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Summary: Information on past and future lectures and workshops, and possibilities for having Art Ludwig present or run future workshops with your organization.
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If you would like video or audio of any of these presentations, please E mail us.
For Santa Barbara city landscape contractors and builders.
Each presentation is custom-adapted to the audience, event, and location. Ideally, we survey early registrants by email for their interests and background and adjust the content and approach accordingly.
The topics list below shows the range of content, while the past presentations list shows the some of the ways it's been packaged in.
All presentations get their own web page posted in advance of the event. From this, participants can get a complete description find links to preparatory and follow-up reading, download handouts, registration, directions, etc. (Examples: Understanding water class, Xeriscape Conference lecture and workshop).
An automatic slide show of stunningly beautiful, uplifting images, with appropriate music, is usually played before the presentation (to reward those who come early/ on time). The pool of "A"-grade images is large enough to run for hours without repeating, or hand-pick a smaller selection that relate subliminally to the topic at hand.
When appropriate, it's great to end with a dance party. This can be accompanied by a slide show of images as well.
When travel is involved, we typically do more than one event—for example, presentations, a workshop, backpacking trip, and/or consulting (as in Cottonwood Greywater Presentations).
Presentations can be in English, Spanish, or both.
The following is a natural progression for Ecological Design curriculum:
Structural Engineering and Fire Safety for Natural Builders
Art Ludwig is an ecological systems designer with 28 years full-time experience in water, wastewater systems, energy, shelter and human powered transport. His specialty is complex, integrated "systems of systems." Art has studied and worked in 22 different countries, consulted for the states of New York and New Mexico on water reuse policy, and given dozens of lectures and workshops.
He designed his own education in Ecological Systems Design, graduating from UC Berkeley. At Berkeley, he developed the first cleaners specifically designed to be biocompatible with plants and soil, and founded a successful business to manufacture and distribute them. Art has authored numerous articles (including one on water testing procedures) as well as the books "Water Storage" "Principles of Ecological Design," and "Create an Oasis with Greywater."
Headings and descriptions are mostly for the Oasis part of the program. Where available, links describe more about the event and/or sponsoring organization. Events are organized by date -- the most recently taught events are at the top.
Integrated design and codes for an orderly transition to a post peak world: Super efficient fixtures, water reuse, rainwater harvesting, non-toxic, low carbon, fire-safe construction,
healthy transport. Sponsored by Santa Barbara City College Center for Sustainability. August 3rd, 7pm
at Faulkner Gallery. $10 suggested donation. Thanks to all who made this happen...the presentation was attended by over 150 people
Geared towards landscapers, builders who are interested in installing greywater systems professionally under California's new greywater standard. World-renowned integratedsystems designer, greywater educator and researcher Art Ludwig will explain recent changes in Santa Barbara greywater policy and California state code that open up greywater installation to professionals as never before. In the workshop that follows, he will provide training in how to install his latest, greatest, simplest, cheapest system design: Laundry to Mulch Basins. -More info- Sponsored by Santa Barbara City Water Resources Division. Free. Thanks to all who made this happen...the workshop was attended by over 120 people
Come learn by building... cob walls, earth plaster, passive and active solar space heating and stonework, and wood burning bathtub. Learn a ton about design and construction this summer, while working hard on a fun project, with breaks and community work days. Besides learning value comparable to classes costing thousands of dollars elsewhere, can include room, board (and possibly money as well, for someone with extensive relevant skills in plumbing, carpentry, masonry, or welding or exceptional work). See employment for more info about living and working at Oasis.
Integrated design for water, removing policy barriers to sustainability (Course detail page).
Integrated design, earth toilets, improved drumless laundry systems, and removing policy barriers to sustainability (Course detail page).
Come spend two days with expert sustainable water systems designers, Art Ludwig and Brad Lancaster, as they work through practical and locally appropriate designs for Santa Barbara residents. We live in a drought and flood prone area. Learn how to manage water, nutrients, and energy more sustainably using simple design strategies. This workshop is offered through Santa Barbara City College Continuing Education. For more information and details on location see the SBCC Center for Sustainability and our course detail page.
Water Systems: Principles of ecological design, Understanding water (nature awareness guided experience +outdoor and indoor lecture), water testing and site mapping, Regenerative Design Institute water system site assessment, design (hands on project).
Natural building: structures for natural builders, materials testing, fire safety, systems design and more...
See course detail page for more info.
