Community-Created Sustainability: A Gathering in the Commons with City Repair February 17, 2007

Two days of community dialog and visioning, including a demonstration of the Wisdom Council, a faciliated process of community dialog to restore and empower The Commons.

Why?
A sustainable Portland needs visionaries like YOU!

Bring you energy and your vision to a revolutionary 2 day event designed to empower PDX local communities and move our city towards a more sustainable future.

Topics to be Covered

True wealth assessment
Social resource mapping & Locally based economies
Wisdom Councils & Consensus-based decision making
Permaculture design, Peak oil preparedness and more...
Free film screening!

“An Inconvenient Truth”, from 4-6:30pm February 17th

Speakers include:

Mark Lakeman: local activist and architect, will provide brief overview of how The City Repair Project builds social, economic and environment capital through Placemaking–the transformation of public spaces into welcoming places.
Mark Anielski: professor of economics and author of soon-to-be-published, “The Economics of Happiness”, will describe effective assessment protocols to measure the components of community wellness and socially-based wealth.
Adin Rogovin: activist and group facilitator, will discuss the Co-Intelligence Instititute’s work empowering communities to evoke the collective voice of “We the People” with Wisdom Councils and integrate their vision into effective interface with local government.
All Events are free, but donations will be requested. Please volunteer if you can.

Co-sponsored by City Repair, the Co-Intelligence Institute, and the Boise Neighborhood Association

Official Website: http://www.cityrepair.org/wiki.php/wow/main