Community forum - Architecture, Sustainability, and Local Identity - the future of architecture, suburbia, and urban development

Submitted Thu, 2008-05-08 08:31 — Toban Black

COMMUNITY FORUM

Lorraine Ivey Shuttleworth Community Gallery
Museum London

Community members are invited to discuss the changing landscape of London in a conversation led by City of London urban designer Sean Galloway.

Event title:
Community forum - Architecture, Sustainability, and Local Identity - the future of architecture, suburbia, and urban development

Start:
2008-05-10 17:30 (Calendar)

End:
2008-05-10 19:30

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Panel discussion: Local Identity and Regional Responses to Sustainable Architecture

Submitted Thu, 2008-05-08 07:57 — Toban Black

Panel discussion at Museum London

Balancing environmental, social and sustainable design has the potential to transform everyday life and is already reshaping the fields of architecture and product design. This panel discussion will explore such topics as the role architecture plays in defining humanity’s relationship to its physical and cultural context, nationally and with a local focus on the City of London. Among the issues discussed will be contemporary and future urban design, sustainability, the development of green buildings and the protection of heritage streetscapes.

Discussion Participants - Moderator: John Nicholson, principal architect with the award-winning firm Malhotra, Nicholson and Sheffield Architects Inc. Panelists: Brian Dust is an associate architect with the award-winning Vancouver firm Neale Staniszkis Doll and Adams Architects. John McMinn is an associate professor at the University of Waterloo’s School of Architecture. In 1992 he was awarded the Canada Council for the Arts Prix de Rome in Architecture. His professional interests include
architectural and environmental design, poetic tectonics, contemporary urbanism and vernacular landscapes. Marco Polo is an assistant professor at Ryerson University and is the editor of The Prix de Rome in Architecture: A Retrospective, published by Coach House Books (2006). Polo’s areas of specialization include Canadian architecture since 1945, regionalism in Canadian architecture and the cultural dimensions of sustainability. Together Polo and McMinn curated the exhibition 41 to 66: Regional Responses to Sustainable Architecture, organized by Cambridge Galleries. A version of this exhibition will represent Canada at the prestigious Venice Biennale in Architecture from September 14 to November 23, 2008.

Event title:
Panel discussion: Local Identity and Regional Responses to Sustainable Architecture

Start:
2008-05-10 15:00 (Calendar)

End:
2008-05-10 16:00

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Kunstler presentation

Submitted Mon, 2008-05-05 20:38 — Toban Black

Saturday, May 10, 1:00 pm

Museum London (http://www.londonmuseum.on.ca/location.html)

PRESENTATION

James Howard Kunstler has long been recognized as a fierce critic of suburban sprawl and the high costs associated with an automobile-centric culture. He is the author of The Geography of Nowhere (Simon & Schuster, 1993) and Home from Nowhere (Simon & Schuster, 1996). Most recently, he authored The Long Emergency: Surviving the End of Oil, Climate Change, and Other Converging Catastrophes of the Twenty-First Century. “The future will require us to build better places, or the future will belong to other people in other societies.” James Howard Kunstler

Event title:
Kunstler presentation

Start:
2008-05-10 13:00 (Calendar)

End:
2008-05-10 14:00

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May Meeting

Submitted Thu, 2008-05-08 21:15 — durruti

Agenda

* UQAM, Montreal FreeSchool, UEC screening (15 mins)
* Issue of starting at neighborhood level (discussion of Transition Cities Forum) (1 hour)
o pushing for City Resolutions, eg. Portland; Heinberg's Resilient Communities Steering group to find champions first; starting with boroughs first
o Heinberg's 10 steps, TT's 12 steps, The Natural Step Framework (Natural Step Canada, ICSP)
* Outreach, Web presence, etc (45 mins)
o Need Translators, speakers in French
o Brochure to be edited and translated
o Brighton-Hove & Vanc. PeakOil websites for great ideas

Event title:
May Meeting

Start:
2008-05-10 11:00 (Calendar)

End:
2008-05-10 13:00

Location:

Location(s)

