Ecocity Builders

Ecocities An ecocity is a human settlement that enables its residents to live a good quality of life while using minimal natural resources. Buildings Its buildings make best use of sun, wind and rainfall to help supply the energy and water needs of occupants. Generally multistory to maximize the land available for greenspace. Biodiversity It is threaded with natural habitat corridors, to foster biodiversity and to give residents access to nature for recreation. Transport Its food and other goods are sourced from within its borders or from nearby, in order to cut down on transport costs. The majority of its residents live within walking or cycling distance of their workplace, to minimise the need for motorised transport. Frequent public transport connects local centres for people who need to travel further. Local car sharing allows people to use a car only when needed. Industry The goods it produces are designed for reuse, remanufacture, and recycling. The industrial processes its uses involve reuse of by-products, and minimise the movement of goods. Economy It has a labour intensive rather than a material, energy, and water intensive economy, to maintain full employment and minimise material throughput. —Ecocity definition written by our sister organization, Urban Ecology Australia Ecocity Builders 339 15th Street, Suite 208 Oakland, CA 94612 Phone/Fax 510-444-4508 General contact Webmaster Site design by Studio L’Image Site contents ©2007 by Ecocity Builders. Please contact Ecocity Builders about reproducing, reprinting or distributing site content. Thank you.

We are a non-profit organization dedicated to reshaping cities, towns and villages for long term health of human and natural systems. Our goals include returning healthy biodiversity to the heart of our cities, agriculture to gardens and the streets, and convenience and pleasure to walking, bicycling and transit. We visualize a future in which waterways in neighborhood environments and prosperous downtown centers are opened for curious children, fish, frogs and dragonflies. We work to build thriving neighborhood centers while reversing sprawl development, to build whole cities based on human needs and “access by proximity” rather than cities built in the current pattern of automobile driven excess, wasteful consumption and the destruction of the biosphere.

(Above, Ecocity San Francisco by Richard Register)

(Below, Berkeley Center Street Perspective by Walter Hood and Hood Design)

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2/7/2010 on Daily Kos "The Power of Nearness" report from Ecocity World Summit Istanbul

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UPCOMING EVENTS

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Clean Power, Healthy Communities - Feb. 10 & 11, California Endowment, Oakland CA

Changwon Global Knowledge Conference, Changwon, Korea, March 19, followed by
small seminars in Seoul, Korea, March 21, 22.

Second Conference on Economic Degrowth for Ecological Sustainability and
Social Equity, Barcelona, Spain, March 27 and 28.

Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, North Adams Massachusetts, April 15.

Green Business Africa Summit - June 4-6 Nairobi, Kenya

Ecocity World Summit 2011
Palais des congrès de Montréal
August 22-26, 2011
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Bicycle City ecovillage concept by Richard Register, animation by Marc Ngui

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Ecocity New Orleans by Richard Register

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ECOCITY THEORY - LEADERSHIP

Ecocity Builders' President Richard Register (right) with Paolo Soleri (left) at Soleri's 90th birthday party, Arcosanti, Arizona.
Photo credit: Susan Felter 2009

DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT, EDUCATION AND OUTREACH

British Columbia Institute of Technology

Ecocity Builders led a sustainable deisgn charette for British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) during the 2009 Gaining Ground conference in Vancouver Canada.
Photo credit: Kirstin MIller

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West Oakland California

Table group discussion at West Coast Green's West Oakland Design Charette in San Francisco, co-produced by Ecocity Builders and Village Bottoms Neighborhood Association.
Photo credit: Sven Eberlein 2009

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