[Scpg] Fri/Sat Feb 11 & 12/Cities As the Solution/Building Cities in Balance with Nature with Richard Register

[Margie Bushman, SBCC Center for Sustainability]

A fantastic event!  All the details below...

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Evening Talk/ $5, pay at the door

Saturday Workshop/$40 general/$20 Student (full time, current i.d.)
pay at the door, or to pre-register, make check 
to SBCC Center for Sustainability
Mail to Margie/SBCC Center for Sustainability, 
721 Cliff Drive, 93109.  Must receive 3 days before the event
More Info: http://sustainability.sbcc.edu/
Press Release
Contact: Margie Bushman
Coordinator, SBCC Center for Sustainability
(805) 965-0581, ext.2177, sbpcnet at silcom.com


SBCC Center for Sustainability Presents:
"Cities As the Solution"
Building Cities in Balance with Nature
  with Richard Register of Ecocity Builders
Friday, February 11, 7-9:30pm, 2011
Admission $5
Fe Bland Auditorium, SBCC West Campus

(Follow-Up Workshop, Saturday, Feb 12, 10am-4pm, $40/$20 students)
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As we build, so shall we live.  Richard Register
         "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".  So states ecocity 
pioneer Richard Register, who has been 
passionately familiarizing audiences with basic 
ecocity theory and design for more than 30 years.

         On Friday, February 11, 7-9:30pm, the 
Santa Barbara City College Center for Sustainability presents an evening with
Richard Register, author of "Ecocities; 
Rebuilding Cities in Balance With Nature", as he 
shares the concepts of ecocity theory, the city 
today, an overview of the city in evolution; and 
methods for building the low-energy, sustainable 
city of tomorrow, grounded in ecology and whole-systems thinking.

         Much is occurring around the world with 
ecological design for cities, where soon 70% of 
the world's population will reside.  Planners are 
beginning to understand the imperative for cities 
to function more like ecosystems, where cities 
are regenerative rather than depletive, creating 
their own food supplies, soils, and energy, while 
diminishing and eliminating waste and 
emissions.   How will this transformation occur?

         Richard Register and others have 
explored how transformation of cities might occur 
at EcoCity World Summits taking place around the 
globe for more than 20 years, the next one in 
Montreal, Canada.   Register will share examples 
and case studies of ecological city design from 
cities like Vancouver, Canada; Curritiba, Brazil; 
Bogota, Colombia; Freiberg, Germany; the newly 
built eco-city Dongtan, China---and closer to 
home, the innovative work of architect Paolo 
Soleri with his visionary Arcosanti project near 
Prescott, Arizona.  Updates chronicling ecocities 
and ecocity initiatives emerging will also be shared.

         Richard Register is one of the world's 
great theorists and authors in ecological city 
design and planning.  The founder of Urban 
Ecology and Ecocity Builders, he convened the 
first International Ecocity Conference in 1990, 
later launching the EcoCity World Summits.  He 
lectures around the world, and has three decades 
of experience activating local and international ecocity projects.

Don't miss this opportunity to imagine what Santa 
Barbara could look like with an "Ecocity" perspective.

         The the evening talk takes place on 
Friday, Feb 11, 7-9:30pm at the Fe Bland 
Auditorium, Santa Barbara City College West 
Campus, 721 Cliff Drive, Santa Barbara. Admission 
is $5, no reservations are required.  A follow-up 
workshop takes place on Saturday, Feb 12.  The 
event is presented by Santa Barbara City College 
Center for Sustainability.  For more information, 
Margie Bushman(805)965-0581, ext.2177, or email, 
sbpcnet at silcom.com, http://sustainability.sbcc.edu/

~Sponsored by the SBCC Center for Sustainability~
Event Co-sponsors: SB Independent, Santa Barbara 
Permaculture Network, Citizens Planning 
Association, The Sustainability Project,
Allen Associates, Loa Tree, Nutiva, Teeccino, 
Telegraph Brewing Co., El Capitan Canyon Resort, 
Green2Gold, Owen Dell & Associates, Fairview 
Gardens,Quail Springs, Surfers Without Borders, Orella Stewardship Institute

***Follow-Up Workshop:
EcoCity Workshop, Sat, Feb 12, 10am-4pm, $40 general/$20 students
Kirstin Miller, Ecocity Builders Executive 
Director (Richard Register sitting in)
Location: SBCC West Campus, Fe Bland Auditorium
Come learn more about ecocities, and a toolbox of 
ecocity strategies developed over decades by EcoCity Builders
Encouraged to attend are students, teachers, 
designers, developers, planners, activists, 
innovators, architects, researchers, policy 
makers, artists, community leaders and environmentalists.



More Info/Websites,You Tube:

Ecocity Builders
www.ecocitybuilders.org

Ecocity World Summit 2011 Montreal
www.ecocity2011.com

7th Ecocity Conference World Summit in San 
Francisco 2008 with Ecocity Builders Media video clips:
http://ecocity.wordpress.com/live-streaming/conference-opening/

e2 design II - Bogotá: Building a Sustainable City podcast
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuaXcRtgPzE


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