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 === Introduction === === Introduction ===
-Plants are the centre of the web of life. The growth of urban centres around the globe has had a critical impact on ecology. Some of the questions at the core of this research are: +The growth of urban centres around the globe has had a critical impact on ecology. Some of the questions at the core of this research are: 
   * Is there an ecological limit to economic growth?    * Is there an ecological limit to economic growth? 
   * Do we have the right to consider human beings as more valuable than other life forms?    * Do we have the right to consider human beings as more valuable than other life forms? 
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 Some of the reasons for this project are as follows: Some of the reasons for this project are as follows:
-  * Uncontrolled growth of cities has had a devastating impact on ecology. 
   * By the end of 2008, half the world's population will be living in cities for the first time in history.(according to a UN report)   * By the end of 2008, half the world's population will be living in cities for the first time in history.(according to a UN report)
   * Cities are becoming increasingly polluted, unhealthy and disconnected with other life forms.    * Cities are becoming increasingly polluted, unhealthy and disconnected with other life forms. 
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   * Finding appropriate ways and methods to bring 'ethical' thinking and practical experience as a core topic in design education and education in general.    * Finding appropriate ways and methods to bring 'ethical' thinking and practical experience as a core topic in design education and education in general. 
  
-  * Creating an **International Platform for Growth and Resilience**, which tinkers towards a more inclusive, collaborative methodology through a system of integration. Informed by scientific research, practical experience and travel, the platform would act as an independent facilitator and arbiter of emerging knowledge domains. One of the intiatives could be to bring 'polar' groups together to find a common ground. These groups could include young and old; scientists and traditional farmers; environmentalists and corporate executives; capitalists and social entrepreneurs; secular groups with military regime heads; real estate developers with conservationists; politicians with middle class people and so on. +  * Creating an **International Platform for Growth and Resilience**, which tinkers towards a more inclusive, collaborative methodology through a system of integration. Informed by scientific research, practical experience and travel, the platform would act as an independent facilitator and arbiter of emerging knowledge domains. One of the initiatives could be to bring 'polar' groups together to find a common ground. These groups could include young and old; scientists and traditional farmers; environmentalists and corporate executives; capitalists and social entrepreneurs; secular groups with military regime heads; real estate developers with conservationists; politicians with middle class people and so on. 
  
   * Creating tangible manifestations of human plant interaction to nudge it out of the speculative zone. How would a new relevant design practice emerge through observation of and cooperation with natural systems? The researcher envisions the emergence of a new field of research which merges aspects of urban ecology, design ethnography, cultural anthropology and life science.   * Creating tangible manifestations of human plant interaction to nudge it out of the speculative zone. How would a new relevant design practice emerge through observation of and cooperation with natural systems? The researcher envisions the emergence of a new field of research which merges aspects of urban ecology, design ethnography, cultural anthropology and life science.
  
-  * Ultimately thinking of ways in which we can create conditions that make independent ingeniuos ideas inevitable and further trigger collective actions in imaginative, purposeful ways.+  * Ultimately thinking of ways in which we can create conditions that make independent ingenious ideas inevitable and further trigger collective actions in imaginative, purposeful ways.
  
 ====References==== ====References====
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