Buckminster Fuller Institute (BFI) Events in the Bay Area Start This Week

Bonnie DeVarco, NextNowNetwork co-founder, has been very involved with BFI and will be presenting at the Bioneers intensive: The Buckminster Fuller Institute is proud to take part in a series of upcoming events in and around the San Francisco Bay Area. This series of networking events will feature projects from the Buckminster Fuller Challenge and opportunities to meet BFI staff and team members. Full descriptions for each event are below, further details are forthcoming: BFI at Long Now Foundation September 15th, 2010 6 – 8 pm (time subject to change) Long Now Foundation – San Francisco, CA (map) Meet members from…

Beingness-In-Action: New NextNower Blog Post on IONS “Noetic Now”

NextNower and Institute of Noetic Sciences external research faculty member Claudia Welss wrote this post in the new Noetic Now blog. (It seems lately almost EVERYTHING has either NOW or NEXT in its name, but Claudia named our network NEXTNOW back in 2003.) Other bloggers include Marilyn Schlitz, Dean Radin, Larry Dossey, and Peter Russell. “Have you ever heard someone say, “Hey, if we blow ourselves up/melt ourselves down and become extinct, the planet will finally be able to heal itself, so no big loss.” I’ve heard people express that opinion—some out of compassion for an Earth being destroyed by…