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Carfree Morocco Midieval Pedestrian Cities Presentations
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Jason Meggs
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Apr 21, 2004 15:11 PDT
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Hi all,
We are very fortunate to have Randy Ghent of the World Carfree Network
visiting from the Czech Republic. He is giving his slide show
presentation around the Bay Area over the next two weeks. Additional
venues are being added or confirmed, but the latest list is posted at:
http://www.bclu.org/morocco/
Flyers are being posted there if you wish to print and post. Please do!
Randy will also describe the upcoming Towards Carfree Cities IV conference
(which a number of local activists including myself plan to attend) and
will have the latest Car Busters magazine (an excellent issue!) as well as
other books and resources available.
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION:
"Medieval Urbanism in Morocco: Lessons for the Modern World"
Getting lost in the maze of Morocco's medinas (medieval pedestrian cities)
offers us a rare opportunity to immerse ourselves in the history of urban
form, experiencing the past first-hand in the present. Through this
exercise that awakens all the senses, we temporarily distance ourselves
from contemporary urban design, giving us the perspective to recognise its
many failings. In the process, we learn how a dense, compact urban habitat
can be built without dependence on motorised or mechanised transport,
while providing the necessary preconditions for a rich and vibrant public
life.
Randy Ghent co-founded Car Busters (now World Carfree Network) in 1997 in
Lyon, France, while working as a coordinator of the Towards Car-Free
Cities conference. Since 1997, he has been based in Lyon, Melbourne and
Prague as a full-time staff member of the Car Busters/World Carfree
Network staff. From 1998-2000, he was European Correspondent for Adbusters
magazine. From 1992-1997 he was office manager of the Alliance for a
Paving Moratorium/Fossil Fuels Policy Action Institute in California,
where he served as office manager and editor of the Auto-Free Times.
Enjoy!
Jason Meggs
(510) 486-1528
P.S. Showings are coming up in Berkeley, San Francisco, Palo Alto, and
possibly Marin, with one already having occurred in Oakland.
For more info on the upcoming Towards Carfree Cities IV conference, set
for July 19-24 at Humboldt University in Berlin. (Yes, Germany, not
northern California! :) check out:
http://www.worldcarfree.net/conference/
Thanks!
PLEASE FORWARD.
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