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The Buckminster Fuller Institute // www.bfi.org accelerating the deployment of strategies that regenerate our world

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It’s time for ART that changes history.✨ June 19–21 (online) and July 3–5 (in-person), join us in regen·era as we launch (r)Evolutionary projects into the world within a story-universe committed to regenerative futures that work for ALL of Life.This six-day summit unfolds across two interconnected gatherings: a Virtual Summit [June 19–21] and an In-Person Interdependence Summit [July 3–5] in Hopland, California. It is the fourth annual celebration of the Regenaissance, a movement inviting humanity to imagine, collaborate and embody regenerative futures together.May we together be the tide that raises all vessels! Mobilize and join the (r)Evolution for futures that are regenerative, equitable and just.Get tickets & learn more here: bit.ly/regenerarisingpARTners @habritual @amplifierart @visiontrain @regenerosity.world @climatedesignersorg @focities @regenintel and more!#designsciencedecade #planetaryregeneration #launch #designsciencestudio #regenaissance by @buckyfullerinst

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Five days. One question. A room full of people willing to try.That’s what Fuller Futures Festival 2026 was. Not perfect. Not rehearsed. Alive. The kind of week where you walk in not knowing anyone and walk out feeling like you’ve been part of something that matters.Every session, every build, every late-night conversation added to it. Strangers became collaborators. Students showed up in ways no one expected. The city of Carbondale opened its doors and became part of the festival itself.By the end, it stopped feeling like an event and started feeling like a beginning. The kind of beginning that stays with you after you’ve gone home, unpacked, and sat with what happened.We’re grateful to every person, every partner, and every organization that put time, energy, and trust into making this real. And we’re grateful to everyone who simply showed up, stayed curious, and let the week change them a little.This is what it looks like when people come together around a question worth answering. 🌎✨#FullerFutures2026 #BuckminsterFuller #MakingTheWorldWork #SpaceshipEarth #DesignScience by @buckyfullerinst

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Our very own Dr.Stuart Cowan, Executive Director of Buckminster Fuller Institute, and Samantha Power, founder of Finance for Gaia, join Matthew Monahan of Ma Earth in a dynamic and insightful discussion at Earth Commons in Berkeley, CA last month. See the whole conversation on YouTube by searching “Earth Commons: Bioregional Financing Facilities (BFFs)” or by clicking the link in our bio. by @buckyfullerinst

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Synergetics Dictionary: DEMOCRACY"Democracy worked well with the initial one-to-one correspondence. Today, democracy is not working. It is not the fault of the concept of democracy. Democracy is unable to express itself.... Particularly amongst the young there is a feeling of absolute futility. The system is not working."— R. Buckminster Fuller | Synergetics Dictionary by @buckyfullerinst

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via @synergesticsuniversity:“Union can be a lonely place,the indiscernible edges are possibly why I leftto discover why I exist. I don’t know where I am,I never used a star mapbut something I call homeleft me holding the sails.So many celestial orbsto choose from up therebut one I call my “north star”most definitely seems to guide me. Spending time making diagramsto find evidence of an orderthat proves my placementamidst what is really going on here. From outside of my cartography dreamthe presence of my thoughtis a star of its own shining.The only thing that truly exists. I don’t know how it split from unionbut it seems to revel in its return. Heldlike the sails of a great ship.It is something we call selfthat is ONE amidst a complex ocean And there is a sweet longing for the waves." by @buckyfullerinst

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Strong solutions depend on strong systems.Communities already have the ideas and the drive. What they need is infrastructure that allows those efforts to connect and keep moving.Open Future Coalition is building the technical, social, and financial support that links local work to a wider network of resources.Clear pathways. Shared tools. Stronger coordination.When the system holds, solutions move further and faster.🌐bfi.org/programs/bfi-design-lab/open-future-coalition#OpenFutureCoalition #SystemsChange #CommunityInfrastructure #CollectiveImpact #ResilienceInAction #LocalToGlobal by @buckyfullerinst

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via @jain108academy"The Universal Grid: Vector EquilibriumThe most balanced shape in the Universe is the entity known as the Cuboctahedron or Vector Equilibrium whose geometrical signature is 3-4-3-4 because at each of its 12 vertices, are met a Triangle-Square-Triangle-Square, suggesting that it is a 4th dimensional geometry, since it is also composed of 6 interacting hexagons at 60 degree angles. Aka, The 12 Around the One, and revered by Buckminster Fuller, this shape surpasses the functionality of the 3-dim cube, that has a signature of 4-4-4 because at each of its 8 corners or vertices is a square-square-square configuration. Bucky measured all volumes with the Tetrahedron, thus the Cube has a Tetra Volume (TV) of 3, and the Cuboctahedron has a TV of 20.Also, this shape under Compression, known as The Jitterbug, forms the Icosahedron which means the Golden Ratio is hidden inside, it is the shift from the Hexagon or 6-ness, to the Pentagon or 5-ness, which are the numbers and shapes of our DNA.Jain 108#vectorequilibrium #cuboctahedron #sacredgeometry #universalgeometry #buckminsterfuller #goldenration #balance #symmetry #geometryart #mathclass #mathteacher #mathematics #geometria #geometry #sacredgeometryart #pentagon #hexagon #tetrahedron" by @buckyfullerinst

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#DidYouKnow? In 1985, scientists discovered a spherical carbon molecule made of 60 atoms. Its structure looked exactly like a miniature geodesic dome.They named it "Buckminsterfullerene." Most people call it the "buckyball." Texas later adopted it as the official state molecule.Fuller's design influence reached all the way to the molecular level. And he never even knew.#BuckminsterFuller #Buckyball #GeodesicDome #DesignScience #SystemsThinking #InnovationThroughIteration by @buckyfullerinst

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via @magidome:"Magidome growing amazing greens!#dome #geodesicdome #geodesic #design #permaculture #kootenays #kootenaylife #magidome" by @buckyfullerinst

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"Experience teaches us that every time we employ our metaphysical know-what and know-how wealth, we always learn more."— R. Buckminster Fuller by @buckyfullerinst

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via @synergeticsuniversity:“The star tetrahedron penetrating the cuboctahedron to align to the vertexes of the cube." by @buckyfullerinst

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via @regenerosity.world:“Together we restore the green nature of our country.” 🌿Mwanaidi Ibrahim Ruwa from the coastal region of Kwale County, Kenya, is part of the African Women & Youth Regenerative Fund’s second cycle. Working alongside the Mijikenda community, she is helping safeguard and restore the sacred Kaya forests, places that hold both ecological richness and cultural memory. Through planting more than 1,600 trees, building check dams to slow erosion, and establishing a community nursery to support reforestation and kitchen gardens, Mwanaidi is strengthening a landscape where tradition, biodiversity, and community care grow together.The African Women & Youth Regenerative Fund is led by local and regional leaders, supported by a global regenerative network and resourced through Regenerosity’s Seed Flow Funds ecosystem. Our Seed Flow Fund program flows flexible funding directly to grassroots leaders who understand their local contexts deeply. Because when we trust women with resources and decision-making power, remarkable things happen. 🌿Learn more about Seed Flow Funds: regenerosity.world/program/seed#AfricanWomenAndYouthRegenerativeFund #Regenerosity #CommunityGrown #EcologicalCare #TrustInCommunities #GrassrootsLeadership" by @buckyfullerinst

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