From cjf at SynergeticsCollaborative.org Wed Mar 3 16:24:18 2010 From: cjf at SynergeticsCollaborative.org (CJ Fearnley) Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2010 16:24:18 -0500 Subject: [SNEC] Special Event: Revisit Bucky: Wash. DC, June 11-13 2010 Message-ID: <20100303212418.GA11395@LinuxForce.net> The Synergetics Collaborative, American University (AU) School of International Service (SIS), and Arena Stage are proud to announce a special event on 11-13 June 2010 in Washington, DC Revisit Bucky: Exploring Synergetics In these times of crisis, we need to reconnect with visionary leaders like R. Buckminster Fuller (affectionately known as "Bucky") who can help us solve the critical issues of our time. The special event "Revisit Bucky: Exploring Synergetics" will provide hands-on workshops to introduce fundamental concepts from Bucky's Synergetics, watching the Arena Stage performance of D.W. Jacobs' play R. Buckminster Fuller: THE HISTORY (and Mystery) OF THE UNIVERSE, and a series of lectures and discussions to explore how we can build on Bucky's magnum opus, Synergetics. The event consists of five parts: * Reception: Friday, 11 June 2010, 6:00PM - 7:30PM, American University, SIS (School of International Service) building - Join us in AU's new environmentally friendly building designed by William McDonough to launch the "Revisit Bucky" event * Workshops: Saturday 12 June 2010, 8:30AM - 5PM, American University, SIS building - Joe Clinton, Professor John Belt, Nick Tomlin, Jack Higgins, and Tim Havranek will present workshops on geodesics, the vector equilibrium and the closest packing of spheres / isotropic vector matrix * Performance of D.W. Jacobs' award winning play "R. Buckminster Fuller: THE HISTORY (and Mystery) OF THE UNIVERSE": Saturday 12 June 2010, 8 PM - 11 PM, Arena Stage in Crystal City * Symposium: Sunday 13 June 2010, 9AM - 5PM, American University, SIS building - Keynote Speaker: Amy Edmondson, Harvard University - Other Speakers: Thomas Zung, Shoji Sadao, SIS Dean Louis Goodman, SIS Assistant Dean Joseph Clapper, Stephen M. Levin, MD, Gus Jaccaci, and Martin Brennan * Closing Reception: Sunday 13 June 2010, 7 PM - 9 PM, Steve Levin's place More details are available on the 'Revisit Bucky' event home page: http://synergeticscollaborative.org/snec.announce.meeting.2010.06.html Pre-Registration is required. Early registration fee is $150 if checks are received before 22 May 2010. Regular registration fee is $175; $75 for students. Special rates are available for AU students and for each part of the event. To attend please fill out the on-line registration form: http://synergeticscollaborative.org/registration.html -- There is only one revolution tolerable to all men, all societies, all political systems: revolution by design and invention. -- Buckminster Fuller CJ Fearnley | Executive Director cjf at SynergeticsCollaborative.org | Synergetics Collaborative http://SynergeticsCollaborative.org | "Dare to be Naive" -- Bucky Fuller From cjf at SynergeticsCollaborative.org Wed Mar 17 14:46:55 2010 From: cjf at SynergeticsCollaborative.org (CJ Fearnley) Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:46:55 -0400 Subject: [SNEC] Forthcoming Bucky Events in DC and IL Message-ID: <20100317184655.GA29774@LinuxForce.net> In addition to the "Revisit Bucky: Exploring Synergetics" special event that the Synergetics Collaborative is organizing in Washington, DC with the Arena Stage and American University, there are a number of other Bucky events to add to your calendar. Here's a quick overview of what I'm aware of so far: 29 March 2010 at Arena Stage in Crystal City, Arlington, VA A Call To Action Special Event with Allegra Fuller Snyder, Jaime Snyder, and D.W. Jacobs RSVP by 22 March: see flyer for details http://blog.arenastage.org/arena_stage_blogs/2010/03/a-call-to-action-.html April 18th - 22nd, 2010, Carbondale, IL The Fuller Dome Transformation Initiative 