovative ideas to UN representatives? That is exactly what 20 people from seven countries got to do on June 26, 2016. Participants of the 2017 Global Solutions Lab worked intensely for seven days to conceive of, research, and develop a solution to one of the […]
2020 Global Solutions Lab announced
When I worked with Buckminster Fuller he always had us take a global, big picture, whole-systems perspective with all the problems on which we worked. We will be doing the same in the Global Solutions Lab. We will use a problem solving methodology developed by Fuller—what he called design science—and apply this to real world […]

Be part of the 2022 Global Solutions Lab!

Join students and young professionals from around the world* for the 2022 Lab. Be briefed by UN experts (from UN Habitat, the UN Development Program, UN Environmental Program, UNESCO, UNICEF, WHO and other UN agencies),** develop comprehensive strategies for solving some of the world’s most critical problems, and then present your work at the UN. You will learn a powerful strategic design and planning methodology that will be of use for the rest of your life, as well learn about leadership, problem solving and the design revolution. Learn about global problems, options, technology, culture, resources and what they can do to make a difference. Meet others with similar passions about the state of the world—and what we can do to make things better.

2020 Global Solutions Lab

By Medard Gabel|December 11, 2020|Categories: Uncategorized|

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2016 UN Presentations

By Mary Gabel|November 9, 2016|Categories: Uncategorized|

How often do young adults have the opportunity to present their innovative ideas to UN representatives? That is exactly what 20 people from seven countries got to do on June 26, 2016. Participants of the 2017 Global Solutions Lab worked intensely for seven days to conceive of, research, and develop a solution to one of the […]

2020 Global Solutions Lab announced
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2020 Global Solutions Lab announced

By Mary Gabel|March 14, 2015|Categories: Uncategorized|

When I worked with Buckminster Fuller he always had us take a global, big picture, whole-systems perspective with all the problems on which we worked. We will be doing the same in the Global Solutions Lab. We will use a problem solving methodology developed by Fuller—what he called design science—and apply this to real world […]

Designing a World that Works for All

By Mary Gabel|March 1, 2015|Categories: Book of Lab Reports|

The 10th Anniversary Edition is available now by clicking here! Or, go here for download and viewing options. “Designing a World that Works for All” by Medard Gabel Hundreds of young people from five continents and 35 countries gathered each summer from 2005 to 2014 and worked extraordinarily hard to understand, and even harder to […]