Ecotecture Information

Ecotecture is the online journal of, for and, most importantly, by the ecological design community. Our mission is to bring your information to your fellow designers around the world so we can support one another's efforts to design a sustainable future. We see ourselves as an online virtual conference where designers everywhere can describe, discuss and debate the principles and practice of their craft. The traditional way to get the word on ecological design to the community at large would be for a magazine's staff to do the reporting, travel to the sites, interview the designers and update their readers on the developments. In such a traditional magazine, the content would be determined by the editorial staff, ultimately the publisher. Our resources are limited, however, especially compared to those of typical mass media publications that seem dedicated mostly to trashing the environment. But even if Ecotecture had the financial resources to maintain a staff of roving reporters, we could not possibly have the intellectual resources to understand and anticipate the important developments in the worldwide paradigm shift that is ecological design. There are too many ideas, too many specialties, too much ferment for a top-down content strategy and an small core of writers to reflect the emerging culture. That is why we need our fellow designers, architects, builders, planners theorists and reporters to tell the worldwide design community what you are doing or have learned about. Only by making Ecotecture a vast resource where specialists in the hundreds of aspects of ecological design can learn about one another's work and share their own can we reflect the incredible diversity within the field. If you want to share your ideas and experiences with the ecological design community, your are cordially invited to do so. Before sending your queries or submittals, however, please take a few minutes to read our publication and submission requirements below. We look forward to hearing from you.