Sustainable Settlement and Ecovillage Design
| What | Short Course |
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| 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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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.
