Technology and ecology

Grierson, David (2014) Technology and ecology. In: Transitions to Sustainability. Common Ground Publishing, Champaign, Illinois, USA, pp. 105-118. ISBN 9781612295449

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    Abstract

    The mechanistic worldview that has determined nature as a machine composed of related but discrete components helps to support the commonly held idea that humans are at the pinnacle of creation, the source of all value, the measure of all things. In offering resistance to this way of thinking and rejecting the assumption of human self-importance in the larger scheme of things, physicist Fritjof Capra has argued that our society is now embarking on a fundamental shift towards a more ecological, holistic, organic, or systemic view of the world. This chapter identifies a few threads of the mechanical and ecological paradigms and describes some characteristics that seem to signal a shift from one to the other giving emphasis to the importance of aligning future technological developments with ecological values and the practice of sustainability.

    Author(s):Grierson, David ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4070-9909
    Item type:Book Section
    ID code:47112
    Keywords:ecological design, sustainable practices, sustainability, Architecture, Environmental Sciences, Architecture
    Subjects:Fine Arts > Architecture
    Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > Environmental Sciences
    Department:Faculty of Engineering > Architecture
    Depositing user: Pure Administrator
    Date deposited:05 Mar 2014 12:00
    Last modified:16 Jan 2020 04:32
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    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/47112
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