SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY DESIGN / MEDIA SYNERGY

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Vision

Foster co-creative systems which support the rapid transition of whole communities to sustainability;

Collaborate 4in the development of innovative, efficient, bio-mimicry based local/global community centers and networks which embody and seed the practices of ecological societies;

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Vision

Synergize design and media collaboratives which channel community and global knowledge, wisdom, and resources for learning and action;

Act through sustainability and communications training, facilitation, documentation, production, distribution, infrastructure, services and liaisons with networks and partners around the world

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ResultsInitial framework & measures:

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Local/global sustainability design and media system conceptual development.

Short term deliverables in the form of production, analysis and content from the February, 2008 EDE and the next full cycle of training with partner EDE's.

Phased development of services and products to provide full-spectrum and scalable design and media collaborativesnetworks and services.

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The System

Concept:

Replicable training, design and media center infrastructure to support community transitions to sustainability through, documentation, design tools and action learning with other communities and networks.

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Organizational Development

Our initial organizational plan includes the development of several holding companies dedicated to providing long term stability to related subsidiaries, strategic partnerships, collaboratives and consortia which are inclusive and accountable to diverse sustainable community stake-holders.

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Business plan overviewBusiness structure

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Principal subsidiaries are devoted to:

Tra in ing and consu l ta t ion

Produc t ion and Dis t r ibu t ion

In f ras t ruc ture Deve lopment

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SHORT TERM OPPORTUNITIES

Economics and Ecology Southwest EDE

Curriculum Integration for Ecological EDE

Gaia Wiki presence

Ecovillage Feed Digest

SMDC website

Media Literacy & Sustainability Video

FIC Communities Radio and TV

Hummingbird

Clifton - Sustainability Education & Community Communications

How to Kits for Ecovillages

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Training for Action Learning

Reform the Media

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Community Media Training Content

Media Literacy

Community Action

Analyzing Media

Media and Community Building

Using Technology

Developing a Media Strategy

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Production: Learning to tell the story

of the long now Training in technical and

production processes includes orientation to sustainability narrative, so that producers learn to uncover the

environmental, economic, equity, and long term local / global impact of stories and community design decisions.

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Distribution Sustainability Channel

Multi-media products

Syndication

Web platforms

Realtime dialogue - Video Conf and planning

Indy Films Documentary

Research Collab

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Infrastructure: Design & Media Center in a Box

School/Consultant in a Box

Computer & Audio Visual

Research& Design

Fabricator

Organizer

Communications

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Media Centers Models

Independent Media Centers Network

Alliance for Community Media

Community Technology Centers Net

Alliance for Progressive Communications

Broadcast Machine/ Democracy

FSTV / Link

Satellite/Wi-Fi/Cell Infrastructure

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Design Centers Models

Community Design Centers Network

Urban Design Studios / University

Permaculture Action/Learning Design Networks

Ecovillage Design Education Networks

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Organizational Models Organizational and social

models include

Participatory community media production organizations

Design centers and charettes using community media documentation

Oral history, action-learning narratives and other documentation and design processes

Community Communications Businesses and Partnerships

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Technical Models Digital video and multi-

media kits,

Global media and design center networks

Related integrative media centers and communications facilities.

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Media and Design / Build Collaboratives

Local communities document, design and visualize their own sustainability history and planning narratives.

Sharing these stories makes community learning about rapid sustainability transitions available through diverse media.

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How to Green Media solar isp

solar cell array assembly

replace travel with communications

collaborate and share resources

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Community to Community Simulations and Collaborative Design

Second Life - New Media Collaborative Islands etc.

Full Dome Immersion for Data Visualization and Collaborative Design

Video/Web Group Conferencing

Online Studio Space - Connect model/partnering

Google Map Collaborative - Bike Example ( no GIS)

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Media & Design Toolsfor Ecosystems Design

Local/Global data from design/build and ecosystems sources form the basis for long term assesment and planning of ecosystem services transitions to sustainability.

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Real Time Decision Data

Data from global and local sources would be available as near real time data for farm, design build and economic decisionmaking to support sustainability transitions.

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Living Economies Role:

Sustainability Media Design/center becomes source nodes for local sustainability storytelling for local/global distribution, underwritten by the Living Economies Networks.

Living economy networks use media and design net as one source for networking, transactions and post-competitive systems based in sustainability values, currency and relations

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Sustainability Broker Craig’s List for

Sustainability

Sustainability Prtocurement/Transaction Engine for Product and Services

Green Directory

Design/Build Engine

Ecovillage and Community Vendors

Built in Regenerosity, LETS, Barter, and other options in the transaction engine

Combine Social Networking and Needs Matching Network

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Regenerosity Models Common transaction

engine integrator

Certification and meta-data green pages

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Startup Costs in Villages Anticipated startup costs

per village:

$2000 to $20,000 USD Equiv,

Subsidized as need be with local / global donor machines and training via people to people and virtual networks.

In many cases existing technology already in communities or regions will meet much of the technical need.

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SHORT TERM OPPORTUNITIES

Economics and Ecology Southwest EDE

Curriculum Integration for Ecological EDE

Gaia Wiki presence

Ecovillage Feed Digest

SMDC website

Media Literacy & Sustainability Video

FIC Communities Radio and TV

Hummingbird

Clifton - Sustainability Education & Community Communications

How to Kits for Ecovillages

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Short Term Revenue Examples

$100/participant next EDE and Forward for Design Media = $2,000

Borrow $2,000 from FiC to develop Econ Dimension Report and Media Curricullum

UNM $4000 per distance learning course - 1/2 paid for external consultant for development of Sustainability Studies

Promotional tools for EDE - Ads, media, web, viral, etc.

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Income How to set up media

center - facilities, databases, Media center as income / business center

Consulting & training to individual ede's

to media groups' to EDE Gaia

to similar networks

to funders

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Become the Media

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