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Ecological Design, Tenth Anniversary Edition Annotated Edition

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Ecological Design is a landmark volume that helped usher in an exciting new era in green design and sustainability planning. Since its initial publication in 1996, the book has been critically important in sparking dialogue and triggering collaboration across spatial scales and design professions in pursuit of buildings, products, and landscapes with radically decreased environmental impacts. This 10th anniversary edition makes the work available to a new generation of practitioners and thinkers concerned with moving our society onto a more sustainable path.



Using examples from architecture, industrial ecology, sustainable agriculture, ecological wastewater treatment, and many other fields, Ecological Design provides a framework for integrating human design with living systems. Drawing on complex systems, ecology, and early examples of green building and design, the book challenges us to go further, creating buildings, infrastructures, and landscapes that are truly restorative rather than merely diminishing the rate at which things are getting worse.
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    March 31, 2007
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Customers find the book well-researched and easy to read. They describe it as a good primer for design professionals or anyone with influence. The writing quality is also praiseworthy, though some issues are complex.

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Customers find the book's pacing good. They say it covers basic principles of ecological design. The book is well-researched and written, with groundbreaking work. There are many references for those interested in further reading.

"...The book takes a fairly general approach but there are numerous references for those really interested in pursuing the subject in more depth...." Read more

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Customers find the book easy to read and understand. They say it's a good primer for design professionals or anyone with influence.

"Such a great book. Very well written and easy to read." Read more

"For someone who questions green design, this book has opened my eyes." Read more

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"...slightly dated... Some issues are complex but this is a good read for design professionals or any persons with influence in that field." Read more

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  • James Ferguson
    5.0 out of 5 stars What is sustainable design?
    Reviewed in the United States on February 9, 2004
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    A new benchmark in ecological awareness. Sym van der Ryn has long been practicing ecological design, and draws on his wealth of experience to give readers many valuable insights into this growing practice. Van der Ryn warns readers to separate the wheat from the chaff as there are many persons claiming to be toeing the line when it comes to sustainable design, but few are actually doing it. What is needed is a whole new approach to eco-friendly architecture and planning development, not just more band-aids.
    The book takes a fairly general approach but there are numerous references for those really interested in pursuing the subject in more depth. He outlines his principles of ecological design which begins with gaining a better awareness of your locality, by looking into the ecological history of your community. Who knows your street may be where a stream once flowed, and that your storm drain in all likelihood flows into your water source, so be careful what you dump into it!
    Van der Ryn avoids the cliches and pieces together a compelling set of anecdotes and observations which will open you up the broad field of possibilities. The book is well researched and written, with the valuable assistance of Stuart Cowan, a former student of van der Ryn. It is imperative that we gain a better appreciation of our natural environment before adding any more to our built environment. Sustainable design is our only future.
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    5.0 out of 5 stars sweet, and nails home the very basic and fundamental ...
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    It sort of gets me that a lot of permaculture designers and other ecological designers whether that be in hydrology, LA, whatever, don't know of this work or just sort of pass over it. It's short, sweet, and nails home the very basic and fundamental principles that inform an ecological design process and practice. This book deserves a lot more attention, especially from permaculturists who seems to believe Bill Mollison invented all of the thoughts he popularized.

    I come back to this almost annually. This is one of those works that has little details that only come out after multiple passes.
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  • Treana Rodelas
    5.0 out of 5 stars Recommend
    Reviewed in the United States on March 23, 2021
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    Such a great book. Very well written and easy to read.
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  • Erik Garcia
    5.0 out of 5 stars Inspirational
    Reviewed in the United States on December 1, 2014
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    Sim is a beacon of light in an industry that is fogged over. He embraces that all issues should be discussed & planned for before building are built. Too many times projects are visions of a person with deep pockets & they lose out on the basic core issues.
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    For someone who questions green design, this book has opened my eyes.
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  • Ja Ja
    4.0 out of 5 stars OK Textbook or Primer
    Reviewed in the United States on September 28, 2007
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    Worth reading, but it might not make it through my next bookshelf thinning. It has two particularly good points: the 5 principles, and the hilarious wording for the opposite of ecological design. My main complaint applies to many of the books and articles on this subject. I'd like a little less cheerleading, and a little more technical direction. Most of the world probably still needs the cheerleading.
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  • Sim Van der Ryn
    5.0 out of 5 stars liks nature and ecology to architecture - ground breaker
    Reviewed in the United States on January 10, 2016
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    groundbreaking work !
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    5.0 out of 5 stars Must read!
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    Amazing book!
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    5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
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