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'''Ecotechnology''' is an [[applied science]] that seeks to fulfill [[human]] needs while causing minimal ecological disruption, by harnessing and manipulating natural forces to leverage their beneficial effects. Ecotechnology integrates two fields of study: the '[[ecology]] of technics' and the 'technics of ecology,' requiring an understanding of the structures and processes of [[ecosystems]] and societies. All [[sustainable engineering]] that can reduce damage to ecosystems, adopt ecology as a fundamental basis, and ensure conservation of [[biodiversity]] and sustainable development may be considered as forms of ecotechnology.{{cn|date=May 2024}}

Ecotechnology emphasizes approaching a problem from a [[Holism|holistic]] point of view; for example, holding that [[environmental remediation]] of rivers should not only consider one single area but the whole [[Drainage basin|catchment area]], which includes the upstream, middle-stream, and downstream sections.{{cn|date=May 2024}}

The construction industry can, in the ecotechnology view, reduce its impact on nature by consulting experts on the environment.{{cn|date=May 2024}}

== Ecotechnics ==
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During ''Ecotechnics '95 - International Symposium on Ecological Engineering'' in [[Östersund]], [[Sweden]], the participants agreed on the definition: "Ecotechnics is defined as the method of designing future societies within ecological frames."

'''Ecotechnics''' is defined as the '[[techne]]' of bodies.{{huh?|date=May 2024}} Ecotechnics thinks of the body as a technology which makes possible{{among whom|date=May 2024}} the inclusion of a whole new range of bodies{{dubious|date=May 2024}}. This gives people{{who?|date=May 2024}} more agency and [[biopower]] over their own use of their bodies.{{citation needed|date=May 2024}} This makes it usable{{among whom|date=May 2024}} for [[queer theory]] and [[disability studies]].{{citation needed|date=May 2024}} An interpretation{{among whom|date=May 2024}} also refers to the term as the craft of the home.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UG7yoX-_PVUC&dq=ecotechnics&pg=PT176|title=The Ecotechnic Future: Envisioning a Post-Peak World|last=Greer|first=John Michael|date=2009-10-01|publisher=New Society Publishers|isbn=9781550924398|language=en}}</ref>{{failed verification|date=May 2024|reason=The sources is about creating sustainable technology, it has nothing to do with any of the proceeding details}}
In classifying the body as a technical object,{{huh?|date=May 2024}} [[Jean-Luc Nancy]] explained how it works by partitioning bodies{{huh?|date=May 2024}} into their own zones{{huh?|date=May 2024}} and spaces{{huh?|date=May 2024}}, which also allow such bodies to connect with other bodies.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=The Interface Envelope: Gaming, Technology, Power|last=Ash|first=James|date=2016|publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing USA|isbn=9781623564599|location=New York, NY|pages=109}}</ref>{{huh?|date=May 2024}} Hence, Nancy claims that technology determine our interactions with other beings{{who?|date=May 2024}} in the world.{{huh?|date=May 2024}}<ref name=":0" /> Ecotechnics is also central{{among whom|date=May 2024}} in Sullivan's and Murray's collection of essays ''Queering the Technologisation of Bodies''.{{citation needed|date=May 2024}} It is built{{by whom|date=May 2024}} on [[Bernard Stiegler]]'s work that sees the body and technology as a double process: the technology and the body are informed by each other.{{citation needed|date=May 2024}} [[Derrida]] who extends on both Nancy and Stiegler's ideas argues that the 'proper body' implicates{{among whom|date=May 2024}} interconnections of technical additions.{{clarify|date=May 2024}} Ecotechnics goes against the [[essentialist]] and binary notion of the body{{citation needed|date=May 2024}} as a technological object which positions it within [[post-structuralism]].{{citation needed|date=May 2024}} The body can only be understood{{by whom|date=May 2024}} within its environment and this environment is a technical one.{{citation needed|date=May 2024}}

Nancy also applied the ecotechnics concept to contemporary issues such as war and globalization. He maintained, for instance, that modern conflicts are produced by the dividing lines between: North and South; rich and poor; and, integrated and excluded.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Jean-Luc Nancy and the Question of Community|last=Devisch|first=Ignaas|date=2013|publisher=Bloomsbury|isbn=9781441165626|location=London|pages=141|language=en}}</ref> He also believes that ecotechnics is undoing communities due to the elimination of the ''[[polis]]'' and the prevalence of ''[[oikos]]'', calling for a global sovereignty that would administer the world as a single household.<ref>{{Cite book|title=War and Social Theory: World, Value and Identity|last=Curtis|first=Neal|date=2006|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan|isbn=9781403933713|location=New York|pages=161}}</ref>

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==See also==

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* [[Afforestation]]
* [[Agroforestry]]
* [[Analog forestry]]
* [[Biomass]]
* [[Biomass (ecology)]]
* [[Buffer strip]]
* [[Collaborative innovation network]]
* [[Deforestation]]
* [[Deforestation during the Roman period]]
* [[Desertification]]
* [[Ecological engineering]]
* [[Ecological engineering methods]]
* [[Energy-efficient landscaping]]
* [[Forest farming]]
* [[Forest gardening]]
* [[Great Plains Shelterbelt]]
* [[GreenTec Awards]]
* [[Hedgerow]]
* [[Residential garden|Home gardens]]
* [[Human ecology]]
* [[Institute of Ecotechnics]]
* [[Macro-engineering]]
* [[Megaprojects]]
* [[Mid Sweden University]]
* [[Permaculture]]
* [[Permaforestry]]
* [[Proposed sahara forest project]]
* [[Push–pull technology]]
* [[Sand fence]]
* [[Seawater Greenhouse]]
* [[Sustainable agriculture]]
* [[Sustainable design]]
* [[Terra preta]]
* [[Thomas P. Hughes (historian)|Thomas P. Hughes]]
* [[Wildcrafting]]
* [[Windbreak]]
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==References==
* {{Cite book
| author =  J. Nancy
| year = 2008
| title = Corpus
| publisher = [[Fordham University Press]]
| isbn = 9780823229628
| authorlink = Jean-Luc Nancy
}}

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==Further reading==

*Allenby, B.R., and D.J. Richards (1994), ''The Greening of Industrial Ecosystems''. National Academy Press, Washington, DC.
*Braungart, M., and W. McDonough (2002). ''Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things''. North Point Press, {{ISBN|0865475873}}.
*Huesemann, Michael H., and Joyce A. Huesemann (2011). [http://www.newtechnologyandsociety.org ''Technofix: Why Technology Won't Save Us or the Environment''], Chapter 13, "The Design of Environmentally Sustainable and Appropriate Technologies", New Society Publishers, Gabriola Island, British Columbia, Canada, {{ISBN|0865717044}}, 464 pp.
*Von Weizsacker, E.U., C. Hargroves, M.H. Smith, C. Desha, and P. Stasinopoulos (2009). ''Factor Five: Transforming the Global Economy through 80% Improvements in Resource Productivity'', Routledge.

==External links==
* [http://www.miun.se/en/University/Organisation/Departments/thu/Research/Ecotechnology-research/ Ecotechnology research at Mid Sweden University, Östersund, Sweden]{{dead link|date=July 2017}}
* [http://www.ecotechnics.edu The Institute of Ecotechnics, London, U.K.]
* [http://www.tc.gc.ca/eTV ecoTECHNOLOGY for Vehicles, Transport Canada, Ottawa, Canada]
* [http://www.ecotechnologyshow.co.uk Eco Technology Show, 11-12 June 2015, Brighton, U.K.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150119143548/http://www.ecotechnologyshow.co.uk/ |date=19 January 2015 }}

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