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Dharma Ridge Whole Earth Institute Schedules Opening Event Sep 29
The Dharma Ridge Whole Earth Institute schedules its opening event to celebrate the beginning of the UCSC Environmental Studies Fall Internship Program. With live music, belly dancing, cobb oven pizza, introductory tours and talks from program directors. Come by Sept 29, 2012 to visit Dharma Ridge and find out about the outstanding educational opportunities.
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Gisela Moreno Speaks About Architecture in Colombia
Gisela Moreno of Maloka Casas Designs speaks about her experiences as a building designer in Salinas and Colombia.
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Ten Solutions for Clean Energy Independence
Guest presentation by : Thomas W. Rettenwender, MA, M Arch, LEED AP, Architect EcoLogic Design Lab, Monterey, California Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (RIHN), Kyoto, Japan. The RIHN is a governmental institute under the Ministry of Education, Science & Technology, Japan Tuesday, March 27th, 2012 at 4-5:30 p.m. 457-4 Kamigamo Motoyama, Kita-ku Kyoto 603-8047, Japan Phone: 81 75 707 2256 Abstract: The presentation titled "Ten Solutions for Clean Energy Independence" is an illustrative outline of current options for clean energy generation. The presentation will ...
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EDL continues with Rancho Cielo Program
Print Reading and Modeling starts Tue. Jan 10, 2012. Let's see what we come up with this time !
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Sand City Open House
Sand City Open House 1795 California Ave Sand City Sat. Dec 17th, 2011 , 5 - 10pm A Multi-Dimensional Celebrational Extravaganza! Come to Sand City, where the dunes are huge, the women are frisky, the men are rich and handsome and, everyone is an artist ! Celebrate the solstice season and the coming of winter. Its Rick’s birthday (well, Dec 15), its a pre-Christmas solstice celebration and its an interactive, multi-artsy open house for an art studio/residence ...
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EcoLogic Design Lab with Rancho Cielo Youth Build Program
Rancho Cielo Youth Build Program Realitree now collaborates with the Rancho Cielo Youth Campus and Hartnell College to run their 'at-risk' youth education program at the Rancho Cielo Campus in East Salinas, California. Realitree is developing curiculum, teaching a course titled 'Green Construction' and helping with fundraising efforts. www.ranchocieloyc.org
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Reviving Low Tech High Tech Architecture
John Ochsendorf MIT Professor of Structural Engineering and Architecture proofs structurally stable, aesthetic structures built of mud as opposed to steel and concrete (reducing costs, energy consumption and pollution associated with traditional modern construction) See Smithsonian's With-Ancient-Arches-the-Old-is-New-Again “People assume that in the 21st century buildings should be made of titanium, because we have a narrow definition of progress. Maybe a 21st-century building is made out of dirt used in an intelligent and beautiful way.” Structural visualization ...