Topics to be explored: integrated design for water supply, greywater reuse, runoff management, energy efficiency, food production, and economic sustainability; removing policy barriers to sustainability.
"The Village Building Convergence is part of The City Repair Project Placemaking Program, fulfilling City Repair’s mission to educate and inspire communities and individuals to creatively transform the places where they live. City Repair’s work is focused on developing strong local relationships, social capital and equity, placemaking, ecological design, supporting our local economy, and developing our city and bioregion as a network of interconnected Village Centers." —VBC web site
Sustainable Home and Garden This workshop led by ecological designer Art Ludwig will include the following topics: integrated design for water supply, water reuse, runoff management, energy efficiency, food production, materials management, and economic sustainability of home and garden.
We will connect the large-scale environmental challenges we face with the design of our homes and landscaping. Through discussion and an on-site design clinic at local homes, we will illustrate relevant, practical ways to make our living spaces part of the solution. There will be an emphasis on the importance of water and how we can use this limited resource responsibly. Appropriate for both general interest and those looking for an introduction to this new and growing career field. Santa Barbara City College Continuing Education.
If you'd like your site to be considered for use as an example site for us to visit, please E mail us.
The more of the background info below you understand (or have been exposed to) before coming, the more you'll get out of the day.
This stuff is worth reading all the way through:
This stuff will add more depth if you can scan or read any of it:
Lecture on how nature manages water and nutrients, and simple systems that use these principles to create an oasis of increased biological productivity from the concentrated flow of nutrients and water from human settlement. Followed by participant-led design clinic for Regenerative Design Institute greywater systems, and a dance party for kinesthetic information integration.
Greywater and Rainwater Harvesting Lecture, Builder's Symposium, and Workshop with Art Ludwig and Brad Lancaster. Positive, practical, and pro-active solutions to make water go farther.
Site evaluation and design discussion for participants projects, and water adventure club—extreme trail running and creek hopping with water education.
Lectures and Workshops for the Cob Cottage Company apprenticeship program.
A gathering of some of the leading eco-spiritual thinkers / artists / activists / writers of our time, including John Seed, Vandana Shiva, Tom Hayden, Ernest Callenbach, Elisabet Sahtouris, Satish Kumar, Jay Harman, Adam Wolpert, Michael Green, for three days of exploratory discussion, reflection and celebration. 2005 Creating a Sustainable Future, Ecology, Ethics and Design 2006, Art Bio, Envisioning and Designing Hot Age Communities 2007
Lecture and awareness walks—see Living Well on Almost Nothing.
Workshop on Rainwater Harvesting and Water Reuse with rain harvesting guru Brad Lancaster and ecological systems designer Art Ludwig. Show how to actualize the potential of your landscape and neighborhood for rain and greywater harvesting. Simple site assessment tools for the home, plus multiple-use water-harvesting earthworks, will be constructed in this hands-on event. 
Presentation in Spanish and Nahuatl to the General Assembly of Maruata on projects for the future of the community.
The Xeriscape Conference lecture and workshop explained:
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US home square feet per person has doubled in 50 years... |
Lecture for straw bale contractors on natural building, radical simplicity. Included survey of square feet per person of attendees homes, projects. Suggested reading: Can a 4000 ft2 Home be Green?
Lecture on strategies to realize greywater system benefits under current regulatory environment. See Grey water central, Grey water policy center.
Greywater systems design and construction weekend workshop. See Gray water workshop for more info.
Understanding water class—Wild Water Wisdom for Wilderness Youth Project mentors. Understanding water class photos, see Wild Water Wisdom (article)
Structurally Sound Cob Contact the Cob Cottage company for information on their course.More info: Understanding water class, Structural Analysis for Natural Builders
Meetings with regulators by Invitation of the New Mexico State Legislature Water Committee. This Guidance for Regulators helped lead to groundbreaking new New Mexico Greywater Law.
Presentation in Spanish to thirty civil engineers on management of wastewater.
Movement helps incorporate—literally, take into the body—new information.
There is a recurring pattern of hot dance parties, trail runs, river swims, backpacking trips, etc. connected in one way or the other with Oasis presentations.
The aerobic creek run/ understanding water workshop combo started on breaks at the Natural Building Colloquium, and turned into full day workshops on our local creek.
The presentation after party trend started with playing music selected from the 5000 dance songs in the presentation laptop, then snowballed from there.
Dance Performance with Dancing Drum, Santa Barbara Solstice Parade 6/23/2006
If you would like video or audio of any of these presentations, please E mail us.
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