[Ccpg] *Thur MAY 28/ECO-Film Night Honoring Visionary Architect Nader Khalili

[Santa Barbara Permaculture Network]

Santa Barbara Permaculture Network
  ECO-Film Night
Honoring the Life of Visionary Architect
  Nader Khalili
with film-maker Dastan Khalili & documentary film feature
  "Earth Turns to Gold"
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Thursday, May 28, 2009 7pm, donation $5
Santa Barbara downtown Public Library, Faulkner Gallery

          Designing with Nature, using Earth, Water, Air, Fire and 
the simple shapes of arches, vaults and domes, Nader Khalili taught 
we could easily build homes for humanity with nothing more than the 
soil beneath our feet.  He suggests that if we recognize the 
equilibrium of these elements, we will never have any environmental 
problems.  Learning the perfect harmony of nature and how it can be 
applied to architecture, this practical harmony can help us build 
habitats that are sustainable, non-toxic, and ecologically sound.

Join Santa Barbara Permaculture Network as it celebrates the life of 
Nader Khalili, an Iranian born architect strongly influenced by Sufi 
mysticism and the poetry of Rumi, who built high-rises in both Los 
Angeles and Tehran until a personal quest took him to the deserts of 
the Middle East to discover ancient building techniques that helped 
him bridge the past and the future with innovative earthen building 
designs.  Khalili was the founder of the California Institute of 
Earth & Architecture (Cal-Earth), located in Hesperia, CA 
(<http://www.calearth.org/>www.calearth.org).

Dastin Khalili's film documents the extraordinary life work of his 
father, from designs for NASA and lunar settlements, to emergency 
housing for the poor, to 3 bedroom homes for the California suburbs 
able to withstand fire and earthquakes.

                                 "Earth turns to Gold in the hands of 
the Wise" Rumi
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Presented by Santa Barbara Permaculture Non-Profit
<http://www.sbpermaculture.org/>www.sbpermaculture.org, (805) 962-2571



The event takes place on Thursday, May 28, 2009, 7pm at the downtown 
Santa Barbara Public Library, 40 East Anapamu St, Santa Barbara. 
Donation $5, no reservations needed. For more information, (805) 
962-2571, margie at sbpermaculture.org,  www.sbpermaculture.org


Santa Barbara Permaculture Network
    an educational non-profit since 2000
(805) 962-2571
P.O. Box 92156, Santa Barbara, CA 93190
margie at sbpermaculture.org
www.sbpermaculture.org

"We are like trees, we must create new leaves, in new directions, in 
order to grow." - Anonymous

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