CivicCamp will be participating in Cities and Communities in Transition, a two day workshop scheduled for June 4 & 5, 2010 at the University of Calgary. We’ll have more details for you soon but, meanwhile, for an in-depth introduction to this topic, you might want to consider the following spring block course at U of C.
People & Place: Cities and Towns in Transition
Spring 2010 Block Course
May 17-19, 27-28 and June 4-5, 2010
Social Work 699.56 – Environmental Design 683.10
In the light of emerging and critical issues such as peak oil, climate change, and social and economic injustice, citizens in cities and towns around the world are coming together to create exciting new processes to chart a transition to more sustainable communities, economies, and lifestyles.
The course will introduce students to the rich body of place-focused work from a host of disciplines, including geography, anthropology, social work, environmental design, and ecopsychology.
The focus of this course will be Cities and Communities in Transition. We will be working closely with local practitioners of sustainability, while drawing on the new Transition Towns movement, the Greater Edmonton Alliance, and other citizen-based movements and sustainability initiatives in other cities, such as Portland, Seattle, Vancouver, and Curitiba (Brazil). The course will culminate in a 2-day workshop on Cities and Communities in Transition in June 4-5, 2010.
Please register ASAP to avoid disappointment.
for more information: Noel Keough; nkeough@ucalgary.ca; (403) 220-8588
