logging in or signing up Socially Sustainable Urban Development stinakerans Download Post to : URL : Related Presentations : Share Add to Flag Embed Email Send to Blogs and Networks Add to Channel Uploaded from authorPOINT lite Insert YouTube videos in PowerPont slides with aS Desktop Copy embed code: (To copy code, click on the text box) Embed: URL: Thumbnail: WordPress Embed Customize Embed The presentation is successfully added In Your Favorites. Views: 169 Category: Spiritual/ Ins.. License: All Rights Reserved Like it (0) Dislike it (0) Added: February 14, 2010 This Presentation is Public Favorites: 0 Presentation Description No description available. Comments Posting comment... Premium member Presentation Transcript Slide 1: SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES The way we house ourselves affects our health, happiness and many social issues. Slide 2: Knowledge & Action “Social transformationcannot merely be awaited,but can only be brought forthby our creative action.” - ‘For Freedom Destined’– Walter Stein Slide 3: “Every day in Australia there are about 6 suicides and 180 attempts.” - Adam Graycar, Australian Institute of Criminology. Slide 4: “Isolation kills more people each year than tobacco related diseases.” - Tim Costello. “80% of people over the age of 45 have a chronic illness.” - Canberra Times, Wed 30th July 2009 Slide 5: “About 25% of people say they are happy, but human resources have tripled since 1956”. - researcher and author Jules Petty Industrial Revolution : Industrial Revolution Building to organise people rather than building FOR people. ZONINGS HAVE GONE TOO FAR Slide 7: As disconnection increased, well-being & happiness decreased. Author and Researcher Jules Petty’s findings suggest: : Author and Researcher Jules Petty’s findings suggest: “Community is breaking down because there is nothing to hold it together.” Slide 10: “ The number of close ‘friends’ has gone sharply down, and millions of people no longer belong to local groups, whereas, if they did,” Petty states, “within a year the mortality rate would drop by 50%”! - Jules Petty Slide 12: housing that is dependent on the car CANBERRA In car reliant societies people even isolate themselves from common areas : CANBERRA In car reliant societies people even isolate themselves from common areas Used for and by? Maintained at what cost? Urban Sprawl : Urban Sprawl In the 3 years before the year 2000, 13,000 sq km of land was used for new homes in cities around Australia. That is equal to a strip of land 2 km wide from Sydney to Melbourne. DENSITY – pre year 2000 : DENSITY – pre year 2000 Inner North Canberra @ 1.2 persons per household – 12 people per hectare Kingston ACT – 126 dwellings per hectare Hearts of old European cities – approx 500 – 600 people per hectare Suburban SPRAWL now around 20 homes/H : Suburban SPRAWL now around 20 homes/H With land for recreation and food production. Same density but using a housing mix that incorporates some multi story building Slide 19: In Australia, WATER is the key element governing the size of a NODE and its amount of surrounding land Slide 20: And when you are 80 years old? Slide 21: The binding power of water Sustainable Abundance : Sustainable Abundance Slide 23: In RUSSIA 70% of all food is grown in small plots by individuals. - Dr Leonid Sharashkin Slide 24: “In the colder parts of US it is said that1/10 of an acre can support 10 people with3 meals a day, without the use of chemicals.” – Jules Petty, Author & Researcher Slide 25: Food from farmers’ markets have: “10 x less fuel cost and offer 10 x more conversation which, in turn, enhances local well-being.” - Jules Petty, Author & Researcher Slide 26: “Being involved with community groups and having strong social networks are as good for health as healthy food and exercise.” - Dept of Public Health, University of Flinders Slide 27: “Joining a community organisation for fun was better for health than giving up smoking” - Berkman and Syme Findings (California) “It’s a toss up statistically whether you should stop smoking or start joining.” - Robert Putman Knowledge & Action : Knowledge & Action “The way we organise our society, the extent to which we encourage interaction among the citizens and the degree we trust and associate with each other in caring communities is probably the most important determinate of our health.” – Jonathan Lomas, Canadian Health Services Research Foundation. Knowledge & Action : Knowledge & Action “Maybe we need to belong rather than have more belongingsand spend time being more, rather than having more.” – Jules Petty, Author & Researcher Slide 30: ‘Sustainable abundance’ = real security, or will we continue to seed social problems?.…. Slide 31: …. Ponder that! Slide 32: By flying in ‘V’ formation a flock adds 70% more flying range than if each bird flew on its own. As each bird flaps its wings, it creates an uplift for the bird immediately following. Geese People who have a common direction can get there faster if they work together. Frogs will not jump out of a water container as it is heated slowly to boiling point because they cannot discern the small increases in temperature. Yet frogs dropped into such mortally dangerous temperatures would jump straight out and survive. : Frogs will not jump out of a water container as it is heated slowly to boiling point because they cannot discern the small increases in temperature. 