Natural, Green, Life-Centered Design and Remodeling To Live For!

Featuring author, columnist and eco-architect extraordinaire, Carol Venolia

Three Events – June 17 and 19, 2010, in Austin, Texas

Are your home and landscape in need of some “greening” and improvements to make them more supportive of your health and happiness and more in sync with nature and natural cycles? You will not want to miss these special opportunities to benefit from Carol’s unique and amazing ability to perceive, integrate and communicate human/site/nature relationships into simple to advanced ideas that you can put into action.

Who Should Attend? Anyone who lives or works in a house, owns a house, is remodeling a house, is building or designing a house, selling a house, or wants a greener indoor environment (Homeowners, Architects and Designers, Green Builders and Remodelers, Renters, Realtors)

Thursday, June 17, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm, at Texas State Teachers Association, 12th & Lavaca

Natural Remodeling

Any home of any vintage can be made “greener” and more natural. This presentation, lushly illustrated with examples, will help everyone from homeowners to design and building professionals understand how to look to the gifts of Nature for better health, more efficient resource use, and a deeper connection with the living world. Book signing follows.

Admission – $30 in advance, $35 at the door, $15 for students, $50 for both presentations, $65 for this presentation + workshop, $85 for all 3 events.

Registration information below.

Saturday, June 19, 10:30 am – 12:30 pm, at Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Southwest Parkway

Life-Centered Design

We human beings have spent millions of years co-evolving with natural cycles of daylight and night, sound and silence, color, aroma, texture, and rhythm. In our modern lives, we can choose to benefit from this rich biological heritage by making fully informed—and science-based—decisions that support our sanity, our health, and community. Learn how to create living spaces that tap into our human strengths and our human story. Book signing follows.

Admission – $30 in advance, $35 at the door, $15 for students, $50 for both presentations, $65 for this presentation + workshop, $85 for all 3 events.

Registration information below.

Saturday, June 19, 2:30 pm – 4:30 pm, South Austin Residence

Natural Remodeling Workshop

Green and natural remodeling principles can and should be applied to a real not-so-green houses and sites. Learn how to evaluate an existing house and site for its gifts and challenges in relation to sun, wind, water, landscape, and neighborhood; clarify a set of priorities and strategies; and allow life-supporting design responses to emerge from that process. Book signing follows.

Prerequisite – Attendance at Thursday’s “Natural Remodeling” presentation or familiarity with Carol’s book, Natural Remodeling for the Not-So-Green House

Admission – $45, $65 for 1 presentation + this workshop, $85 for all 3 events. Advance registration required. Limited to 30 participants.

REGISTRATION INFORMATION- PLEASE READ!!!

DBL members will automatically receive a 10% discount on all events prior to checkout. (YOU MUST BE LOGGED IN TO YOUR ACCOUNT)

- If you already have a DBL account, log in, and select “Current Events” from the “What would you like to do?” pull down menu.
- If you don’t have a DBL account, you can create one (it’s free and without strings attached). Then log into your new account and proceed as above by selecting “Current Events”.

An acknowledgment will be emailed to you automatically upon registration.

>>TO REGISTER, CLICK HERE<<

Carol Venolia is an architect with a 40-year track record in ecological design and a passion for restoring the connections between humans and the rest of life. Her latest book, Natural Remodeling for the Not-So-Green House (with Kelly Lerner), is a beautiful, practical guide to bringing existing homes into harmony with nature. She also pens the “Design for Life” column in Natural Home Magazine, is the author of the acclaimed book Healing Environments: Your Guide to Indoor Well-Being, and once published Building with Nature Newsletter.

All proceeds from these Austin events will support the educational efforts of Design~Build~Live. Thanks to our sponsors:

A Design~Build~Live Special Event

Thursday, November 5, 2009, 6:30 – 8:30 pm

Earthen Plaster Presentation and Book Signing by Carole Crews of Taos, New Mexico

Carole Crews, is an artist, author, natural builder, and plaster guru who has worked with mud and finishes for earthen buildings professionally for 25 years. She specializes in aliz (clay slip finish), historic restoration and making art from simple materials. Copies of Carole’s much-anticipated book will be available for sale and signing. Visit Carole’s website for more info on the author/artist/artisan and photos of her work.

