The Fuller Challenge

Overview

<p>Initiatives representing a range of development stages may enter—from early stage proposals with completed proof-of-concept to fully operating models ready to expand. Entries can tackle urgent needs at a range of geographic scales—from strategies designed to launch global initiatives tailored to local or regional conditions that can be adapted and replicated elsewhere. Nonprofit, for-profit, and hybrid initiatives all are eligible.</p> <p>Entries must meet the following criteria:<br>Visionary – It puts forth an original idea or synthesizes existing ideas into a new strategy that creatively addresses a critical need.<br>Comprehensive – It applies a whole-systems approach to all facets of the design and implementation process and aims to simultaneously address multiple goals, requirements, and conditions.<br>Anticipatory – It factors in critical future trends and needs as well as the projected impacts of a project’s implementation in the short- and long-term.<br>Ecologically Responsible – It reflects nature’s underlying principles while enhancing systems that support life on Earth.<br>Feasible – It demonstrates proof-of-concept and relies on existing technology and/or proven science, has a solid team in place, and/or demonstrates a convincing capacity to implement the project.<br>Verifiable – It is able to withstand rigorous empirical testing and provide evidence for potential or actual positive impacts while making authentic claims.<br>Replicable – It is able to scale and be widely adapted to similar conditions elsewhere.</p>