Ecotechnology

Template:Multiple issues 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.

Ecotechnology emphasizes approaching a problem from a holistic point of view; for example, holding that environmental remediation of rivers should not only consider one single area but the whole catchment area, which includes the upstream, middle-stream, and downstream sections.

The construction industry can, in the ecotechnology view, reduce its impact on nature by consulting experts on the environment.

Ecotechnics

Template:Section rewrite 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."

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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. 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.

See also

• 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
• 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
• Wildcrafting
• Windbreak

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, Template:ISBN.
• Huesemann, Michael H., and Joyce A. Huesemann (2011). 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, Template:ISBN, 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

• Ecotechnology research at Mid Sweden University, Östersund, SwedenTemplate:Dead link
• The Institute of Ecotechnics, London, U.K.
• ecoTECHNOLOGY for Vehicles, Transport Canada, Ottawa, Canada
• Eco Technology Show, 11-12 June 2015, Brighton, U.K. Template:Webarchive