Rebuilding Earth:

12 Principles of Conscious Construction

1.

Design for life, not machines.

2.

Protect all waters and wetlands; discharge nothing to the oceans.

3.

Restore and protect all forests; keep cities green.

4.

Restore and protect eco-corridors; abandon the paved grid.

5.

Use solar first.

6.

Embrace distributed energy systems first.

7.

Limit man-made CO2 emissions; discharge no toxins or particulates to the atmosphere.

8.

Regulate EMFs; mandate EPDs; build only what is needed; design to human scale.

9.

Design for speech, music and dance; eliminate noise pollution; restore natural sounds.

10.

Restore natural connections.

11.

Measure happiness first.

12.

Balance financial, produced, human, social and natural capitals.