One of the invited participants for the Portland, OR based Visual Culture Symposium (2/11-12) I am helping to plan is Ethan Seltzer. Ethan is a professor of Urban Studies and Planning at Portland State University. His research and writing on bio-regionalism and planning is foundational to how I think about advancing the arts and culture in communities. Recently Ethan, along with four other authors published Making EcoDistricts: Concepts and Methods for Advancing Sustainability in Neighborhoods. In this publication they ask readers to “imagine a sustainable neighborhood” and suggest definitions, policies and strategies for developing such neighborhoods. A civic ecology framework that animates community life is described.
Making EcoDistricts
Nov 13th, 2010 by dblandy@uoregon.edu