Resume
Claudia E. Joseph
Director, New York Permaculture Exchange
permaculturexchange@gmail.com
Degrees, certificates and diplomas:
2018 Climate Change certificate, Cornell Civic Ecology
2016 Diploma in Education, Permaculture Institute of North America
2016 Diploma in Site Design, Permaculture Institute of North America
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
Contributing Author
2022 The City Is An Ecosystem: Sustainable Education, Policy, and Practice
Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
May, 2018 Article: Permaculture Design Magazine
History Meets Ecology at The Old Stone House
Community Service
2019 – present
Organizer, Rondout Valley Permaculture meetup
2022 – present
Rosendale Recreation Commission
2025 – present
Recycling Oversight Committee, Ulster County
2024 – present
Member, Rosendale Community Garden
2023, 2024, 2026
Member, Garden Tour Committee
Friends of the Rosendale Library
Festivals & Educational Celebrations
2004 – 2018
Seed Celebration! Old Stone House of Brooklyn
2010 – 2018
Permaculture Festival NYC
2007 – 2012
Compostarama: Pumpkin Smash event
Employment History
2001 – Present
New York Permaculture Exchange (NYPE)
Director, Permaculture Education & Consulting
2004 – November 2018
Director of Environmental Education, The Old Stone House, Park Slope, Brooklyn: Design, installation and care of gardens, with youth and adult students and volunteers. Creation and execution of workshops, classes, trainings, tours and events.
Permaculture Instructor
2019 – present
Rondout Valley Permaculture meetup/various topics and field studies
NYPE Accelerated Permaculture Trainings (42 hours):
Various locations: Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture, Riverside Church, the Old Stone House
2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2018
NYPE Permaculture Design Consultant’s certificate (84 hours) The New York Open Center & The Old Stone House
2007, 2009, 2010, 2016
Horticulture Instructor
2011 – 2019
New York Botanical Garden
NYBG Organic Gardening Techniques, 2014, 2015, 2016
NYBG Compost: the Key to Organic Farming, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
NYBG Fundamentals of Gardening, 2011
2005 – 2018
Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Kid-Friendly Permaculture, Perennial Edibles, Edible Native Plants, Permaculture Gardening, Compost
NYC Department of Parks & Recreation
2017 Horticulture education, Queens, Corona Park
2005 Seminar, Drought Management Protocols
2001Merritt College, Oakland, California
Workshops
S.W.A.L.E. permaculture barge
U.N. Headquarters Food Garden
Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture
Sustainable Jersey City
Long Island University, Philosophy, Art & Ecology
MS 88, after-school Science
Imani Garden
Grow NYC, Weed Walk
Grow NYC, School Garden Design professional development
Urban Agriculture Panel Discussion @ NYU presented by Stokes-Phelps
Brooklyn Food Coalition, presenter
Seeding the City: Immigrant Artist Environmental Expo
Design Trust for Public Land, 5 Borough Farm design session
Inwood Nature Center
Just Food/Farm School
Northeast Permaculture Convergences 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013
Beth Eloheim, afterschool gardening 2010
Al Medina School, classes 2010
MS 51, after school gardening
NY Trainings 2005 –2010
Brooklyn Botanic Garden GreenBridge programs, Inwood Nature Center, GreenThumb GrowTogether, 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, PS 321, MS 51, Garrison Institute,Partnerships: Open Source