Design Outlaws on the Ecological Frontier

The filmmaking team of Phil Cousineau and Chris Zelov, along with Brian Danitz, have produced a book that grew out of their award-winning film: Ecological Design: Inventing the Future. Both the film and the book are brimming with the ideas and prototypes of "outlaw design" from the trailblazers who have defined ecological architecture.

The individuals represented are among the most colorful and forward-thinking people on the planet, people who have defied conventions in taking new looks at shelter, energy systems, transportation, and industry. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in developing a deeper perspective on the relationships among nature, technology, and humanity.

The interviewees, twenty-six in all, include many of the most-recognizable names in the environmental movement. Included are interviews with:
-- Amory Lovins, director of the Rocky Mountain Institute
-- Buckminster Fuller, legendary originator of the geodesic dome
-- Paolo Saleri, founder of the innovative community of Arcosanti
-- William McDonough, Dean of the School of Architecture at University of Virginia and many more -- Pliny Fisk, Mary Catherine Bateson, David Sellars, Sim Van der Ryn, John Todd, and Hazel Henderson among them.

These are the people who will shape the world as we head into the twenty-first century. Design Outlaws on the Ecological Frontier is for environmentalists, architectural students, and any freethinker who wants to hear the thoughts of the most articulate maverick designers of our time.