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Integrating concepts: when the ecovillages meet design

6. Useful resources

Here are very interesting and handy resources to deepen your understanding of the presented methods:

  1. People & Permaculture by Looby Macnamara (book introduction)
  2. Integrating design thinking with sustainability scienceĀ (scientific, a bit "nerdy" paper)
  3. Scaling up sustainability: Concepts and practices of the ecovillage approach
  4. Design thinking for sustainability: Why and how design thinking can foster sustainability-oriented innovation development
  5. Patterns of nature: Bio-systemic design thinking in meeting sustainability challenges of an increasingly complex world

video: Biomimicry in action | Janine Benyus

Biomimicry in action | Janine Benyus (TED talk)