Feb 8 2012: I'd suggest that we could easily "design with emergence" by mimicking key structural functions over different scales of time, place and pace (i.e., ecosystem/ecotope/planetary). Many ancient cultures did (and still do) exactly that.
Feb 8 2012: Daniel, I completely agree. We are part of Nature, irrevocably immersed in living systems (until death anyway). All we build or create are artifacts of Life.
Feb 8 2012: Fantastic questions! I definitely believe humanity can coevolve into a beneficial structural and functional force in living systems and the Panarchy. With us evolving into an urban species, cities are the key!
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A reply on Conversation: THE CITY 2.0 â EVOLVED (NOT MADE) BY ECOLOGICAL HUMANS
A reply on Conversation: THE CITY 2.0 â EVOLVED (NOT MADE) BY ECOLOGICAL HUMANS
Civilization existed before cities.
A reply on Conversation: THE CITY 2.0 â EVOLVED (NOT MADE) BY ECOLOGICAL HUMANS