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A Design~Build~Live Monthly Presentation, with special co-host Texas Green Network
 Wednesday, July 21, 7:00 – 9:00 pm
Lance Armstrong Foundation, 2201 East 6th Street, Austin, TX (Map)
 While many of us have minimize or eliminated our lawn area in favor of less water- and energy-intensive native plants and/or edible landscapes, significant areas of lawn grass are likely to continue to be in demand. After all, most alternatives just can’t handle the foot traffic like lawn grass. But we can do many things to make lawns and lawn care more sustainable and in sync with today’s environmental and human health concerns. Modern sustainable lawns and lawn care consider an array of issues typically ignored in the conventional approach:
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Moderation – Using lawn grass only where necessary
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Biodiversity – Incorporating multiple species rather than a monoculture of one grass
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Plant and soil health – Minimizing ongoing resource inputs (water, fertilizer, herbicides)
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Toxicity – Avoiding chemical fertilizers, herbicides and pesticides
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Air quality -Avoiding gasoline-powered maintenance equipment
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Noise pollution – Avoiding loud, annoying maintenance equipment
 Our guest presenter, Gary White, will share with us sustainable and environmentally friendly ways his company, Austin Eco-Lawn, has chosen to deliver outstanding lawn care using practical solutions to manage your lawn the way you personally would choose to manage it. Learn how lawns can be cared in ecologically sensitive ways and with 100% human power.
Refreshments by SesaTea, thanks to Texas Green Network!
 This month’s presentation is being co-hosted by Texas Green Network (TGN), a community of Texas businesses, organizations and individuals committed to accelerating the adoption of sustainable best practices in the way we do business. Design~Build~Live is a member of TGN, and we look forward to some great cross-pollination on the 21st.
This presentation is free and open to the public. No reservation required. For more information contact Scott through “Contact Us” or 512-689-1149.
A Design~Build~Live Monthly Presentation – Free and Open to the Public
Wednesday, June 16, 7:00 – 9:00 pm
Lance Armstrong Foundation, 2201 East 6th Street, Austin, TX (Map)
Tired of the consumption-focused rat race? Learn how life based on non-material values, sustainability, friends, family and community can lead to a simpler, richer life.
 Voluntary simplicity is a rich path towards leading ‘the good life.’ Philosophical underpinnings are paired with practical applications to decrease the complexity of modern living. With the goal of a sustainable society, simplicity is key.
Join us for a presentation and discussion of ways in which you can simplify and enrich YOUR life.
 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.
 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:
    
Tuesday, June 15, 2010 – 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
 The USGBC Central Texas – Balcones Chapter presents the next in its lecture series featuring Helen Plume, climate change expert from New Zealand. Attendees will have the opportunity to meet Helen Plume at a reception after the lecture. A tour of the Austin Convention Center’s LEED retrofitting activities will be provided prior to the event.
For details and ticket prices, see the USGBC CT-B posting.
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