Ecological urbanism is a project started at Harvard University Graduate School of Design, including a book, conference and exhibition. The 656-page book follows the conference, The ecological urbanism project advocates an approach that draws from ecology to inspire an urbanism that is socially inclusive and sensitive to the environment, as well as less ideologically driven, and more nuanced and holistic in its response to the city than conventional “green” urbanism. In many ways, ecological urbanism is an evolution of, and a critique of, Landscape Urbanism, arguing for a more holistic approach to the design and curation of sustainable cities. The book has a long list of contributors, including Rem Koolhaas, Homi K. Bhabha, Mitchell Joachim, Andrea Branzi, and about 130 others. A blog during the conference is part of the book. According to Architecture Today, the book is "one of the few books that recognises and articulates how, if this systems-based approach is to be successful, it needs to design, integrate and express complex systems and social processes in ways that are fundamentally humane." and Cities online magazine. In addition to courses at the GSD in 2008 and 2011, there have been courses on ecological urbanism at the Oslo School of Architecture and Design,<ref name="Univ Oslo Course"/> and Yale University.<ref name="YSOA Course"/>
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