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EcoVillages talk and workshop by Declan Kennedy in Byron Bay, Australia



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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