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Ecoversity blogs:
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EcoVersity
2639 Agua Fria
Santa Fe, NM 87505
Office: 505.424.9797
(Winter hrs:Tues-Fri 9-2)
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TED Conference videos:
A Greener Future
Inspired by Nature
Animals That Amaze
Evolution's Genius
Predictions/Warnings

TED curator Chris Anderson interviewed on Charlie Rose

RP Harbour
KSFR Interview
Ecoversity directors RP Harbour and Willem Malten talk about Ecoversity's mission and future with Santa Fe's KSFR radio. (audio interview)

M. Gorbachev
spoke in Santa Fe in April. He called for a new global glasnost, and radical reforms to meet the challenges of the 21st century. 'History is not pre-ordained', he said (by way of encouragement). Here is an excellent overview of his speech from Cheryl Rofer on TechnoRati, and here is Stephen Fox's blog on the subject.

Willem Malten
KSFR Interview
Willem Malten talks about peak food and the worldwide problem of rising prices and falling supply of wheat and other basic foodstuffs with Santa Fe's KSFR radio. (audio interview)
see Willem's Vortex blog

Ecoversity: Presentations, Workshops and Courses

Below you'll find listings of presentations and workshops you may follow online or attend in person at Ecoversity in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Jay Bonner: Geometric Design in Decoration and Architecture
Using visual material from the historic record, a brief introduction to the broader historical and aesthetic aspects of geometric art will be given. Following this, the lecture will detail the traditional construction methods used to create Islamic geometric patterns. To this end, attention will be focused upon three specific examples of outstanding geometric design. These three examples will be of variable complexity, and each will be recreated from scratch using the Polygonal Technique.
At the conclusion of this lecture attendees will have an understanding of the basic methodology employed historically in this design tradition. For those interested, this knowledge can be immediately applied to ones own artistic endeavors. (read more about Jay Bonner)

Michael Baron: Principles of Proportional Geometry
Michael Baron investigates geometric ideas and their intrinsic governing principles that are found to underlie the natural world.
Over the years he has offered geometry programs to elementary school children, teachers of mathematics, and scientists of the Los Alamos National Laboratories. His overarching goal is to see that these timeless shape grammars become available to children around the world. As teaching aids, they help reinforce the young maker who is in turn made whole through their efforts of constructing these timeless universal forms. (read more about Michael Baron)
Michael will also give a seminar on AerBlock (Autoclaved Aerated Concrete), a revolutionary building material which can be easily shaped, provides excellent insulation, and is extremely lightweight.

Ecoversity Beekeeping Class 2007
Watch videos from the 2007 beekeeping class, including 'Queen Bee', 'Rescue Beekeeping', and 'Beeswax Candle-Making': (Beekeeping videos)
Watch a slide show of the 2007 beekeeping class (Beekeeping slideshow)

More photos in new window: (outdoor setup) (algae machine 1, 2) (Oil Output) (The Kids of LGI 1, 2, 3)

Saturday April 26th: Special Earth-Day Event at Ecoversity

Fuel and Food From Algae: a Practical Demonstration

Alfonz Viszolay and his crew of enterprising and brilliant kids (Leonardo and Alexandria of LG International, pictured above) will present a biofuel-producing living algae machine at Ecoversity on Saturday April 26 for Earthday. They will introduce us to the principles and techniques of algae farming for carbon sequestration and the production of biofuel, oils, and protein cakes. Taste and touch a hopeful and positive future of decentralized, abundant energy!
For students of environmental engineering and alternative energy sourcing, this is a must-see event. In ecoversity's classroom we will display and demonstrate a working model of the Algae Machine with illuminating explanations given by Alfonz's crew . Outside we will have a much larger prototype living algae machine with the algae growing in long plastic tubes, a technology invented and developed by Mr. Viszolay, a Hungarian-born engineer and inventor, who has done many environmental remediation projects for large corporations.
Ecoversity feels honored to host Mr. Viszolay and his young crew and such an important experiment in clean and decentralized energy production, and we invite everyone to participate in this important transmission of information and knowledge. (read more on algaefuel in "case focus")
Watch a movie of the Algae Machine demonstration
Watch a slideshow of the set up of the Algae Machine.
Watch a slideshow of the Earth Day 2008 celebrations at Ecoversity, including the presentation of the Algae Machine.
Here is a player with all of these gathered together.

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Gabriel Browne on LEED Certification
Gabriel Brown of Praxis Architects discussed aspects of the LEED* green building rating system, including certification issues, on Feb 20th at Ecoversity in Santa Fe. (watch video)
*LEED stands for "Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design" and is the nationally accepted benchmark for the design, construction and operation of high performance green buildings. (More LEED info here)

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Stephen Levine Poetry Reading:
Stephen Levine, best-selling author of 'Meetings at the Edge', 'Who Dies?', 'A Gradual Awakening', and co-author with Ram Dass of 'Grist for the Mill', gave a reading from his new book of poetry, 'Breaking the Drought', on Saturday, December 15th in a benefit event for Ecoversity in Santa Fe.

You can view videos of his extraordinary reading *HERE*.


"Here are poems of the heart that speak directly to our spirit today. Anyone who reads them will be quickened and touched. Both timely and timeless, these visions of grace are like nectar to the soul." - Lama Surya Das

Antonio Lopez spoke at Ecoversity Tuesday Aug. 5 about his book "Mediacology", and on bridging media literacy with ecoliteracy. Antonio is the founder of World Bridger Media.
Watch the video here.

"Antonio Lopez is devoted to opening the minds of young people to the perils and possibilities of our multimedia world. His work on media permaculture, influenced equally by Native American concepts and Marshall McLuhan, opens up the holistic and pedagogical possibilities of the new peer-to-peer networks that are transforming culture and society." -Erik Davis of "Techgnosis"

"As a fellow happy mutant, Antonio Lopez offers DIY expertise to understanding media education." -Mark Frauenfelder, co-founder and co-editor of BoingBoing.net
References:
Mediacology weblog
WorldBridgerMedia website
Reality Sandwich profile
Also: "Antonio Lopez: Media Worlds in Collision"

Gail Ryba of the Coalition for Clean and Affordable Energy spoke Wednesday evening August 6 at Ecoversity on "Achieving the Vision of Al Gore".
Watch the video here.

Stephen Levine Reading 7/26
Stephen Levine gave a new a reading from his collection "Animal Stories" at Ecoversity on the morning of July 26. (see videos of his winter reading here)

Greenhouse Management
With Bob Markham
The Greenhouse at Ecoversity has never functioned or smelled better, now with a lovely abundance of aromatic botanicals! Learn greenhouse principles and management, including the role of rocks and water elements as heat sinks, with Master Gardener Bob Markham at our ongoing demonstration site. (call for appointment)

Greening Eritrea
an excellent little film by the Seawater Foundation on the great promise of seawater farming in creating vibrant ecosystems and nourishing local economies in the world's desert coastal regions. (watch video)