Healing Harmoniously through a Community-Based Ecosystem on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia

• Main Author: Van Iderstine, Fraser
• Other Authors: School of Architecture, Master of Architecture, Brian Carter, Steve Parcell, Peter Austin-Smith, Christine Macy, Not Applicable
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Cape Breton Island; Wellness Center; Biophilic Design; Two-Eyed Seeing; Healing; Architecture; Animal; Ecosystem; Breton Island
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10222/81723

In Western and industrialized societies, cities, buildings, and industries are often more valued than the natural world. This is an unfortunate legacy of anthropocentrism. The industrial era has only exacerbated the human-nature divide, separating the human from natural rhythms by accelerating the s...