turning spaces into places
September 23 2011 Berg Gallery - Architecture Building (Bld. 5 - Rm 105) 5:30 pm
A lecture sponsored by
Refreshments provided by the City and Regional Planning Department Free and Open to the Public
turning spaces into places
Mark Lakeman is founder and sustainer of numerous worldchanging initiatives and organizations, including the City Repair Project, the Village Building Convergence, Communitecture, Inc, the ReBuilding Center, and the new Planet Repair Institute. Each of these entities is an aggressive and collaborative , multidisciplinary creative culture, working in partnership with numerous others. All of this work engages and inspires place-based communities to creatively transform the social and environmental infrastructure of the public commons and private realms where people live. Often featuring permaculture or natural building techniques, each local initiative builds relational networks and engenders systemic transformation while leaving gorgeous footprints on the path to a better world. Mark has also been honored as the keynote speaker for both the 2010 NW Permaculture Conference and the 2011 SoCal Permaculture Convergence
Urban Alchemy
Marisha Auerbach has been actively practicing, studying and teaching Permaculture in the Pacific Northwest for over a decade, specializing in food production, seedsaving, ecology, and useful plants. Her practical experience has been gained from living and working in both urban and rural locations. Marisha holds an advanced certificate in Permaculture and has participated in community projects in Haiti, Nicaragua, and Vietnam. She has collaborated with City Repair since 2005 and worked closely with communities through out the Cascadia bioregion
A lecture sponsored by
Refreshments provided by the City and Regional Planning Department Free and Open to the Public
turning spaces into places
Mark Lakeman is founder and sustainer of numerous worldchanging initiatives and organizations, including the City Repair Project, the Village Building Convergence, Communitecture, Inc, the ReBuilding Center, and the new Planet Repair Institute. Each of these entities is an aggressive and collaborative , multidisciplinary creative culture, working in partnership with numerous others. All of this work engages and inspires place-based communities to creatively transform the social and environmental infrastructure of the public commons and private realms where people live. Often featuring permaculture or natural building techniques, each local initiative builds relational networks and engenders systemic transformation while leaving gorgeous footprints on the path to a better world. Mark has also been honored as the keynote speaker for both the 2010 NW Permaculture Conference and the 2011 SoCal Permaculture Convergence
Urban Alchemy
Marisha Auerbach has been actively practicing, studying and teaching Permaculture in the Pacific Northwest for over a decade, specializing in food production, seedsaving, ecology, and useful plants. Her practical experience has been gained from living and working in both urban and rural locations. Marisha holds an advanced certificate in Permaculture and has participated in community projects in Haiti, Nicaragua, and Vietnam. She has collaborated with City Repair since 2005 and worked closely with communities through out the Cascadia bioregion
