Event and Ticketing Details
Dates & Times
Thursday 16 February
12:45 PM - 1:15 PM
In recent years, as we have become more aware of the negative effects of our high-impact lifestyles, a number of environmental responses have been introduced – such as building insulation, energy-efficiency requirements, improvements to public transport, conservation of urban green space, and more water-sensitive urban design. At a personal level, individuals are also adapting by, perhaps, taking in boarders, sharing backyards, or returning to the multi-generational family unit.
We have barely scratched the surface, however, of the profound improvements that the application of permaculture principles and strategies could deliver for the sustainability and liveability of today’s suburbs. Join David Holmgren to explore how suburbs can, and are, responding to the converging economic, energy and climate crises and discover how you can stimulate positive household and community resilience in the face of these pressures.
Featuring
David Holmgren
David Holmgren is an environmental design consultant, author, teacher and public speaker with an international reputation as a leading sustainability thinker.
He is the co-founder (with Bill Mollison) of permaculture, one of Australia’s greatest intellectual exports.
Over three decades David has promoted a sustainable lifestyle is a realistic, attractive and powerful alternative to dependant consumerism. He has developed several sustainably designed properties, consulted widely on urban and rural projects, and has been recognised as an established author and educator at home and abroad.
His 2002 book,Permaculture: Principles and Pathways Beyond Sustainability, has become a leading resource in planning for sustainable futures in uncertain times. David followed it up with Future Scenarios in 2008 (a website as well as a book) in which he examined what future society may look like in the light of peak oil and climate change.