20% Hotel discount deadline today! See web site for details. http://www.buckysdome.org/events/index.html May 28th - July 4th, Arena Stage in Crystal City, Arlington, VA R. Buckminster Fuller: THE HISTORY (and Mystery) OF THE UNIVERSE written and directed by D.W. Jacobs' http://arenastage.org/season/09-10/the-history-mystery-of-the-universe/ June 2nd - June 9th, Washington, DC Buckminster Fuller Institute (BFI) June 2010 Convergence in Washington, DC http://www.bfi.org June 11th - 13th, Washington, DC Revisit Bucky: Exploring Synergetics A special event with workshops, lectures, and a group viewing of the Arena Stage performance of D.W. Jacobs' play R. Buckminster Fuller: THE HISTORY (and Mystery) OF THE UNIVERSE We expect the show to sell out, so pre-register now! http://synergeticscollaborative.org/snec.announce.meeting.2010.06.html -- There is only one revolution tolerable to all men, all societies, all political systems: revolution by design and invention. -- Buckminster Fuller CJ Fearnley | Executive Director cjf at SynergeticsCollaborative.org | Synergetics Collaborative http://SynergeticsCollaborative.org | "Dare to be Naive" -- Bucky Fuller From cjf at SynergeticsCollaborative.org Tue Mar 23 16:14:03 2010 From: cjf at SynergeticsCollaborative.org (CJ Fearnley) Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2010 16:14:03 -0400 Subject: [SNEC] "Revisit Bucky" event workshop descriptions now on-line Message-ID: <20100323201403.GA7412@LinuxForce.net> As part of the Special Event "Revisit Bucky: Exploring Synergetics", June 11-13th in Washington DC, there will be three introductory workshops on three topics that are central to Synergetics: Geodesics, the Vector Equilibrium (or "Jitterbug"), and the Closest Packing of Spheres. You can read expanded descriptions for these three "courses" at http://synergeticscollaborative.org/snec.meeting.2010.06/workshops.html To ensure that we have enough workshop materials for all participants, please register for the event as soon as possible at http://synergeticscollaborative.org/registration.html To learn more about the "Revisit Bucky: Exploring Synergetics" event, visit its home page at http://synergeticscollaborative.org/snec.announce.meeting.2010.06.html -- We are on a spaceship; a beautiful one. It took billions of years to develop. We're not going to get another. Now, how do we make this spaceship work? -- Buckminster Fuller CJ Fearnley | Executive Director cjf at SynergeticsCollaborative.org | Synergetics Collaborative http://SynergeticsCollaborative.org | "Dare to be Naive" -- Bucky Fuller From cjf at SynergeticsCollaborative.org Wed Apr 14 14:32:39 2010 From: cjf at SynergeticsCollaborative.org (CJ Fearnley) Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2010 14:32:39 -0400 Subject: [SNEC] Events: "Revisit Bucky", Carbondale IL, Wash. DC, Paris, & more Message-ID: <20100414183239.GA28818@LinuxForce.net> This year is looking like a watershed year overflowing with Bucky events! At the Synergetics Collaborative, we are most excited about the "Revisit Bucky" event from June 11-13th, including the performance of D.W. Jacobs' play R. Buckminster Fuller: THE HISTORY (and Mystery) OF THE UNIVERSE, our introductory Workshops on Geodesics, the Jitterbug, and the closest packing of spheres, and the presentations by Amy Edmondson, J. Marc Greuther of The Henry Ford Museum and other speakers at William McDonough's new green building at the American University School of International Service (SIS). For the full event details, please see the "Revisit Bucky" event home page: http://synergeticscollaborative.org/snec.announce.meeting.2010.06.html Pre-registration is required (and especially important so we can order enough kits for workshops and enough tickets for the play!!!!). So please register now at http://synergeticscollaborative.org/registration.html Other Bucky Events ===== ===== ====== * Next week in Carbondale, IL: The Fuller Dome