These facts, once understood in detail, would gain for ecological engineering the support from engineers it now enjoys.

Odum emphasized that self-organizational properties were a central feature to ecological engineering.

They summarized the five concepts key to ecological engineering as:

Potential applications of ecological engineering in rural landscapes have included wetland treatment and community reforestation through traditional ecological knowledge.

An academic curriculum has been proposed for ecological engineering, and key institutions across the US are indeed starting programs.

The work of the Gaia Institute couples ecological engineering and restoration with the integration of human communities in natural systems.

In practical application, a living machine is a self-contained treatment system designed to treat a specific waste stream using the principles of ecological engineering.

This is one of his most important contributions to the beginnings of the field of ecological engineering.

Ecology, ecological engineering, and the Odum brothers.

Restoration of our lakes and rivers with wetlands-an important application of ecological engineering.