This illustrated talk will provide evidence of the functional interdependence and aesthetic correspondence with the site that such design principles strive to achieve. It will also describe the emotional fulfillment afforded by cultivating rapport with the environs, a source of gratification that human-centered design typically lacks. My engagement with biophilic design principles extends beyond these architectural and landscaping ventures. They also inspire my homesteading practices, my curating, art-making, and writing. Indeed, they provide the ethical foundation for all my beliefs and behaviors.

ABOUT Linda Weintraub Elemental Effects Juror
Linda Weintraub practices eco art as an author, educator, curator, practitioner, and homesteader. Throughout her career she has championed the outposts of vanguard experimentation in the arts as they have evolved over the decades. Weintraub has curated over fifty exhibitions. She is the author of innumerable essays and several books exploring contemporary art and ecology. They include WHAT’s NEXT? Eco Materialism &  Contemporary Art (2018), To LIFE! Eco Art in Pursuit of a Sustainable Planet (2012), and Avant-Guardians (2007), a series of textlets titled “EcoCentric Topics: Pioneering Themes for Eco-Art”; “Cycle-Logical Art: Recycling Matters for Eco-Art;” “EnvironMentalities: Twenty-two Approaches to Eco-Art”. Additionally, she is the author of such popular books as Art on the Edge & Over, and In the Making: Creative Options for Contemporary Art.