Lexicon

Abject
Accretion
Actant
Aeration
Aerobic
Algae-boosted
Animal
Anthropomorphism
Anti-Continuous Construction
Apocalypse
Aquaculture
Aquanaut
Ark
Artificial Intelligence
Autopoiesis
Assemblages
Asymmetry
Atrophy
Attraction
Autarchy
Automata
Automation
Autosymbiosis
Bambassador
Bathyscaphe
Bioconurbation
Biomedia
Bionics
Biosphere
Biotechnique
By-product
Capacity
Actant
Coisolation
Composting
Conservative Surgery
Consumer Envelope
Consumption
Continuous Construction
Conurbation
Correalism
Cultural_Memory
Cybernetics
Cybertecture
Cyborg
Dispositif
Diving Saucer
Dross
Earthship
Ecocatastrophe
Effluvium
Egosphere
End-use
Entanglement
Eutopia
Feedback
Foam
Folk
Gadget
Garbage House
Green Cyborg
Heuristic
Hoard
Holism
Homogenization of Desire
Hostile
Human Affect
Hybridized Folk
Hydroponic
Hyper-Materialism
Information Economy
Inner Space
Interama
Intra-Uterine
Maque
Megalopolis
Min-use
Mobility
Monorail
Multi-Hinge
Non-Design
Oceanaut
Oppositional Consciousness
Organic
Ouroboros
Panarchy
Parasite
Perceived Continuation
Permanence
Place
Prototype
Post-Animal
Reclamation
RI: Data Farms
RI: Garbage and Animals
RI:Shipbreaking
RI: Toxic Sublime
Sampling
Scale
Sensing Structure
Simulacrum
Simulation
Soft Energy
Spaceship Earth
Submersible
Superwindow
Symbiosis
Synthetic Environment
Technocratic
Technological Heredity
Technological Sublime
Telechirics
The Sublime
Thermal Panel
Actant
Thing-Power
Thinking Machines
Tool
Toxic Withdrawal
Turbulence
UV-Transparent Film
Vibrant Matter
Waste
Work

Ecocatastrophe

Ecocatastrophe(n.) : a major destructive upset in the balance of nature especially when caused by the action of humans.1 Ecosystem changes due to climate change is a global problem. In particular, it is more serious in developing countries with the DNA roots of compressed development growth. The counterattack of nature called "unusual weather" has been started. Development advocates call this 'natural disasters', but science continues to provide evidence that this is man-made disaster. Decrease of the diversity of species is a leading environmental problem with global warming. Reduction of species is directly related to the results of the degradation of ecosystem stability. This is because all species perform the respective functions as important components of global ecosystem. The material circulation and delivery of the energy are important functions in terrestrial ecosystems where all species perform, and the stability of ecosystems is maintained through them. So far, it is known that 300 kinds of wild plants in the UK and the 1/4 kinds in the world are destined to disappear by 2050.2 The cause is certainly the destruction of habitat due to urbanization, environmental pollution, and so on. Eden Project is planned for this situation in the background and is run by the ‘Kew Garden' a Royal Botanic Garden, and it was planned as pristine place on earth for maximum plant diversity. The inauguration ceremony of Eden greenhouse, a modern version of ’Noah’s Ark’ was led by Prince Charles, and it will collect the seeds of 24,000 plant species, which correspond to one tenth of all the flora of the world, which is the world’s largest.3

1. Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Accessed May 1, 2015.
2. Howard Jones, “The Eden Project: A Synopsis around Sustainable Enterprise,” in The Journal of Corporate Citizenship, No. 30, pp.133-137.
3. Cole Dominic, Brave New World-Eden Project, Landscape design, 2003, pp 12-17.