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January 22nd - February 26th |
6:00pm to 8:00pm,
$150, Julia Morgan designed YWCA of Oakland, 1515 Webster Street (2
blocks from 19th Street BART)
Richard Register
Richard Register has over thirty years experience in ecological city
theory and design. In fact, it was Register who invented the term "ecocity"
in 1978. His Ecocity Berkeley, Building Cities for a Healthy Future,
has been a classic in eco-urban circles since it was first published
in 1987. He is also the author of three other books, including Village
Wisdom, Future Cities and Ecocities, Building Cities in Balance with
Nature. Register founded the International Ecocity Conference Series
in Berkeley in 1990, and has since co-organized four more: Adelaide,
Australia in 1992; Yoff, Senegal in 1996; Curitiba, Brazil in 2000;
and Shenzhen, China, in 2002. This international series brings together
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Tuesday
December 2nd |
7:00pm, $10 donation at the door to benefits the Building Education Center and Global Exchange Cuba Program (No one turned away for lack of funds.). The Building Education Center 812 Page Street, Berkeley, CA Sustainable Development in Cuba Slide show and discussion based on Ecotecture Editor Philip S. Wenz's June, 2003, journey to this fascinating country. Call Syd at (510) 525-7610 for directions and information. |
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Tuesday
December 2nd |
Free The Collaborative for High Performance Schools (CHPS) presents: A Professional Design Training on High Performance Schools A diverse panel of experts will discuss daylighting design and student productivity, high performance electric lighting, optimized HVAC systems, sustainable site planning and materials, and available tools for districts and their design teams. Case study projects will also be presented. Architects can receive 6 hours of Continuing Education AIA Credit hours. The Collaborative for High Performance Schools (CHPS, often referred to as "chips") aims to increase the energy efficiency of schools by providing information, services, and incentive programs directly to school districts and designers. The Collaborative's goal is to facilitate the design of high performance schools: environments that are not only energy efficient, but also healthy, comfortable, well lit and contain the amenities needed for a quality education. We have created a set of design guidelines to build environmentally sustainable schools. High Performance Schools are cost effective in the short-term as well as the long-term. Some of the Benefits of High Performance Schools include: Improved Student and Teacher Health, Heightened Student Performance, Decreased Operating Costs, Lower Absenteeism, Enhanced Indoor and Outdoor Environment. Not to mention financial incentive programs. CHPS design guidelines are currently a mandatory design standard for all future school's in San Francisco, San Marcos, Santa Ana, Vacaville, Dry Creek Joint Elementary, Los Angeles and San Rafael City Unified School Districts and Coast Community College. We are a free informational resource made up of all of the major state agencies in California who are involved with building Public Schools. To register to attend, please visit the Events Page on our website: http://www.chps.net/events/workshops.htm Please feel free to contact Sara Greenwood Communications and Outreach Manager CHPS, Inc. 142 Minna Street, 2nd Floor San Francisco, CA 94105-4125 t.: 415.957.1977 x105 f.: 415.957.1381 sara@chps.net http://www.chps.net |
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Friday December 5th |
Noon - 1:30PM, Swan's Market Cohousing Clay Street between 9th and 10th Sts. Oakland Sustainable Business Alliance Networking Lunch Look for directions at front gate RSVP: http://sustainablebiz.org/cgi-script/CSMailto/forms/DecemberLunchSignup.htm |
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Saturday
December 6th |
10:00am - 1:00pm, $10 EC members, $15 others, no one turned away Ecology Center, 2530 San Pablo Ave, near Dwight Way, Berkeley. Fall Permaculture: Introduction to Permaculture Design Take some time during the rainy season to design your backyard, school or community garden. This workshop will cover ecological landscape design basics and will be held indoors at the Ecology Center. We'll include a slideshow to illustrate design concepts. Bring paper, pencils, and ideas for working out a sketch for your garden and photographs if possible. The series is taught by Christopher Shein. Christopher runs Wildheart Gardens, an edible, native, medicinal and other useful plant permaculture nursery, design and landscaping business in Oakland. He teaches at Merritt College, and helps run the Bay Area Seed Interchange Library and SPACE, as well as other urban agriculture projects. Info: Beck, 510/548-2220 x233, erc@ecologycenter.org . |
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El Bolson, Patagonia, Argentina Two Week Natural Building Training in Patagonia Build a Waldorf School with teachers, students, activists, and the local community. Instructors: Janell Kapoor (Kleiwerks-USA), Carlos Straub (Diversidad-Argentina), Jorge Belanko (Diversidad-Argentina), Max Edleson, and others. Join us for this 2-week intensive in the beautiful valley of El Bolson, at the foot of the Patagonian Andes in Argentina. As we construct this new Waldorf School (La Escuelita), you will learn how to build your own natural, affordable, and long-lasting structure with materials that come directly from the land. Learn through hands-on practice, demonstrations, classes, slideshows, and discussions. There will be an emphasis on the interface between natural building and permaculture. Techniques include: adobe, cob, wattle and daub, strawclay, window and door installation, foundation work, hand-sculpted earthen furniture, natural finishes including earthen plasters, aliz clay-slip paints, and sculptural relief. For more information visit www.kleiwerks.com |
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Sunday
December 7th |
