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EcoUrbanism & the Future of
Sustainability
With Larry Santoyo, Greg Reitz and Traci
Spencer
Workshop Feb 3/4
Sat 9-5 Sun 10-5
Culver City, CA -RSVP for details
<ecourbanism@earthflow.com>
$90 -day $175 -weekend
Creating the Conditions for Sustainability to
Happen...
Neighborhood Self-Reliance
Relocalizing Food
EcoVillages & CoHousing
Eco-Economics
Solutions for Peak Oil/Energy Desent
Part of an ongoing Permaculture Design Certificate
Course...
Sessions will feature: community building & "creating a
sense of place," patterns of human dynamics, intentional
communities & eco-villages. We will also learn strategies for
creating community-wide sustainability and methods for finding our own
right-livelihoods.
Sat Feb 3: 9am - 5pm
MicroVillage, design concepts, collaborative housing,
design teams.
Eco-Villages and Invisible Structures. Various strategies
for the design and development of intentional communities and
eco-villages will be considered, including legal structures and
sociological ramifications. Students will have the opportunity to
share their own ideas for eco-village design during a class
discussion. Unique strategies for creating Permaculture communities
and MicroVillages.
Sun Feb 4: 10am - 5pm
Cooperatives, LLC, credit unions, trusts, EarthBanks, and
local currencies, student presentations.
EcoVillage design and strategies for Urban Links. Review
Principles, Design practice, Invisible structures underlie the
arrangement of human societies and involve psychological, political
and economic patterns. These hidden frameworks for human interaction
link the Permaculturist and his or her site to society at large and
can exert a profound influence on how decisions are made and how
effective they can be over time.
Also...
Greg Reitz will discuss his Green Building design and features
(recently featured in Dwell Magazine). Traci Spencer will update
us on the events and activities of SustainableLA. Plus student
presentations
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Larry Santoyo, Director
EarthFlow Design Works
805.459.0452
http://www.earthflow.com/consulting.html