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Socially Sustainable Urban Development stinakerans Download Post to : URL : Related Presentations : Share Add to Flag Embed Email Send to Blogs and Networks Add to Channel Uploaded from authorPOINT lite Insert YouTube videos in PowerPont slides with aS Desktop Copy embed code: (To copy code, click on the text box) Embed: URL: Thumbnail: WordPress Embed Customize Embed The presentation is successfully added In Your Favorites. Views: 169 Category: Spiritual/ Ins.. License: All Rights Reserved Like it (0) Dislike it (0) Added: February 14, 2010 This Presentation is Public Favorites: 0 Presentation Description No description available. Comments Posting comment... Premium member Presentation Transcript Slide 1: SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES The way we house ourselves affects our health, happiness and many social issues. Slide 2: Knowledge & Action “Social transformationcannot merely be awaited,but can only be brought forthby our creative action.” - ‘For Freedom Destined’– Walter Stein Slide 3: “Every day in Australia there are about 6 suicides and 180 attempts.” - Adam Graycar, Australian Institute of Criminology. Slide 4: “Isolation kills more people each year than tobacco related diseases.” - Tim Costello. “80% of people over the age of 45 have a chronic illness.” - Canberra Times, Wed 30th July 2009 Slide 5: “About 25% of people say they are happy, but human resources have tripled since 1956”. - researcher and author Jules Petty Industrial Revolution : Industrial Revolution Building to organise people rather than building FOR people. ZONINGS HAVE GONE TOO FAR Slide 7: As disconnection increased, well-being & happiness decreased. Author and Researcher Jules Petty’s findings suggest: : Author and Researcher Jules Petty’s findings suggest: “Community is breaking down because there is nothing to hold it together.” Slide 10: “ The number of close ‘friends’ has gone sharply down, and millions of people no longer belong to local groups, whereas, if they did,” Petty states, “within a year the mortality rate would drop by 50%”! - Jules Petty Slide 12: housing that is dependent on the car CANBERRA In car reliant societies people even isolate themselves from common areas : CANBERRA In car reliant societies people even isolate themselves from common areas Used for and by? Maintained at what cost? Urban Sprawl : Urban Sprawl In the 3 years before the year 2000, 13,000 sq km of land was used for new homes in cities around Australia. That is equal to a strip of land 2 km wide from Sydney to Melbourne. DENSITY – pre year 2000 : DENSITY – pre year 2000 Inner North Canberra @ 1.2 persons per household – 12 people per hectare Kingston ACT – 126 dwellings per hectare Hearts of old European cities – approx 500 – 600 people per hectare Suburban SPRAWL now around 20 homes/H : Suburban SPRAWL now around 20 homes/H With land for recreation and food production. Same density but using a housing mix that incorporates some multi story building Slide 19: In Australia, WATER is the key element governing the size of a NODE and its amount of surrounding land Slide 20: And when you are 80 years old? Slide 21: The binding power of water Sustainable Abundance : Sustainable Abundance Slide 23: In RUSSIA 70% of all food is grown in small plots by individuals. - Dr Leonid Sharashkin Slide 24: “In the colder parts of US it is said that1/10 of an acre can support 10 people with3 meals a day, without the use of chemicals.” – Jules Petty, Author & Researcher Slide 25: Food from farmers’ markets have: “10 x less fuel cost and offer 10 x more conversation which, in turn, enhances local well-being.” - Jules Petty, Author & Researcher Slide 26: “Being involved with community groups and having strong social networks are as good for health as healthy food and exercise.” - Dept of Public Health, University of Flinders Slide 27: “Joining a community organisation for fun was better for health than giving up smoking” - Berkman and Syme Findings (California) “It’s a toss up statistically whether you should stop smoking or start joining.” - Robert Putman Knowledge & Action : Knowledge & Action “The way we organise our society, the extent to which we encourage interaction among the citizens and the degree we trust and associate with each other in caring communities is probably the most important determinate of our health.” – Jonathan Lomas, Canadian Health Services Research Foundation. Knowledge & Action : Knowledge & Action “Maybe we need to belong rather than have more belongingsand spend time being more, rather than having more.” – Jules Petty, Author & Researcher Slide 30: ‘Sustainable abundance’ = real security, or will we continue to seed social problems?.…. Slide 31: …. Ponder that! Slide 32: By flying in ‘V’ formation a flock adds 70% more flying range than if each bird flew on its own. As each bird flaps its wings, it creates an uplift for the bird immediately following. Geese People who have a common direction can get there faster if they work together. Frogs will not jump out of a water container as it is heated slowly to boiling point because they cannot discern the small increases in temperature. Yet frogs dropped into such mortally dangerous temperatures would jump straight out and survive. : Frogs will not jump out of a water container as it is heated slowly to boiling point because they cannot discern the small increases in temperature. Yet frogs dropped into such mortally dangerous temperatures would jump straight out and survive. Slide 34: The world is waiting for us to enjoy it! Title Page : THANK YOU Title Page www.integratedecovillages.com Thank you