Radical Urban Sustainability Training, October 2 & 3

From: Dylan Boyce

R.U.S.T.
RADICAL URBAN SUSTAINABILITY TRAINING

An intensive weekend workshop of skills for building ecologically resilient communities in today’s cities.

October 2 & 3rd, 2010
Albany, NY

In this class, sustainability experts Scott Kellogg and Lauren Ross give attendees a “toolbox” of techniques and knowledge usable by anyone wanting to create sustainable systems in their own communities. Through a combination of group hands-on activities and lectures, participants will learn how to build infrastructure for self-reliance by utilizing salvaged and recycled materials. These systems can be applied in either urban or rural environments, and in many cases can even be put to use in an apartment.

Special emphasis in the class is put on the interrelatedness of sustainability and struggles for social justice. The many innovative sustainability features on display in the Albany Free School neighborhood will be used as teaching tools. Meals are included and camping is available.

Typical topics & hands-on demos

Low-tech bioremediation (cleaning contaminated soils using plants, fungi and bacteria)
Rainwater harvesting
Aquaculture: ponds, plants, fish, algae
Constructed wetlands/greywater
Autonomous technologies:wind turbines & passive solar
Worm composting and soldier flies
Raised bed gardening and soil alchemy
City chickens and micro-livestock
Struggles for land and gentrification
Brownfield restoration
Biofuels: methane digesters, wood gas and veggie oil vehicles Mycoscaping:edible and medicinal mushroom cultivation
Energy depletion and climate justice
Sustainable and efficient wood burning

More information and to register visit

http://radixcenter.org/workshops/rust/

THE RADIX ECOLOGICAL SUSTAINABILITY CENTER
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