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            <div>Having trouble viewing this email? <a href="http://bfi.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=528169&amp;qid=2300933" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">View it in your browser</a>.</div><br>     
                
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                                 <div><a href="http://bfi.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=528131&amp;qid=2300933" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img class="yiv477830432inline" border="0" alt="Alt" align="left" src="http://www.bfi-internal.org/trimtab/v13_no9/HRHCharles.png" width="150" height="90"></a></div><td><font size="2" face="Helvetica"><b>Prince Charles recognizes 2010 Challenge Winner, Allan Savory</b><br><br><a href="http://bfi.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=528131&amp;qid=2300933" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">HRH Prince Charles of Wales</a> addressed the <a href="http://bfi.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=528132&amp;qid=2300933" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">International Union for Conservation of Nature</a> about the future of agriculture, specifically supporting the work of 2010
Challenge Winner <a href="http://bfi.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=528133&amp;qid=2300933" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Savory Institute.</a></font><br><br>
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                                 <div><a href="http://bfi.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=528134&amp;qid=2300933" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img class="yiv477830432inline" border="0" alt="Alt" align="left" src="http://www.bfi-internal.org/trimtab/v13_no9/CharitySub.jpg" width="150" height="90"></a></div><td><br><br><font size="2" face="Helvetica"><b>2012 Runner-up, Future of Fish selected for CharitySub</b><br><br> <a href="http://bfi.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=528135&amp;qid=2300933" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Future of Fish</a> is featured on CharitySub, a subscription-model philanthropic site, and an innovative system to educate funders about the most important issues. <a href="http://bfi.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=528136&amp;qid=2300933" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">For more
info or to sign up, click here</a></font><br><br>
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                                  <div><a href="http://bfi.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=528137&amp;qid=2300933" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img class="yiv477830432inline" border="0" align="left" src="http://www.bfi-internal.org/trimtab/v13_no9/socaplogo.jpg" width="150" height="90"></a></div><td><font size="2" face="Helvetica"><b>SOCAP Selects 2012 Challenge Entrants as Featured Entrepreneurs</b><br><br>BFI is lead organization in Halloran Philanthropies and SOCAP's accelerator network. This year SOCAP will feature a number of projects we recommended, including, <a href="http://bfi.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=528138&amp;qid=2300933" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Eco- Fuel Africa</a> and <a href="http://bfi.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=528139&amp;qid=2300933" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">World Wide Hearing.</a> Congratulations to all of them!</font><br><br>
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                                  <div><a href="http://bfi.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=528140&amp;qid=2300933" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img class="yiv477830432inline" border="0" align="left" src="http://www.bfi-internal.org/trimtab/v13_no9/boatbucky.jpg" width="150" height="90"></a></div><td><font size="2" face="Helvetica"><b>Life Magazine's Tribute to Bucky</b><br><br>Boing Boing partner, David Pescovitz, writes a heartfelt tribute to Bucky and "the importance of unintended consequences", accompanied by some beautiful and rare images. <a href="http://bfi.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=528140&amp;qid=2300933" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Read it here!</a></font><br><br><br>
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                                  <div><a href="http://bfi.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=528141&amp;qid=2300933" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img class="yiv477830432inline" border="0" align="left" src="http://www.bfi-internal.org/trimtab/v13_no9/waterwalkthumb.jpg" width="150" height="90"></a></div><td><font size="2" face="Helvetica"><b>John Cage Turns 100</b><br><br>John Cage would have turned 100 this year on September 5th. He and Bucky share a creative lineage through the Black Mountain College. At the BFI, we enjoyed taking the occasion to look back at his work. <a href="http://bfi.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=528141&amp;qid=2300933" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Check out a staff favorite of Cage's 100th Birthday reporting, from NPR,
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                                  <div><a href="http://bfi.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=528142&amp;qid=2300933" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img class="yiv477830432inline" border="0" align="left" src="http://www.bfi-internal.org/trimtab/v13_no9/Ornette.jpg" width="150" height="90"></a></div><td><font size="2" face="Helvetica"><b><i>Ornette: Made In America</i> rereleased</b><br><br>For another look at Bucky's influence on music, check out this free-form documentary on jazz pioneer, Ornette Coleman, who lists Bucky as his chief artistic inspiration. <a href="http://bfi.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=528142&amp;qid=2300933" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Click here for a New Yorker review of the film.</a></font><br><br><br>
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                                 <div><a href="http://bfi.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=528144&amp;qid=2300933" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img class="yiv477830432inline" border="0" alt="Alt" align="left" src="http://www.bfi-internal.org/trimtab/v13_no8/NakedValue.jpg" width="150" height="90"></a></div><td><font size="2" face="Helvetica"><b><i>Naked Value </i> Released</b><br><br>Howard Brown's <a href="http://bfi.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=528144&amp;qid=2300933" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Naked Value</a> is available following a book launch at SVA on Friday. The book examines how smart businesses optimize their resource use, produce less waste, and give customers what they want!</font><br><br>
                                 
