Designing for Hope - Pathways to Regenerative Sustainability

List of contents

Section 1: Introduction Preface 1. Why do we need regenerative sustainability? Section 2: The ethos 2. An ecological worldview 3. Reconnecting with nature Section 3: Process 4. Working with nature 5. Positive Development 6. Regenerative Design and Development Section 4: Action 7. Tools to support regenerative practice 8. The Living Building Challenge Section 5: Bringing it Home 9. Lessons for the reflective practitioner 10. On being a hummingbird Epilogue Resources

Summary

This is a forward looking book on sustainable design that describes problems and then, by providing a different way to conceptualise design and development, leads on to examples of regenerative solutions.

Product details

• Authors: Chrisna du Plessis, Dominique Hes, Dominique (University of Melbourne Hes, Hes Dominique
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.10.2014
• EAN: 9781138800625
• ISBN: 978-1-138-80062-5
• No. of pages: 252
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Structural and environmental engineering; ARCHITECTURE / Sustainability & Green Design, Environmentally-friendly architecture & design, Environmentally-friendly (‘green’) architecture and design