Announcement: Winner of the First Annual Buckminster Fuller Challenge
May 19, 2008
MAY 2, 2008
The Buckminster Fuller Institute has announced that Comprehensive Design for a Carbon Neutral World: The Challenge of Appalachia submitted by Dr. John Todd was selected as the winnter of the 2008 Buckminster Fuller Challenge. The winner will receive his prize at a press conference and conferring ceremony in New York City on June 23rd.
In addition to selecting the winner, two runners-up were also identified for their innovative work. The Barefoot College submitted by Bunker Roy was the first runner-up and Promoting Biogas and Training Bedouin Women submitted by Kevin Leopold was the second runner-up.
Each year a distinguished jury will award a single $100,000 prize to support the development and implementation of a solution that has significant potential to solve humanity’s most pressing problems in the shortest possible time while enhancing the Earth’s ecological integrity. For more information about The Buckminster Fuller Challenge visit http://challenge.bfi.org.
