FEATURED AUTHOR
Dominique Hes
Dominique Hes is an academic from Melbourne University, she has been asking for 20 years why after decades of people working on being ‘sustainable’, we are increasingly degrading the environment. With degrees in Botany, Engineering and Architecture, she brings a multidisciplinary perspective to the question: can we move beyond sustainability to abundance and thriving? And what is the role of the designer in this?
Biography
Dominique Hes is an academic at the University of Melbourne who has been asking: ‘why, when we have been ‘doing’ sustainability for so long, are we having an ever increasing impact?’ People create such beauty with music, food, art, buildings and community why is it so difficult to be a thriving part of the earth’s systems? She has degrees in Science (Botany) from the University of Melbourne, Engineering (Cleaner Production) and a Ph.D. in Architecture from RMIT University.Education
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PhD Architecture, RMIT university
Grad Dip Engineering, RMIT University
BScience, Melbourne University
Areas of Research / Professional Expertise
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Ecological Worldview
Regenerative Development
Positive Development
Biophilia
Biomimicry
Permaculture
Green buildings
Green School
Contributive Practice
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Books
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green infrastructure
Published: Oct 09, 2014
Cool roofs
Published: May 01, 2014
Cool roofs
Published: Oct 10, 2012