2012–13 LECTURES

EMMANUEL PRATT
Sweet Water Foundation /
Chicago State University

6:00pm Tues, Feb 7, 2012
Claudia Cassidy Theater
Chicago Cultural Center
77 East Randolph Street

Urban Agriculture, Aquaponics,
and the Post-Industrial City:
Re-framing the discourse of urban decline through the interface of asset-based community development, social economics, applied science, and project-based experiential learning.

Emmanuel's presentation will offer a visual journey through his experiences in urban agriculture and aquaponics. He will highlight the complex, subtle, and transformative possibilities of 'networks' in this emerging fourth wave of American urbanization. Emmanuel examines urban agriculture and aquaponics as tools offering a variety of strategies for bolstering local economies while enhancing the critical connections needed to advance pathways towards new 21st century neighborhoods.

Please RSVP Online
$5 suggested donation at the door.

Emmanuel Pratt is Director of the new Aquaponics Center at Chicago State University, and Executive Director of the Milwaukee-based Sweet Water Foundation, which develops intergenerational and interdisciplinary educational programming for sustainability. Sweet Water's project-based learning process in Milwaukee and Chicago stresses the historical, technological, artistic, and cultural components of urban agriculture and aquaculture.

Emmanuel earned his BArch from Cornell University, his MSAUD from Columbia University in New York, and is presently a PhD candidate in Urban Planning at Columbia.

Emmanuel's talk is part of our
Sustainable Food + Design Lecture Series.