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Claudia Joseph
375 2nd Street
Brooklyn, NY 11215
(718) 369-1139
www.permaculture-exchange.org
Claudia Joseph is an independent environmental educator,
artist and permaculture consultant.
Degrees, certificates diplomas:
2001 Diploma of Permaculture, Design & Education
Permaculture Institute, U.S.A.
1998 Permaculture Design Certificate, Institute for Ecological Agriculture
1996 Permaculture Design Certificate, Occidental Arts and Ecology
1979 BA Visual Communications, The American University
Employment
2011
Environmental Education director, The Old Stone House
Park Slope, Brooklyn
Lead Instructor
NYPE Urban Permaculture Accelerated Training
and NYPE Design Certificate course
New York Botanic Gardens
Instructor, Adult Education, Garden Fundamentals
Seeding the City: Immigrant Artist event
2010
Urban Permaculture Certificate, course teacher
New York Permaculture Exchange
The Old Stone House, Environmental Educator
2007, 2009
Permaculture Design Certificate, course teacher
The New York Open Center
2004-present
The Old Stone House at Washington Park
Environmental educator for public programs
Design & care of history and habitat gardens
2007
Inwood Nature Center
Native Garden, design and installation
2003 – present
Coordinator, compost system
Park Slope Food Coop @ Garden of Union
14 ton system run year-round
Permaculture trainings and classes in NYC 2007 – present
New York Botanical Garden
Brooklyn Botanic Garden, GreenBridge programs
Old Stone House
Inwood Nature Center
GrowTogether for GreenThumb
Just Foods/ Training Trainers program
Solar One
El Jardin del Paraiso
Wyckoff House Historical Farm
Phoenix Garden – Green Guerillas
Park Slope Food Coop
Garden of Union
Warren-St. Marks Garden
PS 91 Teacher training for GreenThumb
UFT Teacher Training
Master Composter Tours 2005-2009
Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Queens Botanical Gardens
Lower East Side Ecology Center
Staten Island Compost Project
East New York Farms
2005
Parks & Recreation Department Seminar, Drought Management Protocol
2004
GreenThumb GrowTogether: keynote speaker
2001
Instructor
Merrit College
Oakland, California
Permaculture course, horticulture department
December 2000
Soil Seminar, Lakeside Garden Club
1999 – 2001
East Bay Conservation Corps – Permaculture field trainings
1998 – 2001
Oakland Parks & Recreation Department Botanical Demonstration Gardens: Permaculture Demonstration Site
1997 – 2001
Plant Now!
Edible Landscaping
Garden design and consulting
1997 – 2001
Permaculture Trainings
Ecology Action, Palo Alto, CA
Magic Gardens, Berkeley, CA
The Ecology Center, Berkeley, CA
Oakland Community Center, Oakland, CA
Lakeside Gardens, Oakland, CA
1997 – 1998
The Ecology Center
Terrain Magazine
Manager, promotions and distribution
1993 – 1996
Farm Manager
Oak Glenn Farm
Green Valley, CA
Volunteer Activities NYC
2001 – present
Garden of Union – President of the board of directors 2004-present
GOU member since 2001
School and Compost tours coordinator
Saturday Morning Gardening Program – 26 Saturdays, 2005
Middle School 51, garden services 2006-present
Consultant: PS 289
Consultant PS 321
Previous Experience, Washington D.C.
1989
New Art Examiner
Advertising manager
1981 – 1988
District Creative Space
Programming director
Promotional management
1980 – 1983
District Curators, Inc.
Arts presentation support