Transformation Initiative April 18th - April 22nd, 2010: http://www.buckysdome.org/events/index.html * Arena Stage just announced these and other Bucky events in the Washington DC area associated with the opening of the play R. Buckminster Fuller: THE HISTORY (and Mystery) OF THE UNIVERSE http://www.arena-stage.org/about/news/bucky-events.shtml * The Buckminster Fuller Institute's June 2010 Convergence In Washington D.C. is announced here http://bfi-internal.org/challenge/2010_PressRelease_3.15.10_draft.pdf - Highlights include The Buckminster Fuller Challenge $100,000 Prize Conferring Ceremony at The National Press Club on June 2 and the Opening night of R. Buckminster Fuller: THE HISTORY (and Mystery) OF THE UNIVERSE at Arena Stage on June 3 at 6 PM. * BigPictureSmallWorld, Inc. is organizing the 2010 Design Science: Global Solutions Lab at Chestnut Hill College, Philadelphia, PA, and the United Nations in New York, June 13 - 21, 2010 http://designsciencelab.com/ * Jim Nystrom (who has written a number of interesting papers about the Isotropic Vector Matrix: see his web page at http://myhomepage.ferris.edu/~nystroj/) is organizing the 2nd Cellular Automata Workshop of WorldComp 10 July 12-15, 2010, Las Vegas, USA. He would like to see more Synergetics-focused papers in that workshop. http://www.world-academy-of-science.org/worldcomp10/ws/conferences/csc10/cellular-automata-theory-and-applications * Rediscovering Buckminster Fuller on 1 September - 9 October 2010 at Ivorypress Art+Books in Madrid, Spain. See http://www.ivorypress.com/space/exposicion2_en.htm Non-Bucky But Related Events ========= === ======= ====== NOTE: These are all listed on the Home page for the Synergetics Collaborative on the right-hand side in the section "Related Conferences and Workshops". * Nexus Association for Architecture and Mathematics is organizing Nexus 2010: Relationships Between Architecture and Mathematics 13-15 June 2010, Porto, Portugal. http://www.nexusjournal.com/CFS-Nexus2010.html * ISAMA 2010 (The International Society of the Arts, Mathematics, and Architecture) Chicago IL, USA, from 21-25 June 2010. http://www.isama.org/conf/ * Natural Philosophy Alliance (NPA) is organizing their 17th Annual Conference from June 23-26 2010 at Cal State in Long Beach, CA, USA. http://conf17.worldnpa.org/ * The Tesla Science Foundation is organizing the Tesla Energy Independence Celebration (TEIC) 2010 conference in Philadelphia July 9-11, 2010 http://www.nikolateslaclub.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=131:tesla-energy-independence-celebration-2010-conference&catid=47:projects&Itemid=146 * Bridges: Mathematics, Music, Art, Architecture, Culture is organizing Bridges 2010 P?cs, Hungary, July 24-28. http://bridgesmathart.org/bridges-2010/ * American Society for Cybernetics is organizing Cybernetics: Art, Design, Mathematics A Meta-Disciplinary Conversation (C:ADM2010) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY, July 29 - August 5. http://www.asc-cybernetics.org/2010/ * International Association for Shell and Spacial Structures (IASS) is organizing IASS Symposium 2010: Temporary And Permanent Structures For Expo November 8-12, 2010 in Shanghai, China. http://www.iass-structures.org/index.cfm/page/activities/IS/PS2010.htm Remember to pre-register for the "Revisit Bucky" event on June 11-13: http://synergeticscollaborative.org/registration.html -- It is not for me to change you. The question is, how can I be of service to you without diminishing your degrees of freedom? -- Buckminster Fuller CJ Fearnley | Executive Director cjf at SynergeticsCollaborative.org | Synergetics Collaborative http://SynergeticsCollaborative.org | "Dare to be Naive" -- Bucky Fuller From cjf at SynergeticsCollaborative.org Wed Apr 14 14:35:58 2010 From: cjf at SynergeticsCollaborative.org (CJ Fearnley) Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2010 14:35:58 -0400 Subject: [SNEC] Events: "Revisit