[Sdpg] Reduce oil dependency thru Natural Building! Sat. 3/29 slide show

[SDECC & San Diego Permaculture Center]

Reduce oil dependency thru Natural Building!  Sat. 3/29 slide show

Long-term peace is more likely if we choose sustainable lifestyles that
reduce our dependence on oil.  Our buildings are a good place to start.
"Every material used in a typical modern building is the product of energy
intensive processing...supplied either by the combustion of coal and oil,
the damming of rivers, or the splitting of atoms."  Learn how to reduce our
need for oil through ---

"THE ART OF NATURAL BUILDING"
Slide Show & Book Signing
with author/editor Joseph F. Kennedy

Saturday, March 29, 7:30 p.m.
Alliant International University, Room 300, College of Arts and Sciences
10455 Pomerado Road (in Scripps Ranch east of I-15 & MCAS Miramar)

"The Art of Natural Building" (www.newsociety.com/bookid/3697) takes a
fresh look at age-old building technologies and offers a thorough overview
of materials, techniques, and resources from the leaders of the modern-day
movement.  Author/editor Joseph F. Kennedy has been at the forefront of
ecological design and construction for the past fifteen years.  He teaches
in the EcoDwelling programs at New College in California and has been a
Director of Builders Without Borders (www.builderswithoutborders.org), a
new organization dedicated to serving the underhoused of the world by
creating affordable housing with sustainable and local materials.  Books
will be available for signing by the author.

The free event is hosted by Associate Professor David Bainbridge
(http://academic.alliant.edu/bainbridge) a contributor to the book who will
share some of his experiences during the straw bale revolution, and by the
San Diego Permaculture Center, the CA South Coast Permaculture Network and
HopeDance Magazine.

For info and RSVP:
David Bainbridge, 858-635-4616, bainbrid at alliant.edu
Marcia Boruta, San Diego Permaculture Center, 619-298-8879, sdecc at igc.org