This special evening presentation is free, brought to you by your friends at Food For Thought Cafe and the (new!) PSU Permaculture Guild. Invite your friends and spread the word.
Mark Lakeman, artist, architect and co-founder of the Portland-based non-profit City Repair, will be giving a presentation titled:
Urban Ecological Action to Save the World! on Wednesday, February 4th from 6:30-8:30pm at Food For Thought Cafe in the basement of Smith Student Union.
How can we rise above the urban grid? Are cities for cars or for people? Is public space for the public? How can we transform spaces into places and build community in the process?
These are some of the questions that will be explored through stories and images as we take a close look at how the work of City Repair--and specifically its annual event, The Village Building Convergence--takes these questions head-on.
This presentation will explore how changing our social and physical environments can have a profound impact on how we relate to each other and the places we live. There will also be an opportunity to discuss how students and groups can get involved, either by hosting a project here at PSU or assisting in the multitude of roles that are necessary every year to put on this nationally-recognized 10-day event.
The FFT Cafe gallery will also be exhibiting the visionary work of Mark Lakeman and the artistic posters of City Repair from February 3rd through 6th. Stop in for lunch and check it out!
For more information on this event, see the attached poster. For info about City Repair and the Village Building Convergence, visit www.cityrepair.org.
Food For Thought Cafe--located at the heart of PSU--serves fresh, local organic vegetarian breakfast and lunch Monday-Friday. Bagels from scratch. Vegan cookies. Stumptown coffee. Word.
The PSU Permaculture Guild is planning more speakers, events and activities for the spring of 2009. Email cameros@pdx.edu for more info!
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