PERMACULTURE FILM CLUB: Ecological Design

ONLINE FILM SCREENING & CONVERSATION WITH THE DIRECTOR

THIS FILM IS BEING SHARED AS PART OF THE INTERNATIONAL PERMACULTURE FESTIVAL OF IDEAS, CELEBRATING INTERNATIONAL PERMACULTURE DAY 

Design with nature. Design as a way of life.

Join Morag Gamble at the Permaculture Education Institute Film Club for an online screening of the award-winning film, ECOLOGICAL DESIGN: Inventing The Future (1994). The design wisdom shared is core to permaculture design.

ONLINE SCREENING TIMES

TWO screening times. Click GET TICKETS to find the suitable time for you. Screenings will be online via zoom. The link is sent when you register.

WATCH WITH OTHERS

Organise a watch party at your place! Have a conversation about how the ideas in this film make sense in your local community. 

MEET THE DIRECTOR

After the first screening we will be joined in conversation by film Director, Christopher Zelov.

COST: PAY WHAT YOU CAN

All tickets are offered pay-as-you-like, thanks to the Christopher Zelov and the Permaculture Education Institute.

This is collected by our registered charity, Ethos Foundation, and Morag sends 100% to support fair share permaculture design education - mostly led by and for women and youth. Morag also offers free permaculture mentoring to all these teams through the Permaculture Education Institute. 

ABOUT THE FILM

ECOLOGICAL DESIGN : Inventing The Future (1994) is an educational documentary film which illuminates the emergence of ecological design in the 20th century. The film features the ideas and prototypes of pioneering designers who have trail-blazed the development of sustainable architecture, cities, energy systems, transport and industry.

Beginning in the 1920's with the work of R. Buckminister Fuller, moving throiugh the 1960's and the Counter Culture and ending on the doorstep of the 21st century: the film follows the evolution of ecological design from the visions of a few independent thinkers to the powerful movement it is becoming.

WHO IS IN THE FILM

Ecological Design features the interdisciplinary perspectives of many noted designers and thinkers, including: 

• Jay Baldwin
• Mary Catherine Bateson
• John Todd
• Stewart Brand
• Amory Lovins
• Paolo Soleri, among many others.
  
  As each designer leads us on a deep exploration of their design process, they reveal their methods, metaphors, inspirations, and commitment to a vision of a desirable future. Their prototypes range from microorganism to megastructure, but amidst the diversity a number of common themes emerge, including design as a way of life, designing with nature, regenerative design, creating new forms of wealth, the biosphere and the technosphere.
  
  A provocative educational tool, Ecological Design provides a practical basis for learning about the environment and about our capability to design a desirable and sustainable future.

Duration: 64 Minutes

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GUEST: CHRISTOPHER ZELOV

Christopher Zelov is an ecological designer, educator, film-maker and author. The book accompanying this film is Design Outlaws On The Ecological Frontier.

Morag was excited to learn too that Christopher knew iconic Landscape Architect Ian McHarg (1920-2001) one of the most influential people in the early environmental movement, who brought environmental concerns into broad public awareness and ecological planning methods into the mainstream of landscape architecture, city planning and public policy. McHarg's book Design With Nature and overlay method of design, inspired permaculture. Reading Design with Nature inspired Morag to study Landscape Architecture when she left school - which she has used to underpin her permaculture design and education work.

Christopher will be joining Morag for the second session (from the United States) and happy to be in conversation with those in the zoom room.

HOST: MORAG GAMBLE, PERMACULTURE EDUCATION INSTITUTE

ABOUT MORAG GAMBLE

Morag Gamble is the founder of the Permaculture Education Institute teaching permaculture educators and designers on six continents. She has lived for a quarter of a century in an award-winning ecovillage. Morag has also created Sense-Making in a Changing World Podcast, and the Our Permaculture Life BLOG and YouTube collectively viewed millions of times. She hosts the International Permaculture Festival of Ideas. Morag also leads the Ethos Fellowship alongside Schumacher College Fellow, Fritjof Capra, and Ethos Foundation - a registered charity offering free permaculture education for refugees.

ABOUT PERMACULTURE EDUCATION INSTITUTE

Permaculture Education Institute, based at Crystal Waters Ecovillage on Gubbi Gubbi country, offers programs to support people worldwide to become teachers and leaders of permaculture programs and to activate permaculture communities. The Institute hosts regular global conversations exploring one-planet living and earth restoration - through film, podcasts, masterclasses, discussion forums, and many courses. 

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