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Scott Kellogg, co-founder of the Rhizome Collective, is available for speaking events and workshops.  Workshops can vary in length and be tailored for specific audiences and interests.  Fees are sliding scale, and can be negotiated.  Send inquiries to:Scott Kellogg - skotty@rhizomecollective.orgBelow is a description of a typical workshop, plus speaker bio.Workshop title:Radical Sustainability for Autonomous Communities: Description:A workshop in urban ecological survival skills:  exploring the cross-section of permaculture and social activism.This workshop’s focus is teaching the design of tools and techniques used to secure people’s access to life’s basic necessities: food, water security, shelter, waste management and energy production.The systems described are simple and affordable and are built from salvaged, waste and recycled materials.  They can be used to create locally based, decentralized sustainable  infrastructure in people’s backyards or neighborhoods.  Emphasis is put on the interrelations between sustainability and class/race/international struggles.Systems to be described include:

  • ·        Soil building and asphalt removal
  • ·        Bioremediation
  •       (cleaning contaminated soils using plants, fungi and biological processes),
  • ·        Urban chickens and microlivestock
  • ·        Rainwater harvesting,
  • ·        Aquaculture  ( ponds, plants, fish and algae )
  • ·        Constructed wetlands for cleaning wastewater,
  • ·        Humanure and worm composting,
  • ·        Passive solar and bicycle windmills,
  • ·        Biogas and veggie oil biofuels,
  • ·        Natural construction methods – strawbale, clay woodchip
  • ·        Restoring brownfields
  • ·        DIY air purification
  • ·        Struggles for land and gentrification
  • ·        Energy decline and city futures

The class includes both hands-on and lecture formats.The techniques described are ones which have been developed over the past seven years at the Rhizome Collective. This workshop emphasizes the interrelatedness of the sustainability and social justice movements.  Emphasis is on urban design in the Global North, but these methods are also applicable in rural areas and the Global South.  Teacher Bio:Scott Kellogg is a co-founder of the Rhizome Collective, and the director of its sustainability program.  He is an experienced teacher, activist and ecological designer.  He lives at the Rhizome Collective, in Austin Texas