[Scpg] SAVE THE DATE/Feb 11 &12/Cities As the Solution Talk & Workshop with Richard Register of Ecocity Builders

[Margie Bushman, Coordinator, SBCC Center for Sustainablity]

Another innovative and forward thinker, Richard Register, joins us in 
Santa Barbara, February 2011, for an event presented by the Santa 
Barbara City College (SBCC) Center for Sustainability.

Wes Roe & I attended the 2008 Ecocity World Summit (convened by 
Richard Richard & Ecocity Builders) two years ago in San Francisco, 
we were amazed at all that is occurring around the world with 
ecological design for cities, where soon, 70% of the world's 
population will reside.  Much is happening in the USA that most are 
not aware of, but other countries, including China, are moving more 
rapidly ahead. They understand the imperative for cities to function 
more like ecosystems, where cities are regenerative rather than 
depletive, where waste is seen an utilized as a resource, and where 
cities are designed more compactly for more  positive human 
interaction, and less carbon emissions from automobiles.

Don't miss this opportunity to imagine what Santa Barbara could look 
like with an "Ecocity" perspective.
   Margie Bushman, Santa Barbara Permaculture Network, & Coordinator, 
SBCC Center for Sustainability
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Save the Date!  (more details & information to follow)
Santa Barbara City College Center for Sustainability Presents:

"Cities as the Solution" with Richard Register, Ecocity Builders, San Francisco
author " Ecocities; Rebuilding Cities in Balance with Nature", 
ecological city planner,
& convener for Ecocity World Summits (next one in Montreal);
  & Kirstin Miller, Ecocity Builders Executive Director

Basic ecocity theory and an overview of the city in evolution; the 
city today; and methods for building the low-energy, sustainable city 
of tomorrow, grounded in ecology and whole-systems thinking.

Friday, February 11,  Richard Register, Evening Lecture, 7-9:30pm $10 
($5 SBCC full time students)

Saturday, February 12, Kirstin Miller (Richard Register sitting in)
  All Day Workshop 10-4pm $70 ($60 if paid before Feb 5)
$30 SBCC Students (full time)

Ecocity Builders
building cities in balance with nature
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www.ecocitybuilders.org

Cities are by far the largest creation of humanity. Given that cities 
are so large, damaging, and yet potentially beneficial, you'd think 
we would have long ago devised the science, study, discipline, and 
art of ecologically healthy city building... As we build, so shall we 
live.  Richard Register








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