Second Cup - 400-2200 avenue McGill Collège

Montreal, QC
Canada

See map: Google Maps

Contact Email:
derekt@mycybernet.net

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May Meeting

Submitted Thu, 2008-05-08 21:07 — durruti

Agenda

* UQAM, Montreal FreeSchool, UEC screening (15 mins)
* Issue of starting at neighborhood level (discussion of Transition Cities Forum) (1 hour)
o pushing for City Resolutions, eg. Portland; Heinberg's Resilient Communities Steering group to find champions first; starting with boroughs first
o Heinberg's 10 steps, TT's 12 steps, The Natural Step Framework (Natural Step Canada, ICSP)
* Outreach, Web presence, etc (45 mins)
o Need Translators, speakers in French
o Brochure to be edited and translated
o Brighton-Hove & Vanc. PeakOil websites for great ideas

Event title:
May Meeting

Start:
2008-05-10 11:00 (Calendar)

End:
2008-05-10 13:00

Location:

Location(s)

Second Cup - 400-2200 avenue McGill Collège

Montreal, QC
Canada

See map: Google Maps

Contact Email:
derekt@mycybernet.net

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May Meeting

Submitted Thu, 2008-05-08 21:12 — durruti

Agenda

* UQAM, Montreal FreeSchool, UEC screening (15 mins)
* Issue of starting at neighborhood level (discussion of Transition Cities Forum) (1 hour)
o pushing for City Resolutions, eg. Portland; Heinberg's Resilient Communities Steering group to find champions first; starting with boroughs first
o Heinberg's 10 steps, TT's 12 steps, The Natural Step Framework (Natural Step Canada, ICSP)
* Outreach, Web presence, etc (45 mins)
o Need Translators, speakers in French
o Brochure to be edited and translated
o Brighton-Hove & Vanc. PeakOil websites for great ideas

Event title:
May Meeting

Start:
2008-05-10 11:00 (Calendar)

End:
2008-05-10 13:00

Location:

Location(s)

Second Cup - 400-2200 avenue McGill Collège

Montreal, QC
Canada

See map: Google Maps

Contact Email:
derekt@mycybernet.net

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May Meeting

Submitted Thu, 2008-05-08 21:15 — durruti

Agenda

* UQAM, Montreal FreeSchool, UEC screening (15 mins)
* Issue of starting at neighborhood level (discussion of Transition Cities Forum) (1 hour)
o pushing for City Resolutions, eg. Portland; Heinberg's Resilient Communities Steering group to find champions first; starting with boroughs first
o Heinberg's 10 steps, TT's 12 steps, The Natural Step Framework (Natural Step Canada, ICSP)
* Outreach, Web presence, etc (45 mins)
o Need Translators, speakers in French
o Brochure to be edited and translated
o Brighton-Hove & Vanc. PeakOil websites for great ideas

Event title:
May Meeting

Start:
2008-05-10 11:00 (Calendar)

End:
2008-05-10 13:00

Location:

Location(s)

Second Cup - 400-2200 avenue McGill Collège

Montreal, QC
Canada

See map: Google Maps

Contact Email:
derekt@mycybernet.net

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Seed Saving Workshop

Submitted Fri, 2008-03-28 15:49 — Sonya

Learn how to become a proficient seed saver.

Selecting your seed for seed saving
Wet and dry seed processing techniques
How to successfully store your seed
How to set up a local seed bank

$50 includes manual and seed to take home

Elisabeth Fekonia
Accredited Permaculture Teacher
p :: 5442 6089
m :: 0432 180 523

Event title:
Seed Saving Workshop

Start:
2008-05-10 09:30 (Calendar)

End:
2008-05-10 14:30

Contact Email:
elisabeth@permacultureproduce.info

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Permaculture Design Course at Ashevillage Institute (AVI)

Submitted Mon, 2008-03-17 17:11 — vanvalli

This year  Ashevillage Institute will be hosting classes and internships that provide you with real solutions to Peak Oil and the climate crisis.   Our course offerings are taught by a dynamic team of instructors and take place at an educational community dedicated to permaculture and regenerative ways of living. Join a lifestyle and a worldwide movement with over 100,000 Design Course graduates!

