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Wednesday, April 9, 2014

2014 Course Calendar

Ends 221 Calendar (calendar is subject to change as circumstances demand. changes will be posted on blog)

Spring 2014    Sustainability by Design


Jan.
Tuesday
Thursday
    Lab session
Week 1
7   First day of class
Lecture1:
Introduction to the issue
Lecture 2:
Introduction to the issue 2
Introductions
Assignment 1 issued.
Week 2
14
Lecture 3:
Guest Lecture City of Vancouver, Lon LaClaire
16
Lecture 4:
 Gust Lecture: Tamim Raad

Week 3
21
Lecture 5:
Streetcar City 1
23
Lecture 6:
Streetcar city 2

Week 4
28
Lecture 7:
Streetcar city 3. 
30
Lecture 8:
Guest lecture Scot Hein City of Vancouver planning.
Assignment one due.  Assignment two issued.


Feb.
Tuesday
Thursday

Week 5
4
Lecture 9:
Guest lecture David Beers, Solutions based Journalism.
6
 Lecture 10:
 Interconnetd street system. 


11
lecture 11:
Guest Lecture Dale MacClanaghan housing affordability
13
Lecture 12:
Five minute walking distance. 
Assignment two due. Assignment three issued.
Week 7
18 READINGS WEEK

20


Week 8
25
Midterm exam.
27
Lecture 13:
Affordable housing 



Mar.
Tuesday
Thursday

Week 9
4.
Lecture 14:
Brent Toderian Guest lecture.
6
Lecture 15:
Jobs close to home 

Week 10
11
Lecture 16:
Guest lecture: Sustainable new communities. Joyce Drohan
13
Lecture 17:
Guest Lecture. Community Agriculture. Peter Ladner
Assignment three due. Assignment four issued.
Week 11
18
Lecture 18:
Interconnected parks. 
20
 Lecture 19:
Guest lecture. Professor Daniel Roehr, Greenskins Lab.

Week 12
25
Lecture 20
Guest lecture. Bioregional food systems. Kent Mulnix
27
Lecture 21:
Lighter greener infrastructure. 



April.
Tuesday
Thursday

Week 13
1
Lecture 22: Gordon Price Bartholomew plan for Vancouver
 3
Extra lab studio time

Week 14

8  Last day of class. Hanging of assignment four. 

Final exam.