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Evening Talk/ $5, pay at the door
Saturday Workshop/$40 general/$20 Student (full time, current i.d.)
pay at the door, or to pre-register, make check to SBCC Center for Sustainability
Mail to Margie/SBCC Center for Sustainability, 721 Cliff Drive, 93109. Must receive 3 days before the event
More Info: http://sustainability.sbcc.edu/

Press Release
Contact: Margie Bushman
Coordinator, SBCC Center for Sustainability
(805) 965-0581, ext.2177, sbpcnet@silcom.com

SBCC Center for Sustainability Presents:
"Cities As the Solution"
Building Cities in Balance with Nature
with Richard Register of Ecocity Builders
Friday, February 11, 7-9:30pm, 2011
Admission $5
Fe Bland Auditorium, SBCC West Campus

(Follow-Up Workshop, Saturday, Feb 12, 10am-4pm, $40/$20 students)

As we build, so shall we live. Richard Register

         "C ities 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". So states ecocity pioneer Richard Register, who has been passionately familiarizing audiences with basic ecocity theory and design for more than 30 years.

        On Friday, February 11, 7-9:30pm, the Santa Barbara City College Center for Sustainability presents an evening with
Richard Register, author of "Ecocities; Rebuilding Cities in Balance With Nature", as he shares the concepts of ecocity theory, the city today, an overview of the city in evolution; and methods for building the low-energy, sustainable city of tomorrow, grounded in ecology and whole-systems thinking.

        Much is occurring around the world with ecological design for cities, where soon 70% of the world's population will reside. Planners are beginning to understand the imperative for cities to function more like ecosystems, where cities are regenerative rather than depletive, creating their own food supplies, soils, and energy, while diminishing and eliminating waste and emissions.   How will this transformation occur?

        Richard Register and others have explored how transformation of cities might occur at EcoCity World Summits taking place around the globe for more than 20 years, the next one in Montreal, Canada.   Register will share examples and case studies of ecological city design from cities like Vancouver, Canada; Curritiba, Brazil; Bogota, Colombia; Freiberg, Germany; the newly built eco-city Dongtan, China---and closer to home, the innovative work of architect Paolo Soleri with his visionary Arcosanti project near Prescott, Arizona. Updates chronicling ecocities and ecocity initiatives emerging will also be shared.

        Richard Register is one of the world's great theorists and authors in ecological city design and planning. The founder of Urban Ecology and Ecocity Builders, he convened the first International Ecocity Conference in 1990, later launching the EcoCity World Summits. He lectures around the world, and has three decades of experience activating local and international ecocity projects.

Don't miss this opportunity to imagine what Santa Barbara could look like with an "Ecocity" perspective.

        The the evening talk takes place on Friday, Feb 11, 7-9:30pm at the Fe Bland Auditorium, Santa Barbara City College West Campus, 721 Cliff Drive, Santa Barbara. Admission is $5, no reservations are required. A follow-up workshop takes place on Saturday, Feb 12. The event is presented by Santa Barbara City College Center for Sustainability. For more information, Margie Bushman(805)965-0581, ext.2177, or email, sbpcnet@silcom.com, http://sustainability.sbcc.edu/

~Sponsored by the SBCC Center for Sustainability~

Event Co-sponsors: SB Independent, Santa Barbara Permaculture Network, Citizens Planning Association, The Sustainability Project,
Allen Associates, Loa Tree, Nutiva, Teeccino, Telegraph Brewing Co., El Capitan Canyon Resort, Green2Gold, Owen Dell & Associates, Fairview Gardens,Quail Springs, Surfers Without Borders, Orella Stewardship Institute

***Follow-Up Workshop:

EcoCity Workshop, Sat, Feb 12, 10am-4pm, $40 general/$20 students

Kirstin Miller, Ecocity Builders Executive Director (Richard Register sitting in)

Location: SBCC West Campus, Fe Bland Auditorium

Come learn more about ecocities, and a toolbox of ecocity strategies developed over decades by EcoCity Builders

Encouraged to attend are students, teachers, designers, developers, planners, activists, innovators, architects, researchers, policy makers, artists, community leaders and environmentalists.

More Info/Websites,You Tube:

Ecocity Builders
www.ecocitybuilders.org

Ecocity World Summit 2011 Montreal
www.ecocity2011.com

7th Ecocity Conference World Summit in San Francisco 2008 with Ecocity Builders Media video clips:
http://ecocity.wordpress.com/live-streaming/conference-opening/

e2 design II - Bogotá: Building a Sustainable City podcast
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuaXcRtgPzE

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