Contact Information:
Kimchi Rylander
Registration Coordinator
email AVI@kleiwerks.org or call 828.225.8820


April 25-27, May 30-June 1, June 27-29, July 25-27, Aug. 29-31, Sept. 26-28, Oct. 24-26
Permaculture Design Course at Ashevillage Institute (AVI)
with Patricia Allison  and other nationally renowned instructors

This course will introduce you to the essential principles and practices of permaculture, an ecological design system for creating abundant regenerative human habitats.  It takes place at Ashevillage Institute, an emerging urban education center and living laboratory for sustainable solutions in action.  AVI is located in a cluster of houses in a neighborhood a few blocks from downtown Asheville, North Carolina. Students receive a Permaculture Design certificate upon completion. 

This course:
• Includes 72 curriculum hours
• Has an urban, neighborhood, and residential focus
• Allows you to use the word 'Permaculture' professionally
• Is hosted by Kleiwerks, an internationally-renowned organization
• Offers practical, intellectual, cultural, social, and spiritual aspects of sustainability
• Has an outstanding team of pioneering guest presenters from around the country, with over 200 cumulative years of teaching experience!

The weekend course format allows for more hands-on projects, social networking, and cultural sharing. It runs  the last weekend of every month from April thru October, and begins with Friday evening presentations hosted by Ashevillage Institute.

Course fee: $1400 (does NOT include food and lodging)
For details on registration, fees, discounts, course info, and other details, click here: http://www.kleiwerks.org/avi/workshop_details.php

For details on all 2008 educational events at the Ashevillage Institute, click here: http://kleiwerks.org/events_projects.php
 

Additional Week-end Sustainability Workshops
For more info or to register email AVI@kleiwerks.org or call 828.225.8820

Introduction to Permaculture with Patricia Allison & guests: March 27 & 28
Residential Rainwater & Greywater Harvesting with Brad Lancaster (Author of 'Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond'): April 24 & 25
Bee-Keeping with Chris Mathis (WNC Bee School & Spicewood Farm): May 29 & 30
Natural Building with Janell Kapoor (Kleiwerks), Steveo Brodmerkel (Kleiwerks), Lydia Dolman (City Repair), Mark Lakeman (City Repair): June 26 & 27
Wild Food & Fermentation with Sandor Katz (Author of 'WIld Fermentation' & 'The Revolution Will Not Be Micro-waved') & Frank Cook: July 24 & 25
TBA (tentatively Bio-Dynamic Wkshp): August 28 & 29
TBA (tentatively Raw Food Wkshp): September 25 & 26
Natural Finishes - Earthen Plasters & Paints with Janell Kapoor (Kleiwerks): October 23 & 24

Event title:
Permaculture Design Course at Ashevillage Institute (AVI)

Start:
2008-04-25 08:00 (Calendar)

End:
2008-10-24 17:00

Location:

Location(s)

Asheville, NC, 28802
United States

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Event Website:
http://www.kleiwerks.org/avi/workshop_details.php

Contact Email:
AVI@kleiwerks.org

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• ecology
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• permaculture
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Residential Greenroofing Class

Submitted Sun, 2008-03-30 04:31 — plunsfo

Learn how to design/build a greenroof from materials to installation through this class through Portland Community College.

Taught by Greg Haines, Principal, Ecoroofs Everywhere, LLC.

Held over seven Saturdays from April 5th to May 17th. 9:00am - 12:00 pm.
This is the only class where you can learn to design/build a greenroof from material selection to waterproofing and installation. It's just once a year. Learn an increasingly valuable and marketable skillset.

Cost is $100, (including the $25.00 class registration fee.)

The class is suitable for homeowners, designers, architects, contractors, and students.

PCC registration website

Event title:
Residential Greenroofing Class

Start:
2008-04-05 09:00 (Calendar)

End:
2008-05-17 12:00

Event Website:
http://www.portlandonline.com/index.cfm?event_id=32881&cal=DisplayEvent&c=30009&year=2008&modefrom=month&month=3&arrowbutton=%3E

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