The Pattern Book uses the phrase ‘living world’ instead of nature. Nature tends to convey something outside — rural, picturesque and separate from us.
Living World describes something more encompassing. It’s everywhere. It’s in our towns and cities. It’s even inside us. And it doesn’t have to be pretty.
Nature will do, especially when speaking to the sceptical. But moving quickly to living world signals the deeper philosophy of the Pattern Book: life isn’t outside the window — it’s the container we live in.
This post is an extract from the Motif Library in the Pattern Book for Regenerative Design.