Hosted by: Stanley Architects and Artisans (Watch for a future DBL site visit to Lauren and Lars Stanley’s permaculture homestead featuring a green roof and rainwater harvesting)

Location: 1901 E.M. Franklin Ave., Austin, Texas  78723

Note: The venue is on the northeast corner of MLK and E.M. Franklin. Please park on E.M. Franklin and enter the site via the gate near MLK. We will meet in the studio that fronts on MLK. Seating may be limited, so please bring a folding chair if you can.

The way you think of rainwater and stormwater will be forever changed!

Brad Lancaster’s integrated, sustainable approach to harvesting and maximizing water for the home, landscape, garden, farm and community is eye opening. Brad has written and spoken extensively about maximizing the potential of our on-site resources – topsoil, sun, plants and WATER. Come to one or all events and learn how to turn water scarcity into water abundance!

Friday, May 29, 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm ~~~ Council Chambers, Austin City Hall

Harvesting Rainwater & Stormwater to Create Amenities and Solve Problems

Brad will present simple, inexpensive rainwater and stormwater harvesting strategies and earthworks that hold great potential for replacing volume and runoff problems with amenities such as raingardens, shade trees, verdant landscapes and food.

Who should attend? City/regional water and stormwater regulators, civil engineers, landscape architect, architect, permaculturists, motivated general public.

Admission: Free. Online registration ends at 5:00 pm on Thursday, 5/28. After that time, please register at door.

Saturday, May 30, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm ~~~ AMD Lone Star Campus (Map)

Integrated Water Strategies for the Home, Landscape, Garden, Farm & Community

If you can attend only one event, this is it! Learn about the guiding principles and all of Brad’s strategies.

A dynamic slide presentation on how to integrate rainwater, greywater and stormwater harvesting to create water abundance in place of water scarcity. Book signing.

Who should attend? General public, civil engineers, landscape architects, architect, municipal and regional water and stormwater regulators

Admission: $15 in advance, $20 at the door, $13.50 for DBL Donor Partners & AMD employees. Online registration ends at 5:00 pm on Friday, 5/29. After that time, please register at door.

Saturday, May 30, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm ~~~ The Great Outdoors Nursery (Map)

Greywater Happy Hour

An outdoor slide presentation under a canopy of beautiful ancient oak trees. Learn how you can maximize the use of recycled water in your landscape. Book signing.

Who should attend? General public, civil engineers, landscape architects, architect, municipal and regional water and stormwater regulators

Admission: $5 in advance or at the door. Limited space – advanced registration recommended

Sunday, May 31, 11:00 am – 3:00 pm ~~~ West Central Austin Residence

Nuts & Bolts of Water Harvesting for the Urban Homestead

Experience Brad in action! Analyze, discuss, and get your hands wet (and dirty) exploring several water capture systems for an urban homestead.

Who should attend? Do-It-Yourselfers and those who want to know HOW

Admission: $40, including brunch. Advanced registration required.

This event is full, but you may sign up for the waiting list.

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SPECIAL NOTE: DBL Partners receive 10% off all Brad Lancaster events described above. Special gift invitation to Friday night dinner with Brad for Donors at the Cottage level and above!!! See Donor Drive below or view details HERE.

FOR DETAILS & REGISTRATION CLICK HERE.

If you don’t already have a DBL account, you will be asked to create an account. Once you have created an account and are logged in, select “Current Events” from the “What would you like to do?” pull down menu.

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Brad Lancaster has written two best selling, award-winning books and numerous articles on integrated, sustainable water harvesting strategies. His diverse and practical solutions are applicable to landscape design, planning and living for the home, garden, farm and community. Brad’s tools and techniques capture and maximize stormwater, greywater and rainwater to produce food and shade trees, prevent stormwater runoff and erosion, create wildlife habitat, and more. His website, www.HarvestingRainwater.com, is brimming with useful information, photos and book descriptions.

Thanks to our sponsors:

http://www.showtechnology.com/shows/Austin_GreenLiving/AustinGreen.html

Green home and garden show. Learn how easy it is to incorporate Green Living into your life. Adult admission: $7.50

While at the Expo, don’t miss these free presentations by DBL representatives:

~ Friday, February 27, 3:00 – 4:30 pm – Introduction to Natural Building

Creating deeper green homes with natural materials and systems

~Saturday, February 28, 1:30 – 2:30 – Straw Bale Construction

Straw bale construction for today’s high performance home