Program Goals // Whom We Reach

Buckminster Fuller Institute: Mission

The Buckminster Fuller Institute is dedicated to accelerating the development and deployment of solutions which radically advance human well being and the health of our planet's ecosystems. We aim to deeply influence the ascendance of a new generation of design-science pioneers who are leading the creation of an abundant and restorative world economy that benefits all humanity.

Our programs combine unique insight into global trends and local needs with a comprehensive approach to design. We encourage participants to conceive and apply transformative strategies based on a crucial synthesis of whole systems thinking, Nature's fundamental principles, and an ethically driven worldview.

By facilitating convergence across the disciplines of art, science, design and technology, our work extends the profoundly relevant legacy of R. Buckminster Fuller. In this way, we strive to catalyze the collective intelligence required to fully address the unprecedented challenges before us.

Buckminster Fuller Challenge: Program Goals

The Program’s guiding objective is to catalyze wide-spread change in our understanding and approach to solving complex global problems. To achieve this, the program seeks to:

1. Create a rigorous, transformational process for entry in which applicants grapple deeply with a unique set of criteria.
2. Promote and disseminate an integrated, comprehensive, systems-based approach to the design of solutions.
3. Highlight and reward exemplary strategies which embody this approach.
4. Accelerate the implementation of these solutions.

Whom We Reach:

The program attracts an international, interdisciplinary pool of participants tackling a vast array of pressing problems in hundreds of countries around the world. Our core participants don’t look to politicians & bureaucrats for answers. They exemplify the extraordinary spirit of individual initiative and ingenuity and include whole systems pioneers, social entrepreneurs, artist/scientist/designers, next-gen change-agents, sustainability educators, and concerned citizens.