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Sustainability by Design brings four internationally recognized Native American and Indigenous leaders in the built environment to the University of Arizona to share perspectives on sustainability that position community well-being, environmental stewardship, and responsibility to future generations as equal and interdependent foundations of sustainable practice.
Grounded in relational worldviews, the symposium will demonstrate how each practitioner has developed distinct Indigenous planning and design frameworks that integrate culturally informed, place-based knowledge with research to generate innovative responses to the environmental and social challenges facing communities today.
Connecting People, Culture, and Nature
Monday, April 6 | 10-11 AM
College of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture | Sundt Gallery
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Join Athena Steen, who, together with her husband Bill Steen, founded The Canelo Project in 1989. The Canelo Project is a family-based community and applied educational center that provides hands-on learning experiences in living, growing food, and building in ways that cultivate friendship, beauty, and simplicity. This talk will explore how integrated living systems can foster deeper partnerships with nature, culture, and one another.
Building with Natural Materials Workshop
Monday, April 6 | 11 AM–Noon
CAPLA Materials Workshop | Limited to 40 participants
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Join Athena Steen for a hands-on workshop exploring the properties and uses of clay. Participants will learn how to harvest raw materials and blend them to create a range of media for forming useful objects and producing non-toxic paints. The workshop will conclude with a pizza lunch for participants.
Sustainability by Design – Evening Symposium
Monday, April 6 | 5–7:30 PM
Center for Creative Photography (CCP) & Zoom | Limited to 200 in-person participants
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Join Johnpaul Jones, Ted Jojola, and Wanda Dalla Costa for an evening symposium exploring Indigenous perspectives on sustainability in the built environment. Through presentations of their work, each speaker will illustrate how Indigenous planning and design frameworks draw upon traditional knowledge of building and living in relationship with the natural world while informing contemporary practice.