UCSC Farm & Garden catalyst to create a sustainable community
The EcoVillages Concept In the context of growing environmental awareness, there is a great need for practical, affordable communities supporting an environmental lifestyle that won't compromise modern expectations of personal comfort and social stability. The EcoVillage lifestyle can be supported by integrated technologies and community benefits.
The Farm and Garden Planning Report 1 from San Luis Sustainability Group
UCSC Planning Information UCSC's LRDP. See section on Inclusion Areas (1/2 way down the page). Building Faculty and Staff Housing for the Future Inclusion Area D Planning Enlarged Site Analysis Schematic Long Marine Lab Research Center Inclusion Area D schematic on site map		Solar Access Study Solar Access and Orientation Optimization Study (page 1) Solar Access and Orientation Optimization Study (page 2) For comparison, see an analysis of Village Homes in Davis, California.

The following is from a UCSC planning document

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Exemplary Sustainable Building Projects

University Projects Employing Principles of Sustainability

• Our first project was Baggins End, built by students at UC Davis in 1972.
• There is a student-run home page for The Domes at UC Davis.
• Adam Joseph Lewis Center for Environmental Studies at Oberlin
• Talloires Declaration: Universities Committed To Sustainability • The Association of University Leaders for a Sustainable Future (ULSF) ... promotes academic leadership for the advancement of global environmental literacy. The Declaration: "We, the presidents, rectors, and vice chancellors of universities from all regions of the world are deeply concerned about the unprecedented scale and speed of environmental pollution and degradation, and the depletion of natural resources...."
• North American Alliance for Green Education
• Sustainability 101: Using the Community as a Classroom, Colleges are Rewriting the Standards for Environmental Education (Nov-Dec 1999)

Other Projects Employing Principles of Sustainability

• Civano in Tucson is to be developed by The Trust for Sustainable Development.
• Oceano CoHousing
• A Concept Plan for Natural Bridges, currently the home of the Santa Cruz Homeless Garden
• Wolken Education Center at Hidden Villa

Events

• Greening of the Campus IV: Moving to the Mainstream • September 20 - 22, 2001, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana
• North American Alliance for Green Education Fifth Annual Conference co-hosted by Audubon Expedition Institute and Sterling College, August 9-12 at Sterling College in Craftsbury Common, Vermont

Controversy about UCSC Development (Inclusion Area D and other)

• Implementation Program for 1988 LRDP
• Arboretum Clippings
• Housing and the Arboretum
• D. E. McHenry, Chancellor Emeritus
• Proposed Multi-Storey Parking Garage at UCSC, Commentary from Richard Bender (May 27, 1999)

References

• Olin College "From NPR member station WBUR, Jason Beaubien reports on a new engineering college in Boston where students will learn how to design all sorts of things--including their own school. The Olin College of Engineering is setting out to overhaul the way engineering is taught." Notably, a student from Santa Cruz is interviewed. Will duct tape be the school mascot? Listen with Real Audio. (5:00)
• Whole Building Design Guide is a comprehensive design resource. Select Specific Design Objective (Example: Sustainability); Select Design Objective Principle (Example: Minimize Energy Consumption); Select Resource Page (Example: Passive Solar Heaating).
• San Luis Sustainability Group
• The Campus and Environmental Responsibility (New Directions for Higher Education, No 77, Spring, 1992)
• Breaking Ground "I propose a national effort to engage students in making schools, colleges, and universities models of ecological design that can be seen and experienced."
• Sustainability Education Guide
• History and Vision of Jade Mountain
• Hayward Lumber, Certified Green Building Materials

updated 2001 June 21

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