BUCKMINSTER FULLER & THE ELECTION

At the end of June I met a friend to travel to Edwardsville, Illinois

We wanted to hear a program about Buckminster Fuller to see the geodesic dome built by Fuller and his architect partner Shojie Sado located on the expansive campus of Southern Illinois University.

The program had been arranged by an organization working for gun safety. We were a group of more than 15 men and women. We were invited to have lunch at a well appointed home close to the University and to tour the Dome afterward.

Buckminster Fuller was an architect, engineer, inventor, poet and global visionary who created the concept for the dome.  Fuller also created the "World Game" which was played by other universities and governments throughout the world. The Game's purpose was to practically demonstrate how interdependent we all were for environmental and economic resources on this planet our "Spaceship Earth."

It was at one "World Game" event that I first encountered the thinking of this unusual man and his
universal respect for all effort that is made toward negotiating boundaries, walls and cultures as
waves of people moved from one place to another.

Ironically my trip to Edwardsville and the Buckmaster Center* came at a time when candidates for
elected office here and around the world are playing loose with  human life and environmental resources as though there is no need to negotiate with each other much less respect our differences.

We need to remember Buckminster Fuller as we go to the polls and vote.

SEE YOU AT THE POLLS

*www.fullerdome.org