Designing the World to Work for Everyone

Posted by on March 05, 2012

2012: DESIGNING THE WORLD TO WORK FOR EVERYONE

Join us for this 8th Annual Design Science/Global Solutions Lab, June 17–25 at the United Nations and Chestnut Hill College in Philadelphia.

Where you develop solutions to critical global and local problems.

Who attends

college and high school students, as well as teachers and young professionals from around the world, who want to contribute effectively to the world. (Previous Lab participants have come from France, Spain, Turkey, Ukraine, Mexico, Venezuela, Haiti, Canada, Nigeria, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Ghana, China, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Australia, Palestine, Lithuania, Sudan, India, Pakistan, Nepal and all over the US.)

SUMMARY
DESIGNING THE WORLD TO WORK FOR EVERYONE
When: June 17–25, 2012
Where: The United Nations, New York, and Chestnut Hill College in Philadelphia, PA.

What happens:

be briefed by expert UN staff
develop designs and solutions
present these at the UN

Cost: Lab tuition $950. Discount for early registration. Partial scholarships available in special circumstances.
Sponsors: BigPictureSmallWorld and Global Education Motivators

Website: http://www.designsciencelab.com
Contact: 610.566.0156 info@bigpicturesmallworld.com

What you learn, do, get

Be briefed by United Nations experts on global problems and opportunities.
Learn about critical global problems that impact the lives of everyone in the world, as well as the opportunities associated with these problems, and what we can do to change the current situation.
Learn and use Design Science—a problem-solving and strategic design and planning methodology, developed by Buckminster Fuller and other scientists and designers, that will be of use to you for the rest of your life. You will work collaboratively to develop a solution to meet one or more of the UN’s Millennium Development Goals*.
Present your work at the UN to a team of UN and other experts. Your work will be published in a book after the Lab’s conclusion.
You will receive a CD ROM packed with over $1,000 worth of the latest books and reports from the UN and dozens of other international agencies on the state of the world, communications, energy, food, water, population, education, health, climate, the global economy and other topics.
Meet others with similar interests, and work very hard and have fun doing it.

Cost, registration, further details

Cost of attending the 2012 Design Science/Global Solutions Lab is $950. There is an early registration discount. Partial scholarships are available in special circumstances. Further details and registration information are at http://www.designsciencelab.com. Here you will also be able to download the book that documents the work from previous Labs as well as see a short movie that describes the work of the Lab.

The 2011 Global Solutions Lab book.
Download it here.

http://designsciencelab.com/book/

About us

The Design Science Lab is a joint program of BigPictureSmallWorld and Global Education Motivators. The Lab is directed by Medard Gabel.

*Millennium Development Goals include:

Eradicate Extreme Poverty and Hunger
Achieve Universal Primary Education
Promote Gender Equality and Empower Women
Reduce Child Mortality
Improve Maternal Health
Combat HIV/Aids, Malaria and Other Diseases
Ensure Environmental Sustainability
Develop A Global Partnership for Development

Contact us at:

info@bigpicturesmallworld.com
610.566.0156

Download a PDF of this flyer.

http://designsciencelab.com/enews/images/2011_Lab_flyer-3.pdf