TY - BOOK ID - 77863999 TI - The nature of design : ecology, culture, and human intention PY - 2002 SN - 0197562221 0198033885 1602567514 1280560495 9786610560493 1602565082 9780198033882 9781602565081 9781602567511 1423776860 9781423776864 6610560498 019514855X 9780195148558 0199883939 PB - Oxford, [England] ; New York, New York : Oxford University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Nature KW - Human ecology KW - Environmental responsibility. KW - Design. KW - Ecological engineering. KW - Ecological accountability KW - Ecological responsibility KW - Environmental accountability KW - Environmental ethics KW - Responsibility KW - Anthropogenic effects on nature KW - Ecological footprint KW - Human beings KW - Anthropogenic soils KW - Ecotechnology KW - Environmental management KW - Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.) KW - Environmental quality KW - Ethics KW - Effect of human beings on. KW - Moral and ethical aspects. KW - Moral and ethical aspects KW - Environmental ethics. KW - Global environmental change. KW - Environmental change, Global KW - Global change, Environmental KW - Global environmental changes KW - Change KW - Ecology KW - Climatic changes UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77863999 AB - Ecological design is an emerging field that aims to recalibrate what humans do in the world according to how the world works as a biophysical system. Design in this sense is a large concept having to do as much with politics and ethics as with buildings and technology. The book begins by describing the scope of design, comparing it to the Enlightenment of the 18th century. Subsequent chapters describe barriers to a design revolution inherent in our misuse of language, the clockspeed of technological society, and shortsighted politics. Orr goes on to describe the critical role educational institutions might play in fostering design intelligence and what he calls "a higher order of heroism." Appropriately, the book ends on themes of charity, wilderness, and the rights of children. Astute yet broadly appealing, The Nature of Design combines theory, practicality, and a call to action. ER -