Payson graduate students have a unique opportunity to learn about permaculture and earn a permaculture design certificate for academic credit. A one-credit special topic will be offered in the Spring that will provide students with academic and practical training in permaculture design, which is an integrated application of engineering, architecture, and organic growing to produce food in complex, waste-fueled systems. You can read more about permaculture at: http://www.permaculture.org.au/. Payson Professor Charles Reith, PDC, offers the course at the ArtEgg Farm in Central City, a permaculture site that demonstrates how distressed urban environments may be ecologically restored and converted to food production. The course meets Thursday evenings and is best (but not necessarily) taken as a practicum in accompaniment with Dr. Reith’s graduate course in Environment and Development, which meets Monday Nights. The permaculture course will involve outdoor activities, including the design and building of waste-fueled growing systems, and will offer several weekend field trips. For more information, you can contact Professor Reith at 504.481.7344 or creith@tulane.edu. Sheila Favalora has enrollment details.
