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DESCRIPTION:THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT -- Density: the pro's and con's\n\n"Smart" Growth is 
 relative. Let's make sure the "smart" is not the same smarting that 
 provided us with the installation of "smart" meters. "Green-washing" is a 
 reality. How do we go beyond the catch-phrases of corporations and their 
 minions in the main stream media and create a better environment than is 
 currently planned for us humans?\n\nIn our lives, we are forced to be very 
 busy. We often aren't able to spend the necessary time to understand our 
 relationship with the built environment around us. This is unfortunate 
 because the built environment has a large impact on our social & 
 psychological well-being. Our presenter will provide a critique via a 
 visual presentation of existing and planned transit-oriented developments 
 (TOD's). Starting at a macro-level and progressing down to the micro, the 
 following are some issues to be included: regionalism, TOD's, Complete 
 Streets, democracy, corporatism, public financing, scale, "workforce" 
 housing, "education" vs. technical indoctrination, etc. \n\nThe Green 
 Sunday programs are not only intended to educate but, to provoke 
 interaction and lead to activism. This is intended to be an interactive 
 presentation designed to entice citizens to become active in the 
 implementation of local & regional plans designed to increase density. This 
 particular presentation is provided in response to recent discussions 
 revolving around the TOD's intended to be built around existing BART 
 stations.\n\nA (previous) architect, polymath and Gen X'er, Brian Geiser is 
 widely read and widely resided, having been raised in the rural mid-west 
 and spent his adult life in many urban environs including: Columbus, OH; 
 Annapolis, MD; Baltimore, MD; Philadelphia, PA; Boston, MA; Chicago, IL; 
 San Francisco, CA; and most recently in Oakland, CA. He has exchanged 
 services-for-wages in many drafting businesses ("architecture" firms) 
 during those residencies and has gained a world-of-knowledge by viewing 
 what NOT to do.\n\nSPONSOR: Green Sundays are a series of free programs / 
 discussions sponsored by the Green Party of Alameda County. They are held 
 on the 2nd Sunday of each month. \n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2013/06/05/18738028.php
SUMMARY:Green Sunday: The Built Environment -- Density: the pro's and con's
LOCATION:Niebyl-Proctor Library\n6501 Telegraph Ave. at 65th St. in North 
 Oakland\n\nDIRECTIONS: One block north of Alcatraz on the West side of 
 Telegraph, wheelchair accessible. Buses pass by regularly. Ashby BART is 
 approximately 7 blocks away.
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2013/06/05/18738028.php
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