The following is a posting on the Community Food elist out of Tufts:
We are happy to announce that we will be
offering RUST The Radical Urban Sustainability
Training, on the weekend of July 10-11,
2010. The course will be taught by Scott
Kellogg, author of "Toolbox for Sustainable City
Living" and Lauren Ross, and will take place at
the Albany Free School in Albany, New York. All
the course information, including content and
registration details, can be found at
<http://www.radixcenter.org/workshops/rust>www.radixcenter.org/workshops/rust
About R.U.S.T
RUST The Radical Urban Sustainability Training
- is an intensive weekend workshop of skills
for building ecologically resilient communities
in todays cities. In this class,
sustainability experts Scott Kellogg and Lauren
Ross gives 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 be put to use in even an apartment spaces.
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.
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
Thank you, and if you have any questions, please
email me at <mailto:[email protected]>[email protected]
Scott Kellogg
Author, Toolbox for Sustainable City Living
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