Peter Seidel

F. Peter Seidel (December 2, 1926 – July 20, 2025) was an American architect-planner turned writer.

Life and career

Seidel was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on December 2, 1926. He moved from Ann Arbor, Michigan to Ohio to plan a new town outside of Cincinnati, Ohio. His plans for the new town never came to fruition, but he instead built an eco-community in Clermont County on 188 acres of land. Seidel's goal for this was a place where residents could get a feel of nature.

Seidel lived in Northside, Cincinnati. He died on July 20, 2025, at the age of 98.

Works

Books

• 1998, Invisible Walls: Why We Ignore the Damage We Inflict on the Planet ... and Ourselves. Amherst, New York: Prometheus Books.
• 2006, Global Survival: The Challenge and its Implications For Thinking and Acting. edited with Ervin Laszlo. New York: Select Books.
• 2009, 2045: A Story of Our Future. Amherst, New York: Prometheus Books.
• 2020, Uncommon Sense: Shortcomings of the Human Mind for Handling Big-Picture, Long-Term Challenges. Arlington: Steady State Press.

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