[permaculture] Announcing! Permaculture Design Certification course in NYC 11 sess ions July 19th-Nov.1st
treefaust at juno.com
treefaust at juno.com
Sun Jun 29 13:04:36 EDT 2008
Hello to Everyone ,
I am offering a fine crafted well tuned Permaculture Design Certification Course with
The Open Center in Manhattan, 11 sessions from July 19th- Nov. 1st.
Join us for this powerful and mature Design certification offering a rich diversity of
guest presenters and field trips. In the heart of NYC you will learn how to create well
functioning and beautiful Permacutlture designs for city, country, temperate,tropical and
semi-arid landscapes.Highly professional with an emphasis on design skill development,the
language for cultural transformation,research abilities and using the Permaculture
principles throughout the design process.Participants will create designs for their own
sites. Bring plot maps to the course, aerials or drawings.
Andrew Faust
The Center For Bioregional Living
For more information;
http://www.opencenter.org/content/view/961/5/
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Permaculture Design Certification in New York City
with Andrew Faust and Guests
Andrew Faust (B.A., Guilford College) has been a certified permaculture designer since
1996 and a certified alternative school teacher since 1993. He homesteaded off the grid
in WV for six years where he created the Center for Bioregional Living
(www.homebiome.com). With 17 years of experience in bioregional education, Andrew is
presently thriving on permaculture design work, teaching, consulting, and gardening in
New York City and the northeastern U.S. with nonprofits, businesses, schools, communities
and homeowners.
Course Description
This course will cover the core 72-hour Permaculture Design curriculum, including 12
additional hours of class time to adapt this course to our region and to contemporary
ecological issues in the United States. You will learn how to apply permaculture
principles to a diversity of settings and issues with an emphasis on urban and temperate
environments.
: Natural Building : Urban Permaculture
: Bioregional Economies
Lectures, extensive and diverse handouts, discussions and field trips will explore:
- evolution of agriculture
- Biodynamics
- bioregional designs
- natural history of Eastern woodlands and designs that cooperate with their regeneration
- passive solar and natural building techniques
- passive integrated water systems
- Living machines and natural wastewater treatment
- energy and nutrient cycling
- watershed health
- the integration of animals into cultivated ecosystems
Other topics include:
- growing organic and biodynamic orchards
- creating organic raised vegetable beds in inner city garden plots with hand tools
- cultivating gourmet mushrooms employing living roofs and rooftop gardens
- indoor and apartment gardening
- sprouted grains and beans
- making tinctures and salves
- making fermented foods
- whole foods and designing rain gardens that will prevent flooding, address sewage
treatment plant overflows and provide clean water Course will conclude with students
doing their own Permaculture site design.
An 11-Session Course
9am-4pm
July 19, August 16, August 23 & 24, August 30 & 31, September 6, September 13, Ocotober
18, October 25, & November 1
Cost: Full Payment: 08SEC36TAI
Members $1180/ Nonmembers $1225
EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION BY JUNE 27:
Members $1080/ Nonmembers $1125
Payment Plan: 08SEC36TBI
Members $1255/ Nonmembers $1300
For a complete syllabus and additional information call Maria Rodriguez at 212-219-2527 x
135 or email mrodriguez at opencenter.org
All classes and field trips are from 9 am - 4 pm.
Some class time will be spent outdoors. Please dress appropriately.
SPACE IS LIMITED! Please register early.
For more information contact Andrew at homebiome.com
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