Publisher's Synopsis
Synergy and Balance with the Natural World reveals a new paradigm of symbiotic relationships between modern society and nature; revealing the complexity and wisdom of all living systems and the benefits derived from working with, not against them.
Building development, land/water management, and architecture can become more integrated with and complimentary of local ecosystems and climate to solve problems such as flooding, effects of drought, and contaminated land/water; while increasing property values, lowering operating costs, creating healthier, more weather-resilient buildings, and generating more wildlife habitat. The solutions are all around us. They are inexpensive and self-renewing.
Property values are directly related to the health of surrounding landscapes and ecosystems, yet billions of dollars are lost from mainstream methods of building and land/water management. We are being held hostage by these highly centralized policies that are destructive, dirty, and expensive. This is a blueprint for prodigious change, where buildings, man, and nature coexist and prosper.
Indigenous cultures understood saw/see everything as interrelated and connected to everything else, themselves included. The founding fathers of the U.S. realized their wisdom and consulted with them on drafting the Constitution. Our integral relationship to the world has been hijacked in favor of corporate interests advocating separation and isolation.
This book defies conventions of a highly compartmentalized and isolationist modern society, where man is considered above and separate from the natural world. Design methods and case studies are outlined in great detail, enabling anyone to become more independent, self-reliant, and less dependent on inefficient, expensive, centralized systems.
