[Ccpg] EcoUrbanism & the Future of Sustainability -Feb 3/4

[L.Santoyo Designs]

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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 at 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
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