45. ‘Everything is Connected to Everything Else’
Ecologist Barry Commoner gave us this rule. Earth’s ecosystems–communities of living organisms (flora and fauna) and their non-living environments (air, water, earth)–provide everything needed for life on the planet, from clean air and water to food, fuel, medicines, building materials, carbon capture and pollination. The ecosphere is the self-supporting structure of ecosystems, and it is described as being composed of four key domains, or ‘spheres’: atmosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere and ...
Get 101 Rules of Thumb for Sustainable Buildings and Cities now with the O’Reilly learning platform.
O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.
