Some Current Best Presentations and Interviews Online:
TEDx Santa Cruz, March 8, 2014- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYES81Ibj4A

Andrew Millison Featuring Mark Lakeman’s “How to Turn Your Neighborhood Into a Village”, https://video.search.yahoo.com/search/video?fr=mcafee&p=andrew+millison%2C+how+to+turn+your+neighborhood+into+a+village&type=E211US105G0#id=1&vid=db4edafc4e684525b04bdb39f3d86c43&action=click

Kirsten Dirksen Documentary, “How Pocket Hoods Behaving Like Villages Boosts Wellbeing”, https://faircompanies.com/videos/optimist-builds-walkable-villages-in-cities-people-want-them/

Creative Mornings at ZIBA: Mark Lakeman on “Freedom”- http://creativemornings.com/talks/mark-lakeman

“An Upstream Conversation” (Podcast): Mark Lakeman on Grassroots Urban placemaking, July 2020.

https://soundcloud.com/upstreampodcast/mark-lakeman

Curry Stone Design Prize 2017, Podcast: Should Designers Be Outlaws? In this interview Mark Lakeman describes the urban retrofit strategies of City Repair and communitecture. http://currystonedesignprize.com/honorees/city-repair/

“Sense-Making In a Changing World” Online Discussion with Morag Gamble, Podcast Series of Permaculture Education Institute, Australia

City Repair

“Accidental Gods” Podcast Interview with Manda Scott, UK  https://accidentalgods.life/city-repair-planet-repair-human-repair/

“Think Out Loud” Radio Interview regarding R2DToo the Self-Created homeless village, on Oregon Public Broadcasting, Portland, Oregon 2016 http://www.opb.org/radio/programs/thinkoutloud/segment/pps-boundary-changes-cryptomaster-behemoth-designing-right-2-dream-too

Earth Repair Radio: Mark Lakeman on Sea Level Rise and Climate Resilience – https://soundcloud.com/user-193856180/episode-015-mark-lakeman-riding-the-wave-of-sea-level-rise

X-Ray Pod.com, Interview with Mark Lakeman on the history and development of Portland’s premier public square. https://xraypod.com/show/in-search-of-portland/pioneer-courthouse-square-1?fbclid=IwAR2v_wZAxRI1-OoTJSMOK11HyTdKeYogs09qkW8qc2wDOKtEVjrSTZ5Fwv4

VBC15 Mark Lakeman opens for “The Polish Ambassador” at the Crystal Balleroom, June 5 2015 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1q5SqoMVgs

3,2,1…Chicago Repair! Mark Lakeman at Great Lakes Bioneers- https://vimeo.com/53444399

Mark Lakeman at Rocky Mountain Bioneers- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7wTcBuu9Ag

City Repair: Transforming Space Into Place- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVq0exoGySc

Mark Lakeman on Urban Permaculture- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkrWBz44_W0

Cities For Everyone(Audio); Space + Place, An Interview with Mark Lakeman- https://soundcloud.com/cjsw-90-9-fm/space-place-37-social-optimism?in=cjsw-90-9-fm/sets/space-place

Mark Lakeman on Villages By and For Homeless People, and Opportunity Village in Eugene- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCxhvlv7Ikk

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2024 Events:

April 12-13, Clatskanie, Oregon, Public Talks & Design Charrette. 

March 19, Vancouver Island Youth Gathering, Place Making & Inclusion Presentation.

March 15-16, Sarah’s Garden Project, Permaculture Principals Presentation.

March 14, Village Building Convergence 2024, Public Presentation on Natural Building.

March 9, Design Thinkers, Eco-Sustainable Neighborhoods, Public Talk for Urban Designers.

March 5, Off The Grid Podcast, Redefining Urban Spaces.

February 29, Portland, Public Talk for Japanese Delegation.

2023 Events:

November 9, Providence, RI, Public Presentation & Design Charrette for the Potato Palace.

October 14, Victoria, BC, Pacific Rim College, Permaculture Design Course Guest Teacher.

August 31, Nature Conservancy, Public Talk

June 10, Village Building Convergence 2023, Opening Keynote in the streets.

California Speaking Tour

April 26-27, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, 2 Public Presentations.

April 23, Bakersfield, Public Presentation

April 21, Los Angeles EcoVillage, Public Presentation

April 21, Pasadena Community College, Science Classes, Presentations

April 19, Pasadena, Nature Friends Meeting Hall, Public Talk

April 18, Santa Monica College, Earth Day Keynote Speaker

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April 15, Parkrose Youth Initiative, Public Design Presentations and Dialogues.

April 12, Sellwood Moreland Neighborhood Association, Food Forest Presentation.
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