In just one century, technological and scientific progress has made unprecedented improvements in living conditions possible. Nonetheless, we are now realizing that these technical advances carried within them the seeds of many of today’s environmental and social problems. A new scientific approach is opening the way to a new pattern of development that takes inspiration from the organization of ecosystems, or the way living systems function, and attempts to integrate these ideas into human technology. Featured ARCHITECTS OF CHANGE: 1. Janine Benyus (Biologist , USA) author of 'Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature', innovation consultant, making biology a natural part of the design process. 2. Mick Pearce (Architects for Peace, Australia) sustainable architecture; development of buildings which have low maintenance, low capital and running costs and renewable energy systems of environmental control. 3. Takao Furuno (Farmer, inventor of Duck Rice, Japan) social entrepreneur, philanthropist; Japanese farmer using ducks to eliminate the weeds in rice fields