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

[Wesley Roe and 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"

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 Khaliliís 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



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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