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1. Very inspiring -the tension between ecology and architecture is the very energy we need right now. So important to focus on the processes between people, to make things happen differently.

   This is the energy we need, to overcome the limited thinking, which has led us to this human domination, at the expense of the rest of the natural world.

   (Posted on 2010-06-08 13:42:00 by Norah Keany-Corr)

2. Really interesting debate, I particularly like Domincs comment about pot-holes!

   Well done RESET, keep up the good work.

   (Posted on 2010-06-08 10:26:00 by Anonymous)

3. Thanks to all who attended the debate last week on the 2nd - to Cath Basilio for coming down from Sheffield to share her experiences, also Gary and Dominic, and Dusty for legging it over from Arup's. It was great to hear some of the problems that people are facing in their design work when trying to incorporate nature, biodiversity, water, energy and climate change adaptation. Cath Basilio was particularly inspiring with her dogged determination to overcome what you could potentially call 'bio-prejudice' - a dislike literally of giving ground to nature.

   However, there was plenty more that needed to be said in the wider context: how do we get more integrated approaches taught on architecture, engineering and other courses? How to give confidence to designers to overcome the barriers to incorporating the natural design that will carry us beyond our dependency to oil? And how to talk about these issues in a down to earth way?

   for anyone who didn't get the link to RESET's Integrated habitats Design Competition, it is www.ihdc.org.uk. Organised in association with Dusty Gedge/livingroofs.org, Gary Grant and CIRIA, entry deadline is June 30th midnight and awards will be announced at the Wold Green Roof Congress on 15th September in London, with an accompanying exhibition over 5 weeks at the Building Centre on Store Street.

   Good luck with all your projects and keeping nature and biodiversity to the fore.

   Blanche

   (Posted on 2010-06-07 15:50:00 by Blanche Cameron)