Using what's there

Recently I started thinking about the prospect of establishing developing relationships with various native species to utilise them as tools for common chores. I thought firs about dirt of floors and how it is likely that there is some little creature that would really like to eat my dirt, but, that I have locked out or banished from my vision. In line with this I started thinking about the design of houses that capitalise on the services that the local native plants animals and insects could provide. Not having much of a background in the area I just brainstormed lightly with the hope of getting into it more scientifically further down the line.



Today, I was looking though the recent TED talks I had not seen and found one which seems to be talking about a similar prospect. Realising what nature is for and letting us and it work together advantageously. I think, the way the idea is presented in this talk, makes it seems so simple and so advantageous that people have forgotten the reason of being. I think that addressing the question of motivation is something which will happen but only slowly, and when it happens, most things will be fixed.

If you have good ideas about this, please comment.