How did we get here? -- Water: why blue is the new green -- Forests: the 'wood wide web' -- Natural features: renewing connections above and below -- Solar: utilizing the source of all energy on Earth -- Redefining the energy infrastructure -- Atmosphere: restoring our living, breathing planet -- Earth: earth energy and materials -- Sound: speech, music and noise -- The natural human: re-wilding our cities -- Human community: reimagining ourselves -- A new model: conscious construction -- The twelve principles of conscious construction guidelines.