This is not one of those joke emails – you know, the one where  the schoolteacher’s hubby has died and she suddenly has to move the Sese Seko / Mugabe / El Dictator billions.

It’s not a pyramid scheme.

It’s really, really cool.

The Buckminster Fuller Institute runs an annual competition “to support the development and implementation of a strategy that has significant potential to solve humanity’s most pressing problems.” First prize is $100 000.

“Winning the Buckminster Fuller Challenge will require more than a great stand-alone innovation.

If for example, your solution emphasizes a new design, material, process, service, tool, technology, or any combination, it is essential that it be part of an integrated strategy dealing with key social, economic, environmental, and cultural issues.

Entries must present a bold, visionary, tangible initiative that is focused on a well-defined need of critical importance. They should be regionally specific yet globally applicable, and backed up by a solid plan and the capability to move the solution forward.”

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