This segment will discuss the threats to the well being of human communities and natural ecology resulting from unsustainable growth, development and consumption. We will examine the work of people like William Morris in the late 1800s, Buckminster Fuller in the 1930s and Victor Papanek who explored numerous ecodesign ideas practiced today. And although not a designer, Fritz Schumacher, author of Small is Beautiful, helped shape many of the social, structural and economic arguments that facilitate design for healthy, equitable and autonomous living. Connecting to the vision of these early pioneers is the work of today’s ecological designers such as Bill Browning of the Rocky Mountain Institute, Dan Burden and his work on transportation systems, and Pliny Fisk III of Advanced Building Systems in Austin. The goal of this episode is to show how ecological design works with living processes, thereby respecting the needs and value of all species, using processes and technology that regenerate rather than deplete. This episode will bring to the forefront the building methods, ideas, products and technologies that are currently available to help solve many of our most pressing environmental problems.