RUST – The Regenerative Urban Sustainability Training –
an intensive weekend workshop of skills for building ecologically
resilient communities in today’s cities.
In this class, Scott Kellogg, Lisa DePiano and other sustainability experts give attendees a “toolbox” of techniques and knowledge usable by anyone wanting to create sustainable systems in their own communities. Through a combination of group hands-on activities and lectures, participants will learn how to build infrastructure for self-reliance that is simple, affordable, and replicable. These systems can be applied in either urban or rural environments.
Typical topics & hands-on demonstrations
- Aquaponics: fish &plant integration
- Microlivestock: chickens and rabbits
- Waste to soil: composting food wastes with worms and microbes
- Rainwater harvesting, greywater filtration, and urban hydrology
- Low-intensity bioremediation: cleaning contaminated soils using plants, fungi and bacteria for brownfield restoration
- Edible mushroom cultivation
- Beekeeping and silkworms
- Microgreens production, raised bed gardening, and perennial food systems
- Bioshelters, greenhouses, and season extension techniques
- Kitchen culture: apartment-scale sustainability
- Reconciliation ecology: promoting biodiversity in the city
- Vertical and rooftop farming
- Autonomous energy: veggie oil vehicles, methane digesters, and bicycle electric generators
- Ecological micro-economies