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Voices of the Land - Fox Haven Report Excerpts
"In the following pages Fox Haven speaks to us of her dreams and of her losses and invites us to join in the ongoing dance of creation, neither as a caretaker nor a master but as a participating partner. Her voice is more than a literary device. It is symbolic of a profound shift in perspective that is occurringÑthe emergence of an ecological model of reality. At a time when our relationship with our planet seems increasingly destructive, this model holds out new hope for understanding how we can harmonize human activities with the continuing regeneration of life on our planet even as we continue to develop our potential as humans."
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Looking to Nature for a New Economic Model—the Commonwork System
"The Commonwork offers a pattern for consciously growing a model of regenerative relationship between people and place. It can help Fox Haven grow in a way that integrates people and place into a "healthy ecosystem" that is continually "self-creating, self-managing and self-regenerating through reciprocal relationships among its parts and with its larger environment."
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What is Education For?
"Since the advent of the Industrial Age and its universal, place-blind culture, we are increasingly losing the ability to develop and maintain appropriate relations with place. We have, "fallen out of place" and are losing or have lost the once inherent capacity to understand and then establish right relationships, to put ourselves "back in place."x Learning how to restore the value and the capability for inhabitancy is the creative challenge and opportunity facing independent schools."
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Regenerative Design: Sustainable Design's Coming Revolution
"Regenerative Design, which is still creating itself, introduces into Ecological Design at least two additional streams—the Science or Art of Place, and the science of living systems. Regeneration is far more than simple renewal or restoration. It calls for the integration of aspects of ourselves as designers and as human beings—those of spirit and meaning—that in this era are too often left outside the studio door. It demands that we reunite the art and science of design because we cannot succeed at sustainability if we fail to acknowledge human aspiration and will as the ultimate sustaining source of our activities."
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Green to the Power of Three
"These days it seems to be a commonplace among green designers and builders: even though we're making advances in green building technology and even though there's growing market acceptance for our efforts, we're left with a nagging sense that the real problem hasn't been addressed."
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"More and more designers and builders are realizing that...solutions to the real problems of development continue to elude us. Today’s green projects conserve energy, reduce wastes, and improve the quality of life. Yet these improvements only slow the degradation of planetary ecosystems. ...Development, with its high impacts on the planet, needs to become a source of ecological health." Revitalist Magazine article, 2006 "Regenerative Design is grounded in...the belief that, as a part of a larger order, we humans must act in harmony with those larger patterns. When we do so, our designs become instruments for enabling the whole of a place to move to a richer and healthier expression of life. And in turn, a healthier whole grows the viability and vitality of the part (be it a river restoration or a housing development). By seeing the ultimate aim of all our work as the regeneration and evolution of increasingly vital, viable and inspiriting places, we not only create extraordinary designs, we become more fully human.” Design Intelligence article, 2001	Voices of the Land - Fox Haven Report Excerpts "In the following pages Fox Haven speaks to us of her dreams and of her losses and invites us to join in the ongoing dance of creation, neither as a caretaker nor a master but as a participating partner. Her voice is more than a literary device. It is symbolic of a profound shift in perspective that is occurringÑthe emergence of an ecological model of reality. At a time when our relationship with our planet seems increasingly destructive, this model holds out new hope for understanding how we can harmonize human activities with the continuing regeneration of life on our planet even as we continue to develop our potential as humans." Download Full Article » Looking to Nature for a New Economic Model—the Commonwork System "The Commonwork offers a pattern for consciously growing a model of regenerative relationship between people and place. It can help Fox Haven grow in a way that integrates people and place into a "healthy ecosystem" that is continually "self-creating, self-managing and self-regenerating through reciprocal relationships among its parts and with its larger environment." Download Full Article » What is Education For? "Since the advent of the Industrial Age and its universal, place-blind culture, we are increasingly losing the ability to develop and maintain appropriate relations with place. We have, "fallen out of place" and are losing or have lost the once inherent capacity to understand and then establish right relationships, to put ourselves "back in place."x Learning how to restore the value and the capability for inhabitancy is the creative challenge and opportunity facing independent schools." Download Full Article » Regenerative Design: Sustainable Design's Coming Revolution "Regenerative Design, which is still creating itself, introduces into Ecological Design at least two additional streams—the Science or Art of Place, and the science of living systems. Regeneration is far more than simple renewal or restoration. It calls for the integration of aspects of ourselves as designers and as human beings—those of spirit and meaning—that in this era are too often left outside the studio door. It demands that we reunite the art and science of design because we cannot succeed at sustainability if we fail to acknowledge human aspiration and will as the ultimate sustaining source of our activities." Download Full Article » Green to the Power of Three "These days it seems to be a commonplace among green designers and builders: even though we're making advances in green building technology and even though there's growing market acceptance for our efforts, we're left with a nagging sense that the real problem hasn't been addressed." Download Full Article » [ « previous ] 1 2 3 4 5 [ next » ]