There are four domains of design (“changing existing conditions into preferred ones”) where the science of ecology plays a major role:
1. The restoration & management of natural systems–restoring a prairie, for example
2. Constructed ecosystems–with a treatment wetland as the prototypical example
3. Human habitats–the design of human habitats as ecosystems
4. Ecology of mind–I use Gregory Bateson’s term, but with a meaning different than his–specifically I mean the “ecology of mind” that lets us live in our ecologically-designed human habitats, and stay sane and connected to the “natural world”
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