Visionaries of Regenerative Design IV: Ian L. McHarg (1920–2001)

McHarg regarded ecology — the study of the relationships between organisms and their environment — not simply as a new area of investigation for the natural sciences, but rather as “integrative of the sciences, humanities and the arts.” He believed ecology provided the necessary context for understanding the appropriate relationship between humanity and nature” (in Wahl, 2005c, p.15).