[Scpg] Creating a Sustainable Future: Ecology, Ethics and Design Speaker SeriesFebruary-March 2005 7-9pm Santa Barbara

[Santa Barbara Permaculture Network]

February-March 2005 7-9pm
    Creating a Sustainable Future: Ecology, Ethics and Design Speaker Series

The class meets on consecutive Thursdays in February and March from 7 to 9
p.m.
in Thornton Auditorium at the Wake Center, 300 N. Turnpike Rd. except for Mar.
31 when it meets in Room 1004 in UCSB’s Girvetz Hall. Admission is free and is
open to the public on a first-come, first-served basis.

SPEAKERS & THEIR TOPICS
FEB. 10: “Water, Ecology and Healthy Communities.”
¨       Len Duhl, Professor of Public Health, UC Berkeley, Founder of Healthy
Cities Initiative
¨       Michael Lerner, President and Founder of Commonweal, MacArthur Fellow
and Author.

FEB. 17: “Local Economies and Democratic Decision Making.”
¨       Katy Mamen, International Society for Ecology and Culture.
¨       Adam Wolpert, Occidental Art and Ecology Center.

FEB. 24: “Seven Generations: Thinking of the Future”
¨       Tiahoga Ruge, Mexican Minister of Sustainable Education and
Development.
¨       Matthew Fox, President, University of Creation Spirituality.

MAR. 3: “The Wisdom of the Watershed: Natural Flows and Natural Design.”
¨       Brock Dolman, Occidental Art and Ecology Center.
¨       Penny Livingston, Regenerative Design Institute.

MAR. 10, “Troubled Waters: Politics and Ecology.” 
¨       Dame Anita Roddick, Author, Philanthropist.
¨       Robert Wilkinson, Water Policy Consultant.
¨       Carolee Krieger, California Water Impact Network.

MAR. 17: “Aquatic Cycles and Planetary Health.”
¨       Richard C. Murphy, Ocean Futures Society. 
¨       West Marrin, Author, Universal Water. 

MAR. 24: “From Cradle to Cradle: Creative Pathways to Sustainable Living.”
¨       Ianto Evans , Applied Ecologists and Landscape Architect
¨       Bill Roley, Applied Ecologist, Environmental Instructor, Consultant.

MAR. 31: “The New Alchemy: Transforming Water and Soil.”
¨       Dr. Chiu-Nan Lai, Director, Lapis Lazuli Light Institute
¨       Bob Cannard, Restoration Ecologist/Organic Farmer

The series was created through an inspired collaboration with the following
community groups: Walter H. Capps Foundation; Institute of Reverential
Ecology;
Walter H. Capps Center for the Study of Religion, Ethics & Public Life;
Occidental Art and Ecology Center; El Capitan Canyon Campground; SBCC Student
Sustainability Coalition; Ocean Futures Society; Institute of World
Culture; La
Casa de Maria; University of California Education for Sustainable Living
Program; and International Society for Ecology and Culture.

Contact : SBCC    www.biosbcc.net 
Student Sustainability Coalition   Lief Skogberg  lief_forest at hotmail.com  or
Shawn Jacobson sbccssc at yahoo.com 805-252-3031 
Santa Barbara Permaculture Network
(805) 962-2571
sbpcnet at silcom.com
www.sbpermaculture.org

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