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Show #101
Host: Marshall Masters
20-March-2009 [1:04:57]

Advanced Community Planning Series #1: Highly Survivable, Low-Tech 2012 Arcosanti Structures — Arcologist Erin Jeffries

Highly Survivable, Low-Tech 2012 Arcosanti Structures Arcologist Erin Jeffries of Arcosanti, Arizona introduces the city's novel approach to constructing dwellings and communities. One so perfectly suited to the needs of a post-2012 world, it forms the cornerstone of the Advanced Community Planning (ACP) Series by Marshall Masters.

Follow-on ACP interviews will feature related survival topics, such as water harvesting, high-yield survival farming and much more.

Located Northwest of Phoenix, Arizona, the city of Arcosanti is the brainchild of Paolo Soleri, a world-renowned Italian architect. Simply put, his arcology approach offers us a proven way to plan and build post-2012 communities to sustain and nurture, successful survival communities. What does Arcosanti look like? In appearance, it is surprisingly similar to Luke Skywalker’s farmhouse on Tatooine.

In Stars Wars IV: A New Hope (1977), the subterranean home of these moisture farmers from the desert planet Tatooine was ideally suited to the planet's harsh and arid climate. Consequently, many wondered if a similar architecture could work here on Earth. Yet, little did they know, it was, and very well at that. When Star Wars debuted in 1977, construction of a real life, Tatooine-like city in a remote Arizonan desert was well underway.

Located in central Arizona, the city of Arcosanti is the brainchild of Paolo Soleri, a world-renowned Italian architect. It is called Arcosanti and like the Tatooine farmhouse, it uses an ecology integrated construction design. For those interested in post-2012 reconstruction, it offers a working and growing model of immediate, practical and doable post-catastrophic reconstruction solutions.

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Of the many virtues of arcology, those most relevant to post-2012 reconstruction include simple construction methods, use of naturally available materials required and minimal ongoing maintenance.

These structures are extremely durable and can offer survivors the comfort and shelter they'll want and need as the planet heals.

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2012 Related Arcosanti Resources

The following books / notebooks are referenced in the interview. For those with an interest in learning more, please visit the online store at the Arcosanti web site.

Reading Order	Book / Notebook	2012 Related Issue
1	The City in the Image of Man (2006)	Read this book before you scout for possible reconstruction sites.
2	Quaderno 11: Genesis	Helpful in creating a vision of what you need to build and where.
3	Architecture As Human Ecology	Insights on how to turn your vision into a workable community design.
4	Quaderno 5: Ecominutiae	Superb insights for desgining warm and functional living spaces.
5	Quaderno 3: Earth Casting	The essential construction techiques you'll use to build homes and other structures.

Advanced Community Planning Series #2: Post-2012 Survival Water Harvesting — Author, Brad Lancaster

This second installment in the Advanced Community Planning Series features water harvesting researcher and author Brad Lancaster. With a singular focus on survival, Brad explains how to find water in cataclysm-induced droughts and then manage scare water resources in a post-2012 catastrophic environment. GO

Advanced Community Planning Series #3: Post-2012 High-Yield Victory Gardens — Author, John Jeavons

In a post-2012 world, food will be as scarce everywhere, just as it is now in many third world countries. Americans can barely imagine what it means to eat mud pies like Haitians do, or to simply wither away like the millions of victims of war and greed in Africa. Yet we say "there for the grace of God go I." GO

Looking Ahead to 2010 and 2012 — Earth Pilgrims Director, Echan Deravy

On Jan 12, 2010 a 7.0 quake struck Haiti, claiming more than 230,000 lives. Is this just another coincidence? Is it a one-time freak event? Will it be the one and only cataclysmic event to happen this year?

According to Echan Deravy, author of the Solar Code and director of the Earth Pilgrims documentary film, the answer to all three questions is "no."

Like several other come to the chase guests, Echan sees 2010 as a turning point year. One in which many of us will come into awareness about the trends, he and other 2012 researchers have been tracking for some time. That life as we know it is on the wane. GO

Surviving 2012 and Planet X

New to the topic? The most popular Planet X video series on the Internet today, Surviving 2012 and Planet X by Marshall Masters it is the best place to start.

A great follow-on to this series is the Planet X Special Report by Marshall Masters.

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