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Claudia Joseph
375 2nd Street
Brooklyn, NY  11215
(718) 369-1139

permie@earthlink.net

www.permaculture-exchange.org

Claudia Joseph is an independent environmental educator, landscape designer 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, American University

Employment

2010
Urban Permaculture Certificate Course
The Old Stone House

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

Permaculture trainings and classes in NYC

Solar One

Brooklyn Botanic Garden, GreenBridge programs

Old Stone House

Inwood Nature Center

GrowTogether for GreenThumb

Just Foods/ Training Trainers program

El Jardin del Paraiso

Wyckoff House Historical Farm

Phoenix Garden – Green Guerillas

Park Slope Food Coop

PS 91 Teacher training for GreenThumb

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 training

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

GOU member

School and Compost tours coordinator

Saturday Morning Gardening Program – 26 Saturdays

Middle School 51, garden services

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