[Cob] Village Building Convergence-City Repair-May 25-June 3

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Roots of
Regeneration: City Repair’s 12th Annual Village Building Convergence
promises 10 days of place-making festivities, hand-on education, creative
community revitalization, and crowd-sourced activism.

 

 

 

Portland, OR-- The Village Building Convergence (VBC), City
Repair’s largest annual project, is now in its twelfth season.  Each year the convergence is made possible through
tremendous volunteer efforts and diverse partnerships that bring together
Portland neighborhoods, schools, government agencies, businesses, organizations
and individuals.  The project
fosters creativity and community collaboration by revitalizing, retrofitting,
and reinvigorating neighborhoods. 
The VBC demonstrates the power of a grassroots movement as
communities come together to work, play, dream and design.  This year’s Village Building
Convergence will take place May 25 through June 3—with ten days of scheduled
neighborhood activities that cooperatively build public places and eco-oriented
projects.  Participants can take
part in hands-on education in permaculture design and construction, ecological
building, and public art.  All are welcome! 


 

City Repair’s 10-day tour de force will create artistically
redesigned public gathering places and intersections, spectacular earthen
building structures, and delectable urban gardening projects.  Each project invites community
participation and inspires imagination. 
Whether it is getting hands and feet muddy in building a cob kiosk or
sitting side-by-side engaging with thoughtful nightly presentations, the
Convergence is a successful statement of common visions for a lively urban
community.  Evening activities
include presentations by professionals and leaders—featuring
Ianto Evans (founder of modern natural building in the United States,
consultant to USAID, World Bank, and US Peace Corps); Starhawk (global author
and activist); and Mark Lakeman (Portland native and founder of City Repair and
Communitecture).

 

Detailed site locations and daytime event information will
be released approximately one week prior to the event in The Builder—available online and at various, select locations.  For more information or to get
involved, please visit http://vbc.cityrepair.org
or contact VBC organizers at vbc at cityrepair.org
or 503-235-8946.



Come one, come all!










For additional information, please follow the below links:


City Repair’s VBC website:  http://vbc.cityrepair.org/

Map of VBC project location sites:  http://vbc.cityrepair.org/sites