Two Decades After His Death, Visionary R. Buckminster Fuller Continues to Inspire Efforts For a More Sustainable Planet

This week, New York’s Whitney Museum is opening an exhibition bringing together the work of architect and visionary, R. Buckminster Fuller.

More than two decades after his death, R. Buckminster Fuller continues to inspire efforts for a more sustainable planet in the twenty-first century. From his famous geodesic dome to his shunned electric car, Fuller employed design to tackle problems including homelessness and environmental degradation.

To talk about Buckminster Fuller and his legacy today, I am joined now by three guests:

Jaime Snyder, filmmaker, and co-founder of the Buckminster Fuller Institute. He is Buckminster Fuller"s grandson, and studied and worked with him until his passing in 1983.

Dr. John Todd, renowned biologist and pioneer in the field of ecological design. On Monday he was awarded the first-ever $100,000 Buckminster Fuller Challenge prize for a proposal to transform strip-mined lands in Appalachia into a self-sustaining community. He is currently a research professor at the University of Vermont.

Hunter Lovins, co-founder of the Rocky Mountain Institute and founder and director of Natural Capitalism, which promotes entrepreneurial and sustainable solutions to environmental problems.