city shit-> bio plant -> food production

“Buildings Like Trees, Cities Like Forests” is a phrase from William McDonough, who is an internationally renowned designer and one of the primary proponents and shapers of what he and his partners call 'The Next Industrial Revolution.'

...We hope it is the design strategy of the future.” www.mcdonough.com

Local Bio-Sewage Treatment: Community scaled waste and grey water treatment centre, separate from existing civic infrastructure grid. gif from www.umanitoba.ca case study www.cf.ac.uk

danish PLOT have also a few clever ideas from their updated smart new site http://www.plot.dk/ see their film here http://www.plot.dk/projects/hav/superharbour.wmv

Fritjof Capra, PhD; Founding Director, The Center for Eco-Literacy: can be watched on film here: "berkley lectures: education for sustainable living- stereo webcasts" easa.antville.org

curitiba in brazil is one of the best examples of how to make a city more sustainable http://www.sustainable.org/casestudies/international/INTL_af_curitiba.html http://www.solutions-site.org/cat7_sol110.htm

"The Zero Emissions City of the Future" film can be watched here www.ictpl.net

has anyone got other good examples done or proposed for urban ecology

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