Bucky", Carbondale IL, Wash. DC, Paris, & more Message-ID: <20100414183558.GA29266@LinuxForce.net> This year is looking like a watershed year overflowing with Bucky events! At the Synergetics Collaborative, we are most excited about our special event "Revisit Bucky" in Washington DC from June 11-13th, including the performance of D.W. Jacobs' play R. Buckminster Fuller: THE HISTORY (and Mystery) OF THE UNIVERSE, our introductory Workshops on Geodesics, the Jitterbug, and the closest packing of spheres, and the presentations by Amy Edmondson, J. Marc Greuther of The Henry Ford Museum and other speakers at William McDonough's new green building at the American University School of International Service (SIS). For the full event details, please see the "Revisit Bucky" event home page: http://synergeticscollaborative.org/snec.announce.meeting.2010.06.html Pre-registration is required (and especially important so we can order enough kits for workshops and enough tickets for the play!!!!). So please register now at http://synergeticscollaborative.org/registration.html Other Bucky Events ===== ===== ====== * Next week in Carbondale, IL: The Fuller Dome Transformation Initiative April 18th - April 22nd, 2010: http://www.buckysdome.org/events/index.html * Arena Stage just announced these and other Bucky events in the Washington DC area associated with the opening of the play R. Buckminster Fuller: THE HISTORY (and Mystery) OF THE UNIVERSE http://www.arena-stage.org/about/news/bucky-events.shtml * The Buckminster Fuller Institute's June 2010 Convergence In Washington D.C. is announced here http://bfi-internal.org/challenge/2010_PressRelease_3.15.10_draft.pdf - Highlights include The Buckminster Fuller Challenge $100,000 Prize Conferring Ceremony at The National Press Club on June 2 and the Opening night of R. Buckminster Fuller: THE HISTORY (and Mystery) OF THE UNIVERSE at Arena Stage on June 3 at 6 PM. * BigPictureSmallWorld, Inc. is organizing the 2010 Design Science: Global Solutions Lab at Chestnut Hill College, Philadelphia, PA, and the United Nations in New York, June 13 - 21, 2010 http://designsciencelab.com/ * Jim Nystrom (who has written a number of interesting papers about the Isotropic Vector Matrix: see his web page at http://myhomepage.ferris.edu/~nystroj/) is organizing the 2nd Cellular Automata Workshop of WorldComp 10 July 12-15, 2010, Las Vegas, USA. He would like to see more Synergetics-focused papers in that workshop. http://www.world-academy-of-science.org/worldcomp10/ws/conferences/csc10/cellular-automata-theory-and-applications * Rediscovering Buckminster Fuller on 1 September - 9 October 2010 at Ivorypress Art+Books in Madrid, Spain. See http://www.ivorypress.com/space/exposicion2_en.htm Non-Bucky But Related Events ========= === ======= ====== NOTE: These are all listed on the Home page for the Synergetics Collaborative on the right-hand side in the section "Related Conferences and Workshops". * Nexus Association for Architecture and Mathematics is organizing Nexus 2010: Relationships Between Architecture and Mathematics 13-15 June 2010, Porto, Portugal. http://www.nexusjournal.com/CFS-Nexus2010.html * ISAMA 2010 (The International Society of the Arts, Mathematics, and Architecture) Chicago IL, USA, from 21-25 June 2010. http://www.isama.org/conf/ * Natural Philosophy Alliance (NPA) is organizing their 17th Annual Conference from June 23-26 2010 at Cal State in Long Beach, CA, USA. http://conf17.worldnpa.org/ * The Tesla Science Foundation is organizing the Tesla Energy Independence Celebration (TEIC) 2010 conference in Philadelphia July 9-11, 2010 http://www.nikolateslaclub.