[Scpg] Livable Communities:Curitiba to Santa Barbara & In Between

[Santa Barbara Permaculture Network]

On going SB City College series, co sponsored by: The Sustainability Project,
The Museum of Natural History, and South Coast Livable Communities

Livable Communities:
Curitiba to Santa Barbara & In Between
moderated by Bud Laurent

Every community needs a collective vision---one that balances social,
economic,
and enviromental factors

A civic debate is occurring in cities and towns across America.  Increasing
numbers of people are dissastified with the pattern of development that have
dominated the past 50 years.  This series will look at a number of exciting
new
(and old)p patterns that are making cities more livable.  Examples will be
drawn form Curitiba, Brazil, Europe, and from European and American
Cities---especially those in the West, including our own Santa Barbara.

Where:  Fleischmann Auditorium, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History,
2559 Puesta del Sol Rd, Santa Barbara.
When: Tues, Oct 21
Time: 7pm

First talk & panel in a series of (5)Tuesday evening lectures:
Creating a Collective Vision of Community.
Spirit, celebration, civility, participation, leadership, simple solutions to
multiple challenges, planning, and decentralized servieces all need to be
components of such a vision.
Panel: Rick Cole, former mayor of Pasadena and curent City Manager of Azusa;
Ken Radtkey, Principal, Blackbird Architects.  Video showing: Impressions of
Curitiba