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Nature as the lead designer
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Websites
Population Maps
- http://www.theglobaleducationproject.org/earth/human-conditions.php?format=print
Pollution Levels
- http://www.climatechange.sa.gov.au/index.php?page=greenhouse-gases
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Biomes
- http://tepserver.ucsd.edu/people/Chris-Halter/CaProject/CaBiomes.html
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Evolution of the Plant 
Book
Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature. Janine M. Benyus
Bio-Architecture, First Edition by Javier Senosiain
Living Sculpture by Paul Cooper
Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things by William McDonough and Michael Braungart 
The Vertical Garden: From Nature to the City by Patrick Blanc, Veronique Lalot, Gregory Bruhn, and Jean Nouvel
Biology by Neil A. Campbell and Jane B. Reece
Ultimate Treehouses by David Clark
Atlas of Woody Plant Stems: Evolution, Structure, and Environmental Modifications by F.H. Schweingruber, A. Börner, and E.-D. Schulze
An Introduction to Plant Structure and Development: Plant Anatomy for the Twenty-First Century by Charles B. Beck
S M L XL by Rem Koolhaas, Bruce Mau, and Hans Werlemann
The Phaidon Atlas of Contemporary World Architecture by Editors of Phaidon Press
