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Anand Pandian posted an update in the group
Life-centered design 6 months ago -
Anand Pandian posted an update in the group
Life-centered design 7 months ago“From a coyote’s-eye view, you could see what the trees were up to: Growth, failure, decay and the drip of acid water through the gravel were mixing a dirt out of the detritus. This hideous forest, I suddenly realized, was there to repair the damage done, and not at our bidding. Its intent was not to look good. Its intent was to stay alive, year… Read more
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Anand Pandian posted an update in the group
Life-centered design 8 months ago“Recognizing how animals inhabit our cities is the first step toward reducing the harm these spaces create for animals, like the risk that architectural glass poses to birds.”
Great to see this piece about the course you also shared with us @rfadok…
theconversation.com
This anthropology course looks at building design from the standpoint of different species
Humans aren’t the only species to consider when constructing new buildings. This course teaches students to take animals into account as well.
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Thanks for sharing this here, @anand !
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This is such a cool idea for a course. Sadly we clearly are not doing enough at the moment… https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/aug/07/death-toll-for-birds-hitting-buildings-may-be-over-1-billion-a-year-in-us-report
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Michael Degani posted an update in the group
Life-centered design a year agoThought folks in this group might like this
peterkindfieldphd.substack.com
If I Had a Hammer? Exploring Structure and Function
Coming Back to Nature: Science-Rich Activities for Children and Their Adults
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Anand Pandian posted an update in the group
Life-centered design a year agoa year ago (edited)
“We must begin to come to terms with the reality that we can’t save the coastline as it currently exists. We need to prioritize natural adaptation, but planned abandonment should be considered as well. Rather than build ever higher walls and rip rap monuments, we should be developing strategies for moving the human footprint away from the…
cbf.org
Let's Choose Nature Over Higher Flood Walls
How we adapt our built infrastructure in the Chesapeake Bay region to the challenge of sea level rise needs to be at the forefront of climate change discussions.
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Marie-Anne Bernasconi posted an update in the group
Life-centered design a year agoa year ago (edited)
Hi there! I’m Marie-Anne, a facilitator helping cities and companies regenerate humans and natural ecosystems.
This morning I facilitated a workshop for a French company manufacturing public lighting. They want their products to help living beings thrive. To design the workshop, I was inspired by The Life-Centered Design Guide.
Here is the design…
marieannebernasconi.notion.site
Life-centered design creativity workshop
By Marie-Anne Bernasconi - helping cities and companies regenerate human and natural ecosystems
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Here is the guide I got inspiration from: https://lifecentereddesign.school/guides
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Anand Pandian posted an update in the group
Life-centered design a year ago-
“I stumbled across the roots of a willow tree in my local river. It got me wondering about the binding properties of root: What if we could grow our clothes from seed?”
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Anand Pandian posted an update in the group
Life-centered design a year ago“Yes, some of us are called to be bombastic brief mushrooms on the surface of the world, but so much more is happening in the darkness of rich soil. We can impact the surface, the forest, the health of the whole world with our earnest organic underground labor. Learn from what moves under the earth.”
Love this meditation by adrienne maree…
truthout.org
Four Insights for Radical Organizing From the Mysterious World of Mushrooms
Let’s do mycelial organizing inspired by the underground fungal networks that turn waste and toxicity into new life.
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Anand Pandian posted an update in the group
Life-centered design a year ago“Astri Tonoian, a Norwegian artist, spent months making the sculpture, based on photos of the animal. In a phone interview on Sunday, she said that she wanted to create a “historic document about the case” and the surrounding controversy that speaks to “humans’ ability to face unknown.”
“We have to practice coexisting” with people and wildlife,…
nytimes.com
Freya, the Walrus Killed by Norwegian Officials, Is Immortalized as a Sculpture
The bronze sculpture depicts the walrus on her side and should remind onlookers about the importance of coexisting, the artist said.
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Anand Pandian posted an update in the group
Life-centered design 2 years ago
theguardian.com
The crowd goes wild: FC Barcelona reveals Camp Nou stadium’s animal inhabitants
Swifts, swallows, bats and geckos all enjoy a ‘coexistence of mutual respect’ on the football stands, wildlife census shows
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