Sunvention in the running for Buckminster Fuller Challenge

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UPDATED: Sunvention's Solar Power Villages proposal has made it to the semi-finalists.

I'm proud that Sunvention has made it into the list of contenders for this year's Buckminster Fuller Challenge. This challenge, based on the concepts of Bucky Fuller, is looking for out-of-the box and practical solutions to today's practical problems.

Some extracts and images from a much longer entry (that I co-authored) have been posted by the Buckminster Fuller Institute online on challenge.bfi.org

It would of course be great to get comments on the site.

Last Updated on Tuesday, 05 April 2011 15:31