Table of Contents
Foreword xi
Introduction 1
Chapter 1 How Did We Get Here? 7
Chapter 2 Water: Why Blue Is the New Green 23
Chapter 3 Forests: The "Wood Wide Web" 43
Chapter 4 Natural Features: Renewing Connections Above and Below 63
Chapter 5 Solar: Utilizing the Source of All Energy on Earth 85
Chapter 6 Redefining the Energy Infrastructure 107
Chapter 7 Atmosphere: Restoring Our Living, Breathing Planet 129
Chapter 8 Earth: Earth Energy and Materials 149
Chapter 9 Sound: Speech, Music, and Noise 171
Chapter 10 The Natural Human: Rewilding Our Cities 191
Chapter 11 Human Community: Reimagining Ourselves 213
Chapter 12 A New Model: Conscious Construction 237
The Twelve Principles of Conscious Construction: A Summary 247
Afterword 253
Further Reading 255
Index 283
Acknowledgments 297
About the Author 299