3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. $7 in advance, $10 at the door, Hidden Villa, 26870 Moody Rd., Los Altos Hills, CA. Sustainable Building Tours at Hidden Villa Come see the newest buildings at Hidden Villa featuring solar electricity and hot water, a geothermal heat pump, passive solar design, strawbale and rammed earth construction and more. Los Altos Hills, 650-949-8653, www.hiddenvilla.org, volunteers@hiddenvilla.org |
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Sunday December 7th |
10am to 5pm, $75, Building Education Center, 812 Page St., Berkeley, CA 94710. Learn how to size, specify and design your own solar photovoltaic (PV) system The CEC's $3.80 /watt rebate ends December 31st!!! (After that, it'll be $3.60.) Attend a one day seminar and learn how to submit an application for the full $3.80 per/watt while funds last. Instructor Gary Gerber, P.E., President of Sun Light and Power, will explain how you can produce your own electricity and "sell" the excess back to PG&E, running your meter backwards! You will learn about all of the components of a typical system, how to decide whether you want batteries, how large your system should be, how much it should cost, and more. This seminar includes a field trip to a functioning system in Berkeley and comprehensive reading materials. At the end of the day we will design a system for one of the class attendees, so bring your average monthly electricity usage (i.e. kWh usage on PG&E bills from the past 12 months), if possible, and a sketch of the property roof, noting south. Sun Light and Power Co. of Berkeley, CA was established in 1976, and is Northern California's oldest and most experienced installer. (License #326203) Attendees who live within 20 miles of Berkeley will receive a free residential site inspection by an SL&P professional. The value of this inspection is $150.00. Register for the class by calling the Building Education Center at (510) 525-7610. See also http://www.bldgeductr.org/seminars.html. |
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Thursday
December 11th |
Free The Collaborative for High Performance Schools (CHPS) presents: An Indoor Air Quality Workshop. This free event will address indoor air quality issues as it relates to the classroom. It is catered to those professionals in the field of IAQ, designers and school facilities planners. The workshop is unlike other CHPS events in that it is intended to be a collective learning experience. Registration is limited, please see our events page for details http://www.chps.net/events/workshops.htm. The Collaborative for High Performance Schools (CHPS, often referred to as "chips") aims to increase the energy efficiency of schools by providing information, services, and incentive programs directly to school districts and designers. The Collaborative's goal is to facilitate the design of high performance schools: environments that are not only energy efficient, but also healthy, comfortable, well lit and contain the amenities needed for a quality education. We have created a set of design guidelines to build environmentally sustainable schools. High Performance Schools are cost effective in the short-term as well as the long-term. Some of the Benefits of High Performance Schools include: Improved Student and Teacher Health, Heightened Student Performance, Decreased Operating Costs, Lower Absenteeism, Enhanced Indoor and Outdoor Environment. Not to mention financial incentive programs. CHPS design guidelines are currently a mandatory design standard for all future school's in San Francisco, San Marcos, Santa Ana, Vacaville, Dry Creek Joint Elementary, Los Angeles and San Rafael City Unified School Districts and Coast Community College. We are a free informational resource made up of all of the major state agencies in California who are involved with building Public Schools. To register to attend, please visit the Events Page on our website: http://www.chps.net/events/workshops.htm Please feel free to contact Sara Greenwood Communications and Outreach Manager CHPS, Inc. 142 Minna Street, 2nd Floor San Francisco, CA 94105-4125 t.: 415.957.1977 x105 f.: 415.957.1381 sara@chps.net http://www.chps.net |
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Thursday
December 11th |
5:30 pm - 7:00pm, Genentech Lecture Hall UCSF Mission Bay Campus 600 16th Street (at 3rd Street) Teknion invites you to hear Bill Reed, AIA, LEED, of Natural Logic, Inc. speak on the topic of: Regenerative Design: Toward the Re-Integration of Human Systems with Nature Mr. Reed is one of the country's foremost experts in green building and community planning issues. His firm, Natural Logic, Inc. focuses on the subject of whole system, or integrated, design that emphasizes building evolutionary capability within the design, construction and management of our environment. Serving as a consultant to the U.S. Green Building Council in the development of the LEED rating system and as a member of the national LEED Steering Committee, he provides valuable perspective on the next new horizons.
What understanding
do we need to move our society through the phases of developing a sustainable
society? - the first phase - seeking to make our systems more efficient;
- the second phase - using nature as a model; the subtle, yet significant,
- the third phase - participating with nature on its own terms. , Mass
Transportation/Parking Muni buses #15 and #22 take to you 18th and 3rd
streets Shuttle from Market Street available on request Pay parking
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Sunday
December 14th |
7:00pm - 10:00pm, $35, Building Education Center, 812 Page St., Berkeley. Bamboo Building Strong as steel in tension, timber bamboo can grow three feet in a day, be sustainably harvested every year and uses a small fraction of the land required by trees. Turning greywater into a construction material is possible if you know how to work with it. Darrel will cover proper tool usage and joinery as well as design ideas that avoid the more difficult, time-consuming joints. Location: Info: 510/525-7610. |
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Monday
December 15th |
Non-profit attendees and students, $350 tuition. For biologists affiliated with for-profit institutions, $600 tuition. Tuition includes lunch. Palo Alto. Accomodations and other meals excluded. Biomimicry Workshop with Janine Benyus What you'll Learn
What you'll do:
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