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April 2017
Car Free NYC: Earth Day Parkway Permablitz
Garment District Plaza: 37th to 36th streets Permaculture Parkway, Josh Sarantitis Permablitz Greening the Streets: This Earth Day, Parkways will activate and beautify New York City’s hardscapes for the public good with a participatory planting of a pop-up parklet on Broadway. Participants will learn techniques for growing food and other multi-purpose plants in urban areas, using raised beds, including materials selection, proper planting techniques, spacing, watering and natural fertilizers. Learn how to set up self-irrigating beds by using ollas, a…
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Social Permaculture at Sterling College
Faculty: Pandora Thomas & Lisa DePiano This five-day Social Permaculture intensive uses permaculture ethics, principles, and design language both as a lens to critically explore problems and a creative tool to generate resilient solutions. During our time together, we will find and articulate the connections between social, ecological, and economic problems. By exploring case studies of grassroots organizing, the cooperative movement, the solidarity economy, and participatory budgeting, we will move beyond problem identification to solutions-oriented planning and action. We will…
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Womens Permaculture Teachers Training with Pandora Thomas and Starhawk
Permaculture Teacher Training: now accepting applicants October 5th - 8th, 2018 Bay Area, CA Please join Pandora Thomas, Lisa DePiano, and Starhawk for an exceptional mentoring opportunity in permaculture instruction. Topics will include: How to use permaculture principles and ethics in our teaching, life planning and leadership Teaching techniques for different learning styles, audiences, and venues How to work effectively as a teaching team Best practices in planning, marketing, and evaluating courses A comprehensive manual of resources and teaching materials…
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