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=131:tesla-energy-independence-celebration-2010-conference&catid=47:projects&Itemid=146 * Bridges: Mathematics, Music, Art, Architecture, Culture is organizing Bridges 2010 P?cs, Hungary, July 24-28. http://bridgesmathart.org/bridges-2010/ * American Society for Cybernetics is organizing Cybernetics: Art, Design, Mathematics A Meta-Disciplinary Conversation (C:ADM2010) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY, July 29 - August 5. http://www.asc-cybernetics.org/2010/ * International Association for Shell and Spacial Structures (IASS) is organizing IASS Symposium 2010: Temporary And Permanent Structures For Expo November 8-12, 2010 in Shanghai, China. http://www.iass-structures.org/index.cfm/page/activities/IS/PS2010.htm Remember to pre-register for the "Revisit Bucky" event on June 11-13: http://synergeticscollaborative.org/registration.html -- It is not for me to change you. The question is, how can I be of service to you without diminishing your degrees of freedom? -- Buckminster Fuller CJ Fearnley | Executive Director cjf at SynergeticsCollaborative.org | Synergetics Collaborative http://SynergeticsCollaborative.org | "Dare to be Naive" -- Bucky Fuller From cjf at SynergeticsCollaborative.org Tue May 4 17:16:15 2010 From: cjf at SynergeticsCollaborative.org (CJ Fearnley) Date: Tue, 4 May 2010 17:16:15 -0400 Subject: [SNEC] Time to Register for 'Revisit Bucky' event on June 11-13 Message-ID: <20100504211615.GA19974@LinuxForce.net> If you or someone you know is planning to join us in Washington DC for the special event 'Revisit Bucky: Exploring Synergetics', make sure to fill out the on-line registration now (see the extra important reason at the end of this memo): http://synergeticscollaborative.org/registration.html Full event details are on-line at http://synergeticscollaborative.org/snec.announce.meeting.2010.06.html The event on June 11-13, 2010 will be held at American University and at Arena Stage in Crystal City. So if you are travelling, you will want to find a place to stay that is close to both venues. American University has two documents on-line with lists of local hotels: http://www.american.edu/ocl/orientation/Local-Hotels.cfm http://www.american.edu/ocl/uc/upload/Hotels-in-the-Metropolitan-DC-Area.pdf We know that some registrants are staying in Crystal City (which is closer to the Arena Stage since Saturday night's play will end at 10:30 PM): - Crystal Gateway Marriott http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/wasgw-crystal-gateway-marriott/ - Hampton Inn & Suites Reagan National Airport Hotel http://www.hamptoninncc.com/ This google search will find many other options in Crystal City: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=crystal+city+arlington+hotel&start=0&sa=N Arena Stage has contacted me twice this week looking for a final count on how many in our group will be attending the performance of "R. Buckminster Fuller: THE HISTORY (and Mystery) OF THE UNIVERSE". So we really need you to fill out the on-line registration form so we can let them know! Please fill it out now: http://synergeticscollaborative.org/registration.html -- There is only one revolution tolerable to all men, all societies, all political systems: revolution by design and invention. -- Buckminster Fuller CJ Fearnley | Executive Director cjf at SynergeticsCollaborative.org | Synergetics Collaborative http://SynergeticsCollaborative.org | "Dare to be Naive" -- Bucky Fuller From cjf at SynergeticsCollaborative.org Sun May 16 13:52:19 2010 From: cjf at SynergeticsCollaborative.org (CJ Fearnley) Date: Sun, 16 May 2010 13:52:19 -0400 Subject: [SNEC] Revisit Bucky deadline; New Video: Fast-Forward Retrospectiv Message-ID: <20100516175218.GA28284@LinuxForce.net> Our next event "Revisit Bucky: Exploring Synergetics" is fast approaching. The early bird registration deadline is this Friday! So if you plan to attend please fill out a registration and mail in your checks. http://synergeticscollaborative.org/registration.html For more information about the event, please see the web page: http://synergeticscollaborative.org/snec.announce.meeting.2010.06.html Also, there is a new video "Fast-Forward