and put together a multidisciplinary group of people; engineering friends he had studied with, artists and scientists he had met working in other projects, etc, and turned them into a positive ethical organization working to develop, implement and transfer local solutions to solve the issues raised by the United Nations. The Dome used the Design Science methodology to design an ideal future state as the first step to make it happen, then identified the education as the main tool to improve the universal standard of living. On August ‘The Dome’ produced and directed the interactive play “The Spaceship called Earth”, a multimedia simulation strategy with actors in scene, video and live music that helped the audience to learn about the current state of the Spaceship. During it’s eighteen months of existence, ‘The Dome’ designed software for limited-speech disabled persons, organized international volunteer workcamps, developed an environmental education program to help sea turtles, and provided consulting services regarding renewable energy to remote communities in the mexican mountains. In order to tackle the diverse nature of the projects we were running, we decided to create our own flexible organizational structure where authority, communication paths and reward systems were accepted by all team members. Every project team would include members from different disciplines and the team leader role would rotate, based on the nature of the project, to the person with more expertise in the related field. Frequently, team members would work simultaneously in three or more different projects whilst leading another one. This system made the exchange of ideas easier and allowed people to make and implement optimum decisions on diverse projects.

Describe the current stage of your initiative and your implementation plan over the next three years

On December 2006 The Dome’s activities came to a halt because of the lack of continued funding. ‘The Dome’ had no salaried personnel and functioned only by the volunteer work of its members. This model proved itself unsustainable. The granted money would be used to provide salaries for a twelve month period for this group of people and to resume the works that were started on our first attempt.
The granted money would be also used to fund the environmental education program which will serve as a demonstrative project which could help to attract further international and regional funding. This money would also be used to purchase a wind turbine which would be in turn used for another demonstrative project of our work in the mountain communities.
We would also develop infrastructure on the beach where we’ve been working and provide temporary accommodation to the staff and international volunteers participating in workcamps. ‘The Dome’ will be constructed using locally available materials in the similar fashion of those traditional huts built by local people.
However, this would include a hybrid solar-wind power supply which will be used to power computers and a cool room. The completed building would be used also as a sustainable technology demonstration center to promote it’s use in the region. It will also become a platform to empower local women through training and provide employment opportunities.
Besides sustaining current initiatives the grant would provide ‘The Dome’ with the resources needed to explore other strategies that weren’t taken into consideration on our first attempt because of the lack of resources. The financial objective is to become fully sustainable after twelve months. After that period, the additional source of income and trained staff will be used to replicate the model in other communities around the world, suffering from similar conditions.

Describe how your strategy meets the entry criteria ("What We're Looking For")

The solutions developed by ‘The Dome’ meet the entry criteria because they were developed using the Design Science guidelines. Each one of our 'artifacts' is in fact a carefully designed -comprehensive and anticipatory- trimtab.
As an example the environmental education program developed by ‘The Dome’ has the following characteristics:

- RELIABLE: The contents were put at test for different age groups during a festival where 2500 children from 5 to 15 years and 108 professors evaluated the proposal. Their observations and contributions were included in the final program.

- REPLICABLE: It was designed to be developed in later stages on new zones and new age groups.

- VERSATILE: It can be adapted to address other needs referring to education using the same platform bases.

Describe the qualifications and experience of you and/or your team and your ability to execute your implementation plan

The Dome is a multidisciplinary group of talented young people committed with the Millennium Development Goals. It is formed by:

Adrian [28] Engineer, Writer, Professor, founder and creator of ‘The Dome’.
MSc Sustainable Energy Technologies.
Erika [28] Scout, Paramedic, Biomedical Engineer, Social Worker (Kenia, India, Nepal)
MSc Social Responsibility.
Emmanuel [30] Psychologist, Musician, Sculptor, PhD in Astrophysics
Eduardo [33] Stage Director, Playwrighter, Professor.
Juan Pablo [28] Musician, Photographer, Journalist, Sound Engineer and Computer Technician.
Candy [28] Scientist, Professor, PhD in Molecular Biology.
Gabriel [30] Inventor, Design Engineer, Social Worker.
Osmar [29] Engineer, Mechatronics/Manufacture.

'The Dome' has long-term partnerships with: ‘Vive Mexico’, the largest organization of volunteers in Latin America; ‘Isla de Pajaros’, the oldest volunteer organization working with turtles in Mexico; ‘Grupo Undanet’ and the University of Salamanca in Spain.
Our work has been recognized by diverse institutions, local governments, and experts such as: Direction of Ecology of Zihuatanejo, Subcoordination of Educative Services of the Great Coast of Guerrero, Municipal Government of Tecpan de Galeana, Unit of Ecosystems and Coastal Environments and Laura Sarti, the famous Mexican turtle scientist.