Slowing The Sixth Extinction | Tony Brown | TEDxVail

"Nature is a symphony. We must learn to join the music." - Tony Brown Tony is an architect/educator who has dedicated the past 40 years to working to transform education, teaching how design can preserve the natural world. He spent 13 years at Paolo Soleri’s Arcosanti exploring urban design and systems thinking as well as developing Soleri’s designs into construction drawings and building many of the structures. At Arcosanti he also became a 50 ton crane and backhoe operator. His architectural work includes several historic building renovations at the Grand Canyon National Park as well as a visitor bookstore recognized as an exemplary building by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. He designed the first container house in Arizona which received a Coconino County sustainable building award. In 1998 he founded the Ecosa Institute in Prescott, AZ to connect design and ecology. He lectures at universities globally and pursues new ideas in architecture, education and ecology.
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Tony is an architect/educator who has dedicated the past 40 years to working to transform education, teaching how design can preserve the natural world. He spent 13 years at Paolo Soleri’s Arcosanti exploring urban design and systems thinking as well as developing Soleri’s designs into construction drawings and building many of the structures. At Arcosanti he also became a 50 ton crane and backhoe operator. His architectural work includes several historic building renovations at the Grand Canyon National Park as well as a visitor bookstore recognized as an exemplary building by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. He designed the first container house in Arizona which received a Coconino County sustainable building award.

In 1998 he founded the Ecosa Institute in Prescott, AZ to connect design and ecology. He lectures at universities globally and pursues new ideas in architecture, education and ecology. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx