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  • From: "treefaust@juno.com" <treefaust@juno.com>
  • To: permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org
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  • Subject: Re: [permaculture] permaculture education standards
  • Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2008 16:47:28 GMT

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@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@homebiome.com



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