permaculture

[Mitra <mitra@earth.path.net>]

Prof Declan Kennedy,  will be giving a talk and slide show on the
European Eco-Villages movement , this will be followed by a day's
workshop on design issues for Communities and EcoVillages. 

Prof.  Declan Kennedy  is an Irish architect, urban planner,
permaculture designer and ecologist, co-founder of the Permaculture
Institute of Europe and of the Global Village Network (GEN). He has been
teaching and practising ecological urban design since 1972 and
permaculture for the past 20 years and was Professor of Urban Design and
Infrastructure at the Architectural Department of the Technical
University of Berlin. Presently, he is doing the urban design for the
first full-pledged ecological settlement in Ireland. He now teaches
eco-village design from the ecological community Lebensgarten Steyerberg,
Lower Saxony, Germany where he and Margrit live and which they co-founded
in 1985

The evening talk and slide show is $10/$8 conc. and will be held at the
ACE training room above Westpac bank in Jonson St, Byron Bay
starting at 6pm on Tuesday 22nd January for 2 or 3 hours. 

The workshop will be held at Gondwana from 11am to 5pm on Wednesday 23rd.
Bookings are necessary for the Wednesday workshop as places are limited
and can be made on 02-6684-8096, $30/$20 conc. Please bring a plate to
share for lunch. 

After the workshop there will be a circle dance led by Declan who is
renowned for his circle dance workshops including sacred dance from many
cultures - be inspired through dance as a medium for joyful connection
with each other and the earth, and participants are welcome to attend
Gondwana's weekly community dinner ($6)

Proceeds from these workshops and presentations will be donated to
projects supported by Declan & Margrit in developing
countries.

Declan is also speaking at Djanbung Gardens in Nimbin on EcoVillages
(Friday 26th 7pm), Ecology, Economy & Local Currency (Sat 27th,
11am-1pm), Mediation from the Heart (4-7pm). Call Robyn Francis on
02-6689 1755 for more details
 
- Mitra

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