Ecovillages & Sustainable Communities for Architects, Planners, Builders and Homeowners: Where They Are, What They’re Doing, Why They’re Important
With Diana Leafe Christian, author, world class traveler, expert on sustainable communities
With over 400 photos, this slide show demonstrates how ecovillages and sustainable communities worldwide integrate ecological, economic, and social/cultural/spiritual sustainability, through: permaculture design, international peace activism, natural building, service to populations in need, renewable energy/off-grid power, local currencies, alternative technology, on-site cottage industries, sustainable agriculture, participatory decision-making, and earth-restoration projects.
Additionally, it will cover: WHY people are devoted to developing ecological settlements, HOW ecovillages are beneficially influencing the wider culture, and HOW ecovillages will probably affect patterns of human settlement in the near future.
Date: Monday evening, August 16, 2010
Time: 6 pm – 7:10 pm / The presentation is one hour and 10 minutes, with time for questions.
Location: Sacramento Historic City Hall, 901 I Street, Sacramento, CA 95814
Cost: Sliding scale donation of $5.00 to $10.00 (no one will be turned away due to lack of a donation)
RSVP: directly to event organizer: Karen Hansen or call 916 421-1836
Click here for an event flyer.
About the presenter: Diana Leafe Christian is author of Creating a Life Together: Practical Tools to Grow Ecovillages and Intentional Communities and Finding Community: How to Join an Ecovillage or Intentional Community. Editor of Communities magazine for 14 years. Diana publishes “Ecovillages,” a free online publication www.EcovillageNews.org.
Diana leads workshops, offers consultations, and speaks at conferences internationally. Her articles have appeared in Mother Earth News, Cohousing magazine, and Permaculture Activist, and she has been interviewed by Time Magazine, the New York Times, Harper’s Magazine, AARP magazine, New Dimensions Radio, Peak Moment TV, NPR, and the BBC. Diana is a member of Earthaven Ecovillage in North Carolina. http://www.DianaLeafeChristian.org
