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Santa
Barbara City College Center for Sustainability Presents:
"Cities as the Solution" with Richard Register, of Ecocity
Builders, San Francisco
author "Ecocities; Rebuilding
Cities in Balance with Nature", ecological city planner,
& convener for Ecocity World Summits (next one in Montreal);
& Kirstin Miller, Ecocity Builders Executive Director
Basic ecocity theory and an overview
of the city in evolution; the city today; and methods for building the
low-energy, sustainable city of tomorrow, grounded in ecology and
whole-systems thinking.
Friday, February 11, Richard
Register, Evening Lecture, 7-9:30pm $10 /($5 SBCC full time
students)
Saturday, February 12, Kirstin Miller (Richard Register sitting in)
All Day Workshop 10-4pm $70 ($60 if paid before Feb 5)/$30 SBCC
Students (full time)
Ecocity Builders
building cities in balance with nature
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www.ecocitybuilders.org
Cities are by far the largest
creation of humanity. Given that cities are so large, damaging, and yet
potentially beneficial, you'd think we would have long ago devised the
science, study, discipline, and art of ecologically healthy city
building... As we build, so shall we live. Richard
Register
Another
innovative and forward thinker, Richard Register, joins us in Santa
Barbara, February 2011, for an event presented by the Santa Barbara City
College (SBCC) Center for Sustainability.
Wes Roe & I attended the 2008 Ecocity World Summit (convened by
Richard Richard & Ecocity Builders) two years ago in San Francisco,
we were amazed at all that is occurring around the world with ecological
design for cities, where soon, 70% of the world's population will
reside. Much is happening in the USA that most are not aware of,
but other countries, including China, are moving more rapidly ahead. They
understand the imperative for cities to function more like ecosystems,
where cities are regenerative rather than depletive, where waste is seen
an utilized as a resource, and where cities are designed more compactly
for more positive human interaction, and less carbon emissions from
automobiles.
Don't miss this opportunity to imagine what Santa Barbara could look like
with an "Ecocity" perspective.
Margie Bushman, Santa Barbara Permaculture Network, &
Coordinator, SBCC Center for Sustainability
(805) 962-2571
P.O. Box 92156, Santa Barbara, CA 93190
margie@sbpermaculture.org
www.sbpermaculture.org
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