Ecological design

The meshing of human purposes with the larger patterns and flows of the natural world and the study of those patterns and flows to inform human purposes.

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Permaculture is a system of ecological design that says you are nature working and if you begin by observing nature and try and work in the same way nature works, then you can create systems that meet human needs and also help create healing and biodiversity.

Healing the earth: the Starhawk interview

Elizabeth is a consultant and author on sustainable community development and ecological design; Adams is an architect and consultant in construction management and ecological design.

Alternative Construction: Contemporary Natural Building Methods

Secondly, and in association with Enterprise Commissioner Erkki Liikanen, she will table a proposal for a Framework Directive on the ecological design of energy-consuming products.

ENERGY: TWO FURTHER COMMISSION INITIATIVES EXPECTED BEFORE THE END OF 2003

One of the slogans of contemporary architecture is ecological design and building based on sustainable development.

Living architecture: Since ancient times, myths of natural architecture derived from growing trees have haunted European imagination. Here, they are made corporeal. (Design Review)

In response, the concept of ecological design is emerging.

Our Place

CLAIR, AIA CONSOLTANTS: ECOLOGICAL DESIGN GROUP INC., ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS INC., BATSON INC., DESIGN SQUARED LLC PHOTOGRAPHER: DERO SANFORD

PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD

“Made from wood, made for good mood,” Ozeal wooden glasses not only stand out for their ecological design but also their stylish top-of-line handmade wood frame.

Wooden Glasses of Ozeal: a New Choice in Buying Eyeglasses Online 2014

From the beginning, planning included a dozen different types of experts, from wetland biologists to acoustic specialists, including John Todd Ecological Design, an architecture firm whom Banks says is on the forefront of sustainable design.

EWEB shows eco-friendly new operations facility

He warns against being seduced into thinking that technology defines ecological design. These ideas are applied in illustrations of plans for and completed projects globally, e.g., the Rotterdam waterfront ecocity; Green Square Town Centre, Sydney Australia; and the Vancouver, BC, waterfront.

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Nancy Jack Todd's A SAFE AND SUSTAINABLE WORLD: THE PROMISE OF ECOLOGICAL DESIGN (1559637781) tells of a pioneering group who founded a small nonprofit research and education organization called the New Alchemy Institute to build a more sustainable world.

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"After that, I basically immersed myself in it." With an undergraduate degree in Ecological Design and Sustainability and a Master's in Horticultural Preservation, Andrew has taught Permaculture at Prescott College for the Liberal Arts and the Environment since 2001.

Living in the 'Hood: permaculture activist Andrew Millison helps create a modern EcoHood: EcoHood, n..: permaculture retrofit of a mid to low-income neighborhood with a high potential for ecological sustainability