In this engaging and dynamic presentation McLennan discusses current and future trends in architecture and sustainable living, including examples of Living Buildings from around the world, that demonstrate a new level of environmental performance. McLennan discusses the need for a new way of designing and building centered around a philosophy of being, that places humanity - not above the natural world but in its rightful place as merely one important strand within it - allowing us to move beyond our current paradigm to a new relationship with Life.