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Permaculture Design Certification
in New York City
with Andrew Faust and Guests
11 Sessions - March to June 2010
Presented by The Center for Bioregional Living and Andrew Faust
This course will cover the core 72 hour Permaculture Design curriculum, including additional hours of in class and out of class activities 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.
This Permaculture design course provides a positive and empowering vision for social and ecological transformation.
Come be inspired by the possibilities of today and not by the fear of tomorrow!
Permaculture
- is an ecological design science that provides insights and practical techniques for living a fruitful and abundant life.
- is addressing the major issues of our day from a whole systems perspective.
- is a worldwide movement that is helping to regenerate local ecologies and economies.
- is a solution oriented ecological approach to retrofitting our societies.
This course is perfect for a diversity of individuals who wish to use Permaculture in Urban environments as well as a diversity of other environments.
Lectures, extensive and diverse handouts, field trips and hands-on activities will explore:
Methods for regenerating local economies and regional self reliance, the economics of globalization, providing individuals with practical tools
for creating positive social change, inner-city gardening techniques, indoor and apartment gardening, making fermented foods, whole foods, Living Machines and natural wastewater treatment, biogas generators, ecological niche market and value added business ideas, passive integrated water systems, rain gardens that alleviate flooding while addressing sewage treatment plant overflows and clean water, living roofs, rooftop gardens and regional energy systems.
Other topics include:
The evolution of agriculture, Biodynamics, natural history of Eastern woodlands, passive solar and natural building techniques, Biodynamic orchards, fruit and berry production, watershed health, the integration of animals into cultivated ecosystems, indoor mushroom cultivation and solar oven and portable rocket stove construction.
To receive a certificate students must attend all 11 classes and present a final Permaculture site design.
Students will be given the option to present their final design individually which is a different approach than most PDCs. In our experience, and from what our growing number of students say, this contributes to a more practical, professional and intellectually stimulating learning experience. As a result a number of our students final presentations have gone from paper (or Powerpoint Presentations) to actualized, real-world designs.
View Syllabus
Dates:
March 27, 28
April 24, 25
May 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, 30
June 5
All classes are on either Saturday or Sunday from 9am to 5pm and will be held at:
Sixth Street Community Center
Lower East Side Manhattan
638 E. 6th Street between Ave B and C
Andrew Faust is one of the premier Permaculture teachers and designers in North America with
17 years of Permaculture experience, 10 years as a certified alternative school teacher (Upattinas-Glenmoore, PA)
and 8 years living off-the–grid in rural West Virginia. Living in Brooklyn since August 2007 he has been applying his knowledge
to urban needs and working on the development of The Center for Bioregional Living in Ellenville, NY, a pilot campus
for his New York City students and clients. Andrew has taught the PDC course over 13 times at Yestermorrow Design/Build school
in Warren,VT. This will be his fourth PDC course in New York City.
Guest speakers will include:
Keith Morris is an organic farmer, builder, and environmental educator. For the past five years, he has
been designing and establishing an edible forest garden and ecological homestead in Johnson, Vermont along the
Lamoille River. Prospect Rock Permaculture combines reforestation, wildlife refuge, and ecological restoration with
food production and community building, while educating about and experimenting with sustainable techniques and
ways of building.
Lisa DePiano is a certified Permaculture designer and co-founder of the Montview Neighborhood Farm, a human-powered farm
and edible forest garden in the Connecticut River Valley. She has a Master's degree in Regional Planning from the University of
Massachusetts and likes to ride with the worker owned Pedal People in Northampton, MA.
Rafter Sass of Liberation Ecology has facilitated workshops on social project design, Permaculture design, the economics of globalization, mycology,
and wild foods and medicines. In his own words, "I do this work because I want to be in conversation with people who are hungry
for change, and the tools for making it."
Bill Young of Young Environmental LLC is a recognized leader in the environmental field with more than 25 years of experience as a project manager, designer, and wetland specialist. His expertise includes habitat restoration on disturbed lands, wetlands monitoring and construction, botanical inventory, wildlife assessment, streambank restoration; and erosion and sediment control.
Lars Chellberg of CENYC and Water Resources Group builds and maintains low cost Rain Water Harvesting systems across the five boroughs and leads educational workshops on sustainable water practices. He will be leading a tour of one of the systems he designed for a community garden in the Lower East Side.
Paula Hewitt Amram is the founder of Open Road Park and will be talking to us about the transformation of a former bus depot/brownfield into the thriving community garden it is today.
Adriana Magaña a certified Permaculture Designer and Horticulturist will be leading the hands-on workshops. She is working with Andrew Faust to create The Center for Bioregional Living upstate on their 14 acres of property in Ellenville, NY. Visit her blog at Evidence of Action.
Together this teaching team brings a wealth of wisdom and a diversity of experience ranging from city to country, from forests
to deserts and beyond. Come and learn from the premier practitioners of ecological design in the Northeast and be a part of the
growing community of cutting edge designers and community leaders!
Before March 1st $1000
After March 1st $1200
$100 paid in advance to reserve your spot
Register early for discount!
For more information or to register email andrew@homebiome.com
The Center for Bioiregional Living
Ellenville / Brookyn, NY
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