Showing posts with label ecological design. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ecological design. Show all posts

Friday, July 30, 2010

Superorganism - Example of Emergence


Here is a video of the structure of a massive ant colony (the way they learn about it is despicable and an example of the ravages of reductionist science)... This demonstrates how superorganisms design elegantly - patterns from nature abundantly demonstrating wise design.

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Design Factors for Regenerative Studies

Earth Regenerative Studies favor the following dense, proliferating, ecosystemic, complex, vibrant, living and life-generating concepts in its design:
  • regenerativity
  • autopoiesis and complexity
  • ecological design and "sustainability"
  • inspiration, including poetry, story, and the arts
  • generativity, ancestral and progenic momentum
  • earth processes: shit, compost, vermiculture
  • wisdom
  • darkness, fallowness, mystery
  • symbiosis, mutualism, co-evolution, collaboration
  • emergence and emergent properties