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IndEco staff will be working with teams of enthusiastic researchers to develop strategies for addressing the United Nations' Millenium Development Goals this summer. Design Science Laboratories are being offered in New York City, and Ashville, North Carolina by the Buckminister Fuller Institute.
The Design Science Lab offers a unique opportunity to develop solutions to global and local problems. It features hands-on training experience in complex problem solving employing an approach pioneered by R. Buckminster Fuller and others called comprehensive anticipatory design science.
Teams of participants will work in groups on particular aspects of the MDGs, focusing on developing strategies that are practical and systematic. The results of their work will be presented to UN officials and others, and published in a report on the Laboratory.
About the author:
David Heeney, President of IndEco, will be one of the facilitators at the Design Science Laboratory. He has been involved with design science and strategic planning issues for many years, and previously was a participant and facilitator in design science workshops that focused on the global health systems, global food systems, and energy systems.
Related links:
Buckminster Fuller Institute http://bfi.org
More on the Design Science Laboratory http://designsciencelab.org/
Report of last year's laboratory http://designsciencelab.org/report.php
More on the Millenium Development Goals http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/ |