permaculture

[Jerome Rigot <rigot.3@osu.edu>]

> Date: Wed, 08 Jun 2005 07:48:31 -0400
> From: Shirley Holmes <holmes.5@osu.edu>
> Subject: New Course anouncement
>
> New course announcement on Ecological Landscape Design being offered this 
> summer quarter.  The course will be offered in Wooster and will be 
> video-linked to Columbus. Please contact Dr. Grewal grewal.4@osu.edu if 
> you have questions.
>
> Ecological Landscape Design
> Urban Landscape Ecology Program
> Entomology/Architecture/Horticulture 694 (4 credits)
>
>
> Summer Quarter 2005
>
>
>
> Instructors:  Dr. Parwinder Grewal, Entomology, CBS/FAES, Wooster
>                              Ph (330) 263-3963; E-mail: 
> <mailto:grewal.4@osu.edu>grewal.4@osu.edu
>                    Dr. John Cardina, Horticulture and Crop Science, FAES, 
> Wooster
>                    Dr. Deborah Georg, Knowlton School of Architecture, 
> COE, Columbus
>
> Time:           Tuesday and Thursday 11:00-12:00 Lecture and 1:30-4:00 
> Laboratory
>
> Location:     OARDC, Wooster, Video linked to Columbus
>
> Description:  People, their activities, and institutions are altering the 
> structure and function of the planet's ecosystems in profound and often 
> unexpected ways.  This influence extends from the boundaries of ecosystems 
> to include planetary biogeochemical and climatic processes.  Since more 
> people live in cities than in rural areas and cities are some of the most 
> profoundly altered ecosystems on the planet there is an urgent need for 
> models of sustainability in urban ecosystems to halt the trend.  The Urban 
> Landscape Ecology Program (ULEP) at the Ohio State University believes 
> that a well-designed urban landscape can serve as a solution to the issues 
> facing the urbanized environment including urban sprawl, the heat island 
> effect, storm water run-off, nutrient loading of streams, fertilizer and 
> pesticide overuse, waste generation, global warming, and threats to 
> wildlife.  Therefore, this first interdisciplinary course offered by the 
> ULEP team will focus on the theory and practice of designing an ecological 
> urban landscape.  As opportunities abound for student participation in 
> ecological landscape design activities on college campuses which serve as 
> focal points for learning, this course will concentrate on the planning, 
> regional and local inventory, and design of an ecological streetscape at 
> the College of Wooster in Wooster, Ohio as a case study.  Students will 
> gain insights and hands-on experience in methods of planning, goal 
> establishment, site inventory and data analysis, and concepts of urban 
> landscape design.  Students will also learn about the reconstruction of 
> native ecosystems (prairies, woodlands, wetlands), establishment of rain 
> gardens, pollination gardens, theme gardens, song bird habitats, 
> landscapes associated with specific buildings and edible landscapes, waste 
> recycling, storm water utilization and management, renewable energy 
> sources, and vegetated roof systems.  The class will conclude with 
> students completing a conceptual ecological streetscape design for the 
> target site.
>
> Prerequisites:  At least 12 credit hours of life sciences, horticulture or 
> architecture.
>
> Shirley Holmes
> Department of Entomology
> Ohio Agricultural Research & Development Center/
>     The Ohio State University
> 1680 Madison Avenue
> Wooster, OH 44691
> Phone:   (330) 263-3725
> Fax:         (330) 263-3686
> E-mail:    holmes.5@osu.edu