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Permaculture is a way of growing food that preserves or recreates the environment that edible plants had originally evolved in. This allows beneficial plants to flourish on their own and eventually grow into a food forest. The presence of this life supporting environment is our birth right and it must be restored. Permaculture needs to be implemented on all available land to create an abundant environment to feed our growing population. ∞B

Benjamin Lowder’s three-fold sustainable home design:

1) Use reclaimed and recycled materials.

2) Align the home to seasonal sun angles to naturally heat and cool the home.

3) Use phi ratios to make the aesthetic choices.

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"Lowder House," Southern Elevation

"Lowder House," Southern Elevation

"Lowder House's" alignment to seasonal sun angles to naturally heat and cool the home

"Lowder House's" alignment to seasonal sun angles to naturally heat and cool the home

"Hana House," a sustainable home design for artist Doze Green on the island of Maui at Hana, Hawaii

"Hana House," a sustainable home design for artist Doze Green on the island of Maui at Hana, Hawaii

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Illinois prairie restoration and the Northern elevation of "Lowder House"

Illinois prairie restoration and the Northern elevation of "Lowder House"

Brochure cover for The Fuller Dome Home Preservation Project.

Brochure cover for The Fuller Dome Home Preservation Project.

"Lowder House" Southern Elevation

"Lowder House" Southern Elevation

Brochure inside for The Fuller Dome Home Preservation Project

Brochure inside for The Fuller Dome Home Preservation Project

"Lowder House" interior, kitchen & fireplace

"Lowder House" interior, kitchen & fireplace

Illustration for Dymaxion Days SIUC

Illustration for Dymaxion Days SIUC

Bucky's Dymaxion Car & Dome Home SIUC

The fruits of permaculture implementation

The fruits of permaculture implementation

Poster design and illustration to promote the preservation of Buckminster Fuller's dome home.

Poster design and illustration to promote the preservation of Buckminster Fuller's dome home.

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Poster for Fuller's C.S.S. dome SIUE

Poster for Fuller's C.S.S. dome SIUE

Goose berries

Goose berries

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Promotional Poster for Dome Days

Promotional Poster for Dome Days

American Black Walnut Canopy

American Black Walnut Canopy

Sound Meditation program in the Fuller Dome

Sound Meditation program in the Fuller Dome

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Black-cap Raspberries

Black-cap Raspberries

Buckminster Fuller & Shoji Sadao

Buckminster Fuller & Shoji Sadao

at the dedication of their geodesic dome on the SIUE campus 1971

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Fuller's home in Carbondale Illinois

Fuller's home in Carbondale Illinois

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Native Prairie Restoration

Native Prairie Restoration

Bees are vital to permaculture health

Bees are vital to permaculture health

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Free range eggs

Free range eggs

Mobile chicken coop

Mobile chicken coop

G.E.M.S. Girl Engaged with Math & Science

G.E.M.S. Girl Engaged with Math & Science

STEM outreach in the Fuller Dome

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The coop can be wheeled to fresh ground

The coop can be wheeled to fresh ground

nesting boxes and roost

nesting boxes and roost

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Mobile chicken coop

Mobile chicken coop

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Milkweed blossom for the Monarch's migration

Milkweed blossom for the Monarch's migration

Fuller Geodesic Dome SIUE

Fuller Geodesic Dome SIUE

sound journey meditation with animated mandala

Fuller Dome at night

Fuller Dome at night

photo by: Raven Fox

Slabs of a storm damaged Black Walnut tree

Slabs of a storm damaged Black Walnut tree

Black walnut dining table, collaboration with craftsmen David Stine

Black walnut dining table, collaboration with craftsmen David Stine

Original chair designs

Original chair designs

Lowder House in Purple

Lowder House in Purple

Robbie House Roofs

Robbie House Roofs

Photography image: "Blowing Milkweed"

Photography image: "Blowing Milkweed"

Farnsworth House Lines

Farnsworth House Lines

Mies Meets Goldberg

Mies Meets Goldberg

Fuller's partner Thomas Zung signing poster

Fuller's partner Thomas Zung signing poster

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Golden Goldberg

Golden Goldberg

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Wright in Oak Park

Wright in Oak Park

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The Wright Angles

The Wright Angles

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Saarinen in St Louis

Saarinen in St Louis

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Misty Mies

Misty Mies

Farnsworth Porch

Farnsworth Porch

Farnworth Bedroom

Farnworth Bedroom

Mies Among the Trees

Mies Among the Trees

Mies Van Der Rohe's Farnsworth House

Mies Van Der Rohe's Farnsworth House

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The library in Fuller's Carbondale home

The library in Fuller's Carbondale home

Photography image, "Wild Child"

Photography image, "Wild Child"

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