One of the world's sustainable building pioneers, Pooran Desai, is visiting Australia to promote sustainable development program One Planet Living.
Desai is the co-founder of BioRegional, the social enterprise behind the creation of Britain's best-known sustainable community, Beddington Zero Energy Development (BedZED).
BedZED is a mixed-use sustainable community, comprising 100 homes, community facilities and work spaces for 100 people. It is a carbon-neutral community, using only energy from renewable sources generated on site.
Lessons from the design, construction and monitoring of BedZED led to the concept of One Planet Living, BioRegional's approach to community development. The approach is guided by 10 principles including zero carbon, zero waste, sustainable transport, local and sustainable food, and health and happiness.
One Planet Living is vision of a sustainable world, in which people everywhere can enjoy a high quality of life within the productive capacity of the planet.
While visiting Australia in November, Desai will lead a number of free lectures and paid-for training courses on One Planet Living. Click here for details.
He will also address attendees at the BPN Sustainability Awards dinner on November 8.