Retrospective" of Victor Acevedo discussing his work in the context of Bucky, 20th century art and science, and the work of other Synergetics Collaborative members such as Tom Miller and Don Briddell. Victor has produced a great prelude to "Revisit Bucky". Watch the video at YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5YhHtzH4co -- There is only one revolution tolerable to all men, all societies, all political systems: revolution by design and invention. -- Buckminster Fuller CJ Fearnley | Executive Director cjf at SynergeticsCollaborative.org | Synergetics Collaborative http://SynergeticsCollaborative.org | "Dare to be Naive" -- Bucky Fuller From cjf at SynergeticsCollaborative.org Wed May 19 15:43:19 2010 From: cjf at SynergeticsCollaborative.org (CJ Fearnley) Date: Wed, 19 May 2010 15:43:19 -0400 Subject: [SNEC] Revisit Bucky Event: Schedule & Posters are on-line Message-ID: <20100519194319.GA550@LinuxForce.net> Final reminder: Friday is the last day for "early bird" registrations. Please register to attend now: http://synergeticscollaborative.org/registration.html A full schedule for the "Revisit Bucky: Exploring Synergetics" special event is now on-line at http://synergeticscollaborative.org/schedule.jun.2010.html Thanks to Nick Tomlin and Sunhae Layna Cho of the Rhode Island School of Design, we have two flyers for the Revisit Bucky event Flyer 1: JPEG Format (5.6M): http://synergeticscollaborative.org/snec.meeting.2010.06/buckyposter-final1.jpg PDF Format (0.9M): http://synergeticscollaborative.org/snec.meeting.2010.06/buckyposter-final1.pdf Flyer 2: JPEG Format (2.4M): http://synergeticscollaborative.org/snec.meeting.2010.06/buckyposter-final2.jpg PDF Format (0.6M): http://synergeticscollaborative.org/snec.meeting.2010.06/buckyposter-final2.pdf Please post these flyers where they may be seen by others who might want to learn about Bucky and Synergetics at our event next month on 11-13 June 2010. Final reminder: Friday is the last day for "early bird" registrations. Please register to attend now: http://synergeticscollaborative.org/registration.html -- Science is the attempt to set in order the facts of experience. --- Sir James Jeans CJ Fearnley | Executive Director cjf at SynergeticsCollaborative.org | Synergetics Collaborative http://SynergeticsCollaborative.org | "Dare to be Naive" -- Bucky Fuller From cjf at SynergeticsCollaborative.org Tue Jul 13 13:13:28 2010 From: cjf at SynergeticsCollaborative.org (CJ Fearnley) Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2010 13:13:28 -0400 Subject: [SNEC] Bucky Fuller & Spaceship Earth; 1 Sep - 30 Oct; Madrid, Spain Message-ID: <20100713171328.GA5120@LinuxForce.net> Thomas Zung forwarded this announcement to me. If you will be in Europe in Sep or Oct, you'll want to add Madrid to your itinerary to see this show. The opening is on 9 September. IVORYPRESS ART+BOOKS PRESENTS BUCKY FULLER & SPACESHIP EARTH 1 SEPTEMBER - 30 OCTOBER 2010 Elena Ochoa Foster and Ivorypress Team invite you to the opening of the exhibition Bucky Fuller & Spaceship Earth at Ivorypress Art + Books Curated by Norman Foster and Luis Fern?ndez-Galiano 9th September 2010, 7.30pm - 9pm C/ Comandante Zorita 48, 28020 Madrid, Spain BUCKY FULLER & SPACESHIP EARTH Richard Buckminster "Bucky" Fuller (1895-1983) was an American genius who defied categorisation. He could be described variously as a green environmentalist, a prophetic visionary, a poet, architect, mathematician, map-maker and teacher, although he is most popularly known for his geodesic domes. I was privileged to collaborate with Bucky for the last 12 years of his life and this had a profound influence on my own work and thinking. Inevitably, I also gained an insight into his philosophy and achievements. With Luis Fern?ndez-Galiano, my co-curator for this exhibition, we have tried to show Bucky and the broad range of his work in the context of his time. Bucky's early career coincided with the