On April 7, 2011, I attended a presentation on the Black Swan event and the speaker was David W.Orr[Financial Analysis,he also wrote the book,"Black Swans and The U.S future: The challenge of resilience"]. He was talking about this event and also what was being effected by it (cities,the grid,internet,food system,water system, waste system etc.) There were many reasons-he explained. It is based on laws of economics two-four years can be made to work with those of evolution. He was explaining the atmospheric carbon dioxide and how it is affecting us. Then, David started talking about ecological design revolution... It is sustainable agriculture and forestry, architecture and green building, whole systems engineering, urban design, biommicry and materials. After explaining this points, David started explaining the goals.
Goals
Start with a community
1) 13 acre development the green arts district
USGBC Platinum
driver for economic revitalization
2) climate neutral-City and College
energy efficiency
renewable energy
3)20,000 acre greenbelt farms
forestry,biomass
4) Education: 1000 students/10 years
Create Opprtunity
The vision was to plan for college and town
Financing-banks,3rd parties,savings
Delivery-new businesses
Energy efficiency has net 75% of the new demands for energy related goods and services.
That includes: environmental education, urban planning,ecological engineering and green architecture.
