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All of our endeavours that impact adversely on the planet’s

systems, and most especially our endeavours in designing,

making, using, and recovering, need to be fully guided and

informed by the science of ecology to meet our

needs while allowing nature simultaneously to recover and

thrive. Ecology must play an undeniable central role in every

instance while carrying out these tasks.

Ecology is the study of the interactions between the biotic

constituents in all of its lifeforms and organisms, and their

abiotic physical environments, acting together as whole

systems.

Ecological design is defined as design that is informed by

ecology so as to conserve, protect, and benefit ecosystems

and habitats in the presence of human activities, the human-

made world, and the built environment. It is an approach

that puts nature at the centre of all design thinking. This

approach is referred to here as ‘ecocentricity’, a central

principle in ecological design.