The 2011 Buckminster Fuller Challenge Finalists Are:

• Posted by Rev. Jan Anderson May 12, 2011 - #Buckminster Fuller  - 679 views
  
  Blue Ventures
  An integrated approach to empowering one of the world's poorest coastal communities in Madagascar, resulting in a proven biological and economic case for conservation management as a tool for restocking depleted fisheries and safeguarding ecosystem resilience.

  FrontlineSMS
  Provides organizations in remote, rural regions of the developing world with software that turns a laptop into a mass messaging hub, without any need for Internet connectivity.

  Participatory Mapping as a means of protecting forest in the Congo basin
  Empowering indigenous forest communities in the Congo Basin to produce accurate, geo-referenced community maps of their territories so that they can navigate local laws and relationships with companies and governments in order to protect their land and resources.

  TARA AKshar+
  Empowers illiterate women in India by teaching them to read, write, and count in just 98 hours over 49 days, providing them with crucial skills to be self sufficient and improve the quality of life within their communities.

  http://challenge.bfi.org/2011Finalists