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Sacred Innovation In The Shadow Conservation Network, Julia Watson
Sacred Innovation In The Shadow Conservation Network, Julia Watson
NAKHARA (Journal of Environmental Design and Planning)
The global shadow conservation network is informally composed of all the sacred lands of the world. This essay explores the lands of the Kayapo of the Amazon Basin; the Maasaiof Southern Kenya and Northern Tanzania; the Turkana of Northern Kenya; the Subak of Bali; the Khasis of Northern India and the Tofi nu of Benin and the ancient infrastructures found there. From the material and construction modules, to the ecosystem as a whole, the sacredness imbued in the landscape works to maintain its ecological sustainability. By combining eco-technology with sacred mythology, we find new and unique ways humans live symbiotically …
Life-Force Energy: The Sacred Root Of Place, Architecture, And Community, Tom Bender
Life-Force Energy: The Sacred Root Of Place, Architecture, And Community, Tom Bender
NAKHARA (Journal of Environmental Design and Planning)
Vrtually every historical culture using designs rooted in life-force energy has created architecture, everyday places, and communities with spiritual power far exceeding what is achieved today evenin "spiritual" buildings. By generating an understanding of this energy, and the examples of its use from cultures in Cambodia, Japan, India, Thailand, China, Hawaii, Nigeria, Egypt, Peru, Mexico, and Native America, new possibilities are dramatically opening for places and lives today