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"Van der Ryn and Cowan delight in showing us each detail in transforming both consciousness and substance from 'dumb design' (environmentally wasteful) to ecological design." -- Patricia Holt
-- San Francisco Chronicle Book Review
Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Island Pr
Published date: 1995
Size: 6.5 x 9.75 inches
Weight: 1 pounds
Pages: 201
Publisher's Notes
Ecological design, the marriage of nature and technology, can be applied at all levels of scale to create revolutionary forms of buildings, landscapes, cities, and technologies. Some examples include sewage treatment plants that use constructed marshes to purify water; agricultural systems that mimic and merge with their surrounding landscapes; industrial "ecosystems" in which waste from one productive process becomes fuel for the next. The authors weave together case studies, personal anecdotes, dialogues, images, and theory to provide a thorough treatment of the concept of ecological design. In the process, they present and explain a series of design principles that can help build a sustainable world with increased efficiency, fewer toxics, less pollution, and healthier natural systems.
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