Message-ID: <199807161656_MC2-5355-E6C5@compuserve.com> Date: Thu, 16 Jul 1998 16:55:50 -0400 From: martin charter <mailto:101336.3560@COMPUSERVE.COM> Subject: Industrial ecology To: mailto:DEVEL-L@AMERICAN.EDU
Dear colleagues--The Centre for Sustainable Design (www.cfsd.org.uk) are organising an ad hoc afternoon workshop at 2.30 on July 22nd 1998 on 'Systems Design and Industrial Ecology' with Professor George Chang of the Zero Emissions Research Initiative (ZERI) from UN University from Tokyo, Japan. Professor Chan is an expert praactioner of industrial ecology, having developed and established projects in Fiji, Africa and China using the concept of Integrated Biological Systems (IBS). Examples will be given of the application of concept to breweries e.g. using the organic waste from breweries as food for fish in adjacent fish farms, and the excess carbon dioxide from the brewery being used to grow fruit and vegetables in adjacent greenhouses. IBS is a model process for ecological sustainability, particularly in view of the potential for increasing food production yields in the South. The event is free but please advise asap, if you would like to attend.Cheers--->Martin Charter