Archinect - News 2024-12-22T07:24:45-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/9782143/marine-conservation-initiative-named-winner-of-the-2011-buckminster-fuller-challenge Marine Conservation Initiative Named Winner of the 2011 Buckminster Fuller Challenge Alexander Walter 2011-06-13T12:58:04-04:00 >2011-06-13T13:07:10-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/99/990n5zwimac5ew2i.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>Blue Ventures, a conservation organization that simultaneously protects marine environments while improving the standard of living in some of the world's poorest coastal communities, has been named the winner of the 2011 Buckminster Fuller Challenge. The London based non-profit, which validates the bio-economic viability of conservation, was awarded $100,000 to further develop and scale up its work.</p></em><br /><br /><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"> <html><head><meta></head></html>