The Easter message remains the same. The regenerative power of life needs to be central to human action and our creation of place in the world. The natural world is what sustains us, not cold, hard concrete. That was the also the message of the Arts and Crafts Movement a hundred years ago, except this time our global environment is at stake.
An open turf area. This open space hosts "civitas", the means to foster, mobilize and coordinate civic concern in the community for sustainable public and private spaces. This includes urban planning, public policy, infrastructure, watershed management, zero impact projects and regenerative "green" strategies. These create innovative spaces and design so people can reconnect with nature.
A space program initially launched in response to the Soviet challenge and put forth in a speech by John Kennedy in 1961 resulted in not only technology advances, but a shift in human awareness of the biosphere we all inhabit. This resulted in the Apollo program that put men on the moon and let human eyes look back upon the world. The view of a blue globe floating in empty space marks a transformation in human understanding and points towards an evolutionary change in collective priorities.
To facilitate the spread and adoption of Permaculture throughout the globe
Visiting Dignitaries
A question of attribution
My regenerative concept for the Trade Center was submitted to the New Visions New York panel for consideration as an overarching vision. The documentation is here. The concept of crystalline light shattering at 9:15 am on Sept. 11, in a site regenerated with a tree of life and "green towers" now lives on in many other urban design schemes.