To: permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>, permaculture-exchange@topica.com
Subject: [permaculture] NYC PDC
Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2007 12:33:40 -0400
This course will begin at and is administrated by the Open Center - a
23 year-old space that supports alternative healing techniques. Bill
Mollison taught their first workshop in the 1980's in a garage,
before they secured their current building. If anyone has any
knowledge of that event, please contact me. Walter, the executive
director, would like to have the flyer: it is probably sheet mulch in
some garden, is my guess. There will be many additional guest
teachers on this one! Call me if you are a permaculture practitioner
in the area or if you are an experienced teacher passing through NYC
on any of the class dates. (718) 369-1139 - Claudia
IN NYC
Begins July 21, 2007
Certificate in Permaculture Design
Offered in Association with
Tri-State Food Not Lawns
Lead Teacher: Claudia Joseph
Permaculture is a design system to create sustainable, abundant and
efficient human habitats by integrating insights from ecology,
organic gardening, indigenous farming practices, architecture,
agroforestry and economics. It involves attention to factors such as
wind, water and sun exposure, with extensive use of composting,
mulching and integrated pest management, reducing the need for
chemicals and fuel, supporting local farmers while lowering carbon
emissions.
Originated in the 1970s, permaculture has been applied successfully
to temperate, tropical, desert and cold climates. It is a global
grassroots movement to build a sustainable world culture, based on
ecological science, cooperation and respect, responding to global
climate change and bringing individuals—including city dwellers—into
closer connection with nature.
Urban/Suburban Permaculture: An area of focus in this intensive
course is application of permaculture principles to urban and
suburban areas—turning available open space, backyards, patios and
rooftops into productive gardens requiring little watering and no
pesticides or fertilizers, while maximizing energy efficiency,
conserving water and building community by supporting neighborhood
gardens, local farmers’ markets and food co-ops. Co-housing, green
building and the use of consensus planning in community projects also
are addressed.
The curriculum includes examination of:
• history, ethics and principles of permaculture;
• human relationship to climate, energy & food;
• conservation techniques: long-term approaches to soils, water
systems and waste;
• systems and site analysis: traditional and modern ways to look at
land;
• housing and community: shelter, household and ownership issues;
• health and wellness: finding balance as individuals;
• rethinking economics in light of real impacts of how we live and
consume;
• and much more.
The course involves site visits to a community gardens and parks to
see permacultural projects in action, group projects, presentations
and reviews of work. This is an opportunity to become a certified
practitioner of this exciting, inspiring approach to authentic “green
living.”
Structure: Themes of permaculture theory and practice, with hands-on
application, are explored in nine full-day sessions, for a total of
72 hours, meeting on Saturdays from 9am–7pm.
A NINE-SESSION COURSE
Saturdays, 9am–7pm:
July 21, August 18, September 8, September 15, September 29,
October 13, October 20, October 27, November 3
July 21 - Open Center, Manhattan
August 18 - Open Center, Manhattan
September 8 - 6th St. Community Center and El Jardin del Paraiso,
Manhattan
September 15 - Open Center, Manhattan
September 29 - The Old Stone House and Garden of Union, Brooklyn
October 13 - Open Center, Manhattan
October 20 - The Old Stone House and MS 51, Brooklyn
October 27 -The Old Stone House, Brooklyn
November 3 - The Old Stone House, Brooklyn
Full Payment: 07S36TAI
Members $1,080 / Nonmembers $1,125
Also available: Payment Plan: 07S36TBI - Please call 212.219.2527
extension 2 to register for the payment plan.
Members $1,155 / Nonmembers $1,200
Please call for location.
For more information about this certificate program, please call
Maria Rodriguez, Open Center Manager of Academic and Professional
Programs, at 212.219.2527 ext. 135.
Claudia Joseph, holder of two permaculture design certificates and a
diploma of permaculture, formerly with the horticulture department of
Merritt College in Oakland, CA, is now a NYC-based environmental
educator and permaculture consultant. Currently the lead designer for
projects at the Old Stone House and MS 51 Partnership Gardens and
designing a garden at Inwood Hill Nature Center based on Native
American healing traditions, Claudia has taught at the Brooklyn
Botanic Garden, manages her own edible and organic landscaping
business, and is President of the Garden of Union, a unique communal
garden in Park Slope, Brooklyn, with links to the Park Slope Food Coop.