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                                 <div><a href="http://bfi.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=528145&amp;qid=2300933" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img class="yiv477830432inline" border="0" alt="Alt" align="left" src="http://www.bfi-internal.org/trimtab/v13_no9/UI.jpg" width="150" height="90"></a></div><td><font size="2" face="Helvetica"><b>Unreasonable Institute Is Accepting Applications!</b><br><br>The Unreasonable Institute incubator is now accepting applications for their 2012 impact-entrepreneur fellowship program. <a href="http://bfi.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=528146&amp;qid=2300933" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Got what it takes?</a></font><br><br>
                                 
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                                                                 <div><a href="http://bfi.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=528147&amp;qid=2300933" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img class="yiv477830432inline" border="0" alt="Alt" align="left" src="http://www.bfi-internal.org/trimtab/v13_no9/99.jpg" width="150" height="90"></a></div><td><font size="2" face="Helvetica"><b>99% Invisible Begins It's Third Season</b><br><br>This "tiny radio show on design" (a BFI staff favorite) has just reached it's crowdfunding goal, and will begin it's third season this month! <a href="http://bfi.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=528147&amp;qid=2300933" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Listen here</a></font><br><br>
                               
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                                  <div><a href="" rel="nofollow"><img class="yiv477830432inline" border="0" align="left" src="http://www.bfi-internal.org/trimtab/v13_no9/Boom.jpg" width="150" height="90"></a></div><td><font size="2" face="Helvetica"><b>Boom and Leisure Newsletter Launches</b><br><br>Boom and Leisure, a newsletter on design events around the world has launched this month. <a href="http://bfi.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=528148&amp;qid=2300933" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Check it out!</a></font><br><br><br>

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                                 <div><a href="http://bfi.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=528149&amp;qid=2300933" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img class="yiv477830432inline" border="0" alt="Alt" align="left" src="http://www.bfi-internal.org/trimtab/v13_no8/Bioneers.jpg" width="150" height="90"></a></div><td><font size="2" face="Helvetica"><b>BFI at Bioneers, Discounted!</b><br><br>Bioneers is offering you a 20% discount if you register using promotional code BC12AO4 for a 20% discount. BFI will be presenting a panel on the Challenge at the <a href="http://bfi.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=528150&amp;qid=2300933" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bioneers</a> Conference in CA, Sunday, October 21st. <a href="http://bfi.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=528151&amp;qid=2300933" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Join us!</a></font><br><br>                               
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                                  <div><a href="http://bfi.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=528152&amp;qid=2300933" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img class="yiv477830432inline" border="0" align="left" src="http://www.bfi-internal.org/trimtab/v13_no7/13blkmtn.jpg" width="150" height="90"></a></div><td><font size="2" face="Helvetica"><b>Bucky &amp; Black Mountain College</b><br><br>BFI is co-curating <a href="http://bfi.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=528153&amp;qid=2300933" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ReVIEWING Black Mountain College 4: Looking Forward at Buckminster Fuller's Legacy</a>, September 28-30 in North Carolina. We look forward to seeing you there!</font><br><br>
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                                  <div><a href="http://bfi.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=528156&amp;qid=2300933" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img class="yiv477830432inline" border="0" align="left" src="http://www.bfi-internal.org/trimtab/v13_no9/buckyhand.jpg" width="150" height="90"></a></div><td><font size="2" face="Helvetica"><b>R. Buckminster Fuller: The History (and Mystery) of the Universe</b><br><br>NC Stage Company presents a play "part autobiography, part TED talk" on Bucky's life and work, September 12 - October 7, 2012 in Asheville, NC.<a href="http://bfi.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=528156&amp;qid=2300933" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Book your tickets!</a></font><br><br>
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                                                <div>The opportunities to do more in extending Bucky's legacy have never been more abundant. Now is the time to get involved and help ensure the sustainability and continued growth of BFI. Your financial support, no matter the size, makes a huge difference. Please support our work today!</div>
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This is one of our favorite items in the store. Please let us introduce you to The Compendium: A collection of many rare and out of print items documenting the amazing thoughts and inventions of R. Buckminster Fuller. With over 700 pages total, these originals, reprints and copies from 33 periodicals and publications represent more than 40 years of public discourse by and about Fuller. <div>Order at <b><a href="http://bfi.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=528161&amp;qid=2300933" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dymaxion Artifacts!</a></b></div>
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                                                <h3 class="yiv477830432left">From the Idea Index</h3>

                          <a href="http://bfi.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=528162&amp;qid=2300933" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img border="0" alt="Alt" src="http://www.bfi-internal.org/trimtab/v13_no9/cycle.jpg" width="150" height="90"></a><br><br><div><b>2009 Honorable Mention: Cycle for Health</b><br><br>Cycle for Health is a pedal powered catalyst that when placed into a failing rural East African transport system mobilizes medical resources, personnel and patients.<a href="http://bfi.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=528163&amp;qid=2300933" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Click here to read more!</a></div>

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