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Sustainable Settlement and Ecovillage Design

What Short Course
When 01-09-2008 09:00 to
12-09-2008 17:00
Where Djanbung Gardens ,Nimbin
Teacher Robyn Francis, Peter Cumming & Wendy Sarkissian
Fee $890/$750 conc.
Contact Name Robyn Francis
Contact Email admin@permaculture.com.au
Contact Phone 0266891755
Contact Address 74 Cecil St
Nimbin NSW 2480
Australia
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by Janelle Schafer last modified 28-05-2008 23:21

This course is for people involved in planning, designing & creating sustainable human settlements: ecovillages, intentional communities, co-housing, ecological developments and revitalising existing urban & rural communities.

Local to global perspectives on ESD, Footprints, responding to climate change, peak oil & globalisation; Bioregional & Social Catchment Planning; Working with planning laws & legal frameworks; Land tenure options, resident agreements, community management, governance & by-laws; Social, legal, economic & ecological parameters in design; Working with spirit of place & fostering sense of place; Design for the full human life-cycle & diverse lifestyle needs; Realistic approach to diverse settlement types & forms: co-housing, expanded houses, hamlet, urban & rural village design, building new & retrofitting existing communities; Innovative options for services & technologies: househol to community scale; Facilitating participatory community consultation, problem solving & participatory design; Decision-making, conflict resolution & mediation.

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