Biophilic environments in a changing climate

Biophilic Environments in a Changing Climate

JOSEPH CLANCY

MA LA, BA LA, BSC. HORT.

JosephClancyMALA,BALA,BSc.Hort.

What is Biophilia?

 “E.O.Wilsoncallsit"biophilia,"AlbertSchweitzercalledit"reverence,"RachelCarsoncalledit"asenseofwonder."ButbyanynameitisthesenseofbelonginginnatureandparDcularlyinone'splace.Ithinkeveryonehasthatfeelingtoonedegreeoranother.Butitrequiresopportunityandtherightcircumstancestoflourish....”-DavidW.Orr

Biophilic Design

Benefits of Biophilic Environments

 Thereisnowcompellingevidencetoshowthatcontactwithnatureandtheoutdoorsimprovesphysicalhealthandmentalwellbeing".-AlanLaw,ChiefStrategy&ReformOfficer,NaturalEngland(February2015)

 "...wenowhaveclearerscienDficevidencethatnatureissobeneficialforourmindsandoursenseofself".-RoryStewart,EnvironmentMinister(February2015)

Why Do We Need Biophilic Environments?

• MentalfaMgue

• DecreasedcogniMvefuncMon

• IrritaMon• Increasedbloodpressure,heartrateandstresshormonelevels

• Lowermood

The Challenge of Climate Change

• Speciesdisplacement&habitatloss• Lossofcharacterandsenseofplace• UrbanHeatIsland• Increasedlandpressures• IncreasedhumanmigraMon• EnvironmentalGeneraMonalAmnesia• Efficacyofbiophilicenvironments?

Resilient Biophilic Environments

• ClimateadapMveplantspecies&materials

• Monitoring&managementprogrammes

• Inclusivebiophilicdesign

• MircorestoraMvegreenspacenetworks

• Integrated(GI)• Dynamiclayering

The Missing Link in Sustainability?

 “Wecannotwinthisba8letosavespeciesandenvironmentswithoutforginganemoAonalbondbetweenourselvesandnatureaswell–forwewillnotfighttosavewhatwedonotlove”–StephenJayGould

Thank You  Contact:• [email protected]

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FurtherInformaMon:

• hZp://www.terrapinbrightgreen.com/report/14-paZerns/

• hZp://www.terrapinbrightgreen.com/report/biophilic-design-case-studies/

• hZp://www.terrapinbrightgreen.com/report/ijar-complexity-paZerns-biophilia/

• hZp://journal.hep.com.cn/laf/EN/10.1007/slaf-0054-0301-xx