BIG PICTURE THINKING

"...Ninety-nine percent of humanity does not know that we have the option to "make it" economically on this planet and in the Universe. We do.”

Big Picture Thinking and the understanding of systems' interactions are vital to understanding the complexity of the interrelations in the biosphere and humans' role in it.

This is a long and fascinating journey, and we can only give you a few glimpses here. However, the mindfood buffet below may well inspire you for your own explorations in life.

BIG PICTURE SMALL WORLD

is a great website http://bigpicturesmallworld.com offering unique thoughts. Make sure to check out the MOVIES about global issues! This is a must-know for 21st Century Fair Global Citizens. Recommend widely ;-)

R. BUCKMINSTER FULLER, July 12, 1895-July 1, 1983

R. Buckminster Fuller is a unique landmark in the field of future / science / design (who is?). There is good reason why he is featured on a U.S post stamp, and there is good reason why his teachings should be integrated into learning and teaching world-around. One of his major advices is to *from the start* begin learning by looking *at the whole system*, and not at its parts. Then, people will better understand what synergy is. Do you know what it is? But there is so much to be found and learned from his work!

A school in India has picked up his principles - an amazing place with amazing results! (article and video)

Some encounters with Bucky - ENJOY!

Big Picture Thinking http://bfi.org/node/131

Humanity has the option to succeed http://www.furnitureforthepeople.com/buck.htm

Only integrity is going to count - an interview

Full works online:

at the Buckminster Fuller Institute http://bfi.org/node/399

including such titles as

> Education Automation - Freeing the Scholar to Return to His Studies 

> Everything I Know - full transcripts, audio & video to Fuller's 42 hour lecture.

> Grunch of Giants

> Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth

> Synergetics I & II - Explorations in the Geometry of Thinking.

> World Design Science Decade Documents - Inventory of World Resources, Human Trends and Needs 

and: Buckminster Fuller Digital Collection at Stanford includes 380 hrs. of streamed audio-visual material from Fuller's personal archive

Bucky and Science:

There is lots to say, but we leave it with this

> Synergetics: http://www.grunch.net/synergetics/

> Cybernetics and Systems Science http://pespmc1.vub.ac.be/CYBSWHAT.html

Though a man of incredible intellect and vision, many of "Bucky's" fans remain most impressed by the man's awe-inspiring humility -- and his abiding love for his planet and his fellow human beings. "Above all, said Fuller, "I was motivated in 1927 and ever since by the most mysterious drive we ever experience -- that of love. I don't think there's any influence upon my life that compares with...love."