Ecological Design Collaborative

Sim Van der Ryn is President of The Ecological Design Collaborative. The EDC is a design and consulting practice providing comprehensive services though our non profit Ecological Design Institute established in 1969.

Our top team of architects, planners, engineers, and sustainability experts collaborate with clients to design and implement ecologically and economically sensible design solutions for projects varying in scale and function from single family homes to whole communities, from ecological land planning to schools and agricultural facilities.

We are designing for a future that faces formidable challenges – peak oil, climate change, pollution, the depletion of water, air, soil and ecosystems – oceans, rivers, wetlands, forests, croplands.