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Urban Gardening & Permaculture with Toby Hemenway

Jan 2007 28
Sun 9:30 AM
Location
General Theological Seminary

175 Ninth Ave.
(20th St.)
New York, NY 10001

Estimated attendance
 17  people attended.
4.00 4.006

Who organized?
Dan Miner

WHAT: Presentation on Urban Gardening and Permaculture

WHO: Toby Hemenway

WHEN: Sunday, January 28, 2007, 9:30 AM to 4 PM
Please arrive between 9:30 and 9:45. Prompt start at 10 am.

WHERE: General Theological Seminary
175 Ninth Avenue, Manhattan, at 20th Street
Directions to Seabury Auditorium will be given on arrival.

SPONSORS: Neighborhood Energy Network - www.neighborhoodenergynetwork.org
Peak Oil NYC - www.oilawareness.meetup.com/36
Hancock Permaculture Center - www.hancockpermaculture.org

COST: free ($15 donation appreciated to help with speaker costs)


Should NYC rely on food shipped from thousands of miles away? Or should we prepare for higher transportation costs by growing more of our food in or near the City? Toby Hemenway, author of ?Gaia?s Garden: A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture,? will describe how permaculture design can be applied to meet much of urban food needs within city limits, while eliminating the use of fertilizer, imported water, and long distance trucking. Learn about ways to make urban gardening easier, and hear how urban gardeners in Los Angeles and Portland are creating ecologically sustainable gathering spaces, using rooftops for gardening and water collection, and turning lawns into gardens.

After obtaining a degree in biology from Tufts University, Toby Hemenway worked as a researcher in genetics and immunology. Toby?s dissatisfaction with the direction taken by biotechnology led to his interest in the ecological design approach to sustainable landscapes, homes, and workplaces known as permaculture. After spending ten years creating a rural permaculture site in southern Oregon, Toby is now developing urban sustainability resources in Portland, Oregon, and teaching at Portland State University. He consults and lectures on ecological design throughout the country. http://www.patternlit...

Acknowledgement: Meeting facilities have been donated by the General Theological Seminary.


Schedule:

Please arrive between 9:30 and 9:45.

Prompt start at 10 am.

9:30 registration

10:00 - 12:30

introductions

presentation by Toby Hemenway

questions

12:30 lunch break

2:00 - 4:00

introductions

presentation by Toby Hemenway

questions

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  • 17 attendees
    • “ Great to hear Toby in person. A more interactive session would be an improvement. Also, more focus on how permaculture can be implemented in NYC -- certainly a good focus to a future event. ”
    • “ Toby Hemenway was very interesting and a likeable individual. As always I felt a little disapointed that it wasn't easily applicable to conditions in NYC. While the information was interesting and valuable I wish I could walk away from these events with some concrete things, or small steps that I could implement in my daily life or living space. ”
    • “ An excellent review of Permaculture ethics and principles. I would have liked more practical info on permaculture in urban environments. ”
    • “ It was an interesting event. I found Toby Hemenway to be an good speaker. It was encouraging to hear about the good work people are doing in Portland to build community. ”
    • eve
    • josh Kalin (+1 guest)
    • Pat (+3 guests)