streamline age which touched everything from the design of Zeppelins and aircraft to cars and trains and even houses. We reveal how these designs set the scene for some of his most radical proposals in the late 1920s and '30s. The exhibition charts the key chapters of Bucky's long career using photographs, original drawings, models and structures together with the recently completed recreation of his futuristic Dymaxion Car, which is shown here for the first time. In 1951 Fuller drew attention to the ecological issues of today when he referred to "spaceship earth" and the fragility of the planet, as such his work and observations are even more important now than they were in his lifetime. RSVP opening at ivorypress.com T +34 91 310 78 58 This exhibition has been produced in collaboration with Foster + Partners Ivorypress Art + Books C/ Comandante Zorita 48 28020 Madrid, Spain T: +34 91 449 09 61 F: +34 91 570 98 64 www.ivorypress.com On-line Invitation: http://www.ivorypress.com/BuckyFuller/BuckyFuller_Invitation5.html -- Science is the attempt to set in order the facts of experience. --- Sir James Jeans CJ Fearnley | Executive Director cjf at SynergeticsCollaborative.org | Synergetics Collaborative http://SynergeticsCollaborative.org | "Dare to be Naive" -- Bucky Fuller From cjf at SynergeticsCollaborative.org Mon Aug 16 18:54:12 2010 From: cjf at SynergeticsCollaborative.org (CJ Fearnley) Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2010 18:54:12 -0400 Subject: [SNEC] World Resources Simulation Center, 7-30 Sep 2010, San Diego, CA Message-ID: <20100816225412.GA9312@LinuxForce.net> This announcement is from our friends at GENI (Global Energy Network Institute) another non-profit inspired by Bucky's work: In September, GENI (http://www.geni.org) is hosting a month-long demonstration of the World Resources Simulation Center (http://www.wrsc.org) in San Diego. We are focusing on two critical issues that are important to all regions: "Energy and Water in Southern California: Moving to Sustainability" (http://wrsc.org/?page_id=1735) Energy & Water Sustainability in Southern California - Moving to Sustainability - September 7 - 30, San Diego CA Energy and water are currently in stress in many regions around the world, and Southern California is no exception. Imports of energy and water from outside the region create risks and uncertainties - and become unsustainable as population increases. We face a complex set of interconnected issues which require solutions -- policy requirements to reduce carbon dioxide and vehicle miles traveled, development of new transmission lines and rooftop solar, desalination and water reuse. This is not a conference, but an immersive working environment to demonstrate the day-to-day work of the WRSC (World Resources Simulation Center). Large scale visualization, core questioning and facilitated interaction will enable leaders from our region and the world to literally "see" the issues, trends and future scenarios. The event is meant to inspire our guests and demonstrate the extraordinary possibility of a visualization center specifically focused on designing a sustainable future. We will deeply examine the trends, projections, GIS visualizations, scenarios and options of these two complex and interconnected issues. We are honored by our co-hosts: San Diego State Univ. VizLab, SDSU Geography Dept., California Center for Sustainable Energy and our venue being the New School of Architecture and Design. For more information about the event, visit: http://wrsc.org/?page_id=1735 You can subscribe to GENI's newsletter here: https://www.geni.org/globalenergy/features/action_items/newsletter_subscription.shtml -- Science is the attempt to set in order the facts of experience. --- Sir James Jeans CJ Fearnley | Executive Director cjf at SynergeticsCollaborative.org | Synergetics Collaborative http://SynergeticsCollaborative.org | "Dare to be Naive" -- Bucky Fuller