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Seminar July 2008 with Claude Lewenz
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Ecosmart-Australasia Pty Ltd in partnership with The Cairns and Far North Environment Centre (CAFNEC) presents Claude Lewenz, author of “How to Build a Village”, a book which has received international praise and acclaim since publication in 2007
The New Zealand based author will be presenting his ideas and design solutions, which he developed over a period of 16 years, to recreate “The Village” in the modern context.
“How to Build a Village” is about real estate development, to produce a wonderful place to live while treading lightly on the planet. Claude Lewenz’s new book explores the village concept in the 21st Century. It gives a blueprint on how to create sustainable, thriving communities; focusing on the interaction between environment, sustainability, town planning and real estate with the view of achieving quadruple bottom line developments.
This is a hot topic in light of the Draft Far North Queensland Regional Plan 2025.
From the local government’s perspective, a Village should be most attractive. Imagine a corporation seeking a place to locate where it would convert marginal land into a billion dollar development. It would bring several thousand new jobs to the district worth a hundred million dollars a year. Local governments vigorously compete to attract such corporations, even when they come with liabilities, such as pollution and pressures on the infrastructure.
A Village creates a diversified local economy, not a company town. The need for infrastructure upgrades are far less as it intends to implement its own advanced systems for water, sewage, power and transport.
Claude will be speaking at the following times and locations:
Program (6:30pm for 7:00pm start)
- CAIRNS: Thursday 3 July 2008
Serbian Centre, 73 Greenslopes Street Edge Hill - INNISFAIL: Monday 7 July 2008
Innisfail RSL, 18-28 Fitzgerald Esplanade, Innisfail - MALANDA: Tuesday 8 July 2008
The Malanda Hotel Ballroom, English Street, Malanda - TOWNSVILLE: Thursday 10 July 2008
Victoria Park Hotel, Boundary Street, Townsville
Admission free
FOR BOOKINGS CONTACT PENNY 07 4085 5110 OR
Email: 2025@support.ecosmarte.com.au
Seminar Freeby
We offer all registered participants of the seminar a free design service when you build with us within 3 months of the seminar date.Also we'll give away one freshwater swimming pool system for one lucky attendee. Make sure you have filled in the registration details.
Conditions :
Single home designs,
build with us within 3 months of the seminar date,
architectural design only,
finance in place
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