Description: Co-authored with Indigenous knowledge-keepers, this field guide to Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) features ancestral water systems--like floating farms and tidal fish traps--alongside 22 inspiring modern contemporary TEK projects. Witness a paradigm shift for architects and policymakers seeking biocultural resilience and regenerative urban futures.
Brief description:
Julia Watson is an Australian-born designer, educator, author, TED speaker, and radical thought leader of Greco-Egyptian-English heritage, known for championing climate-resilient design through ancestral technologies. Trained as an architect in First Nations knowledge systems, she spearheads the global Lo--TEK movement. She co-founded the Lo--TEK Institute and the Lo--TEK Office for Intercultural Urbanism, both co-led by Indigenous and non-Indigenous designers and scientists. A lecturer at Harvard and Columbia, Watson has collaborated with NIKE, LEGO, Gensler, and Buro Happold, continually redefining sustainability through ancestral wisdom.
Review Quotes: "A guide to improving the world... Lo-TEK Water is more than just brilliant technological historiography. It is a look into the future."-- "ARD Capriccio"