Design Ecology is looking forward to participating in this week’s Urban Re:Vision Charette in concert with Mayor Gavin Newsome’s office and a hand-selected group of design experts led by the Urban RE:Vision team.
Together, we will be taking the first steps toward creating a revitalization plan for San Francisco’s Civic Center district, with a focus on [...]

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Vegetation and Water Management hold the keys for truly “Green” cities, can improve infrastructure performance, public health, and civic character.

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Are we reaching a tipping point for the insertion of agricultural production systems into unused spaces of our urban environments?

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Esalen workshop a success, cars pollute less than buildings, and stimulus money should be helping us create more efficient buildings in order to curb global warming and financial melting.

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Josiah will be speaking with Sim Van der Ryn at the Cascadia Region Green Building Council. They will be presenting on the concept of Resiliency, a change from rigid large scale centralized systems to the flowing resilience of small scale localized systems.
The conference will be held in Portland, Oregon between May 6-8th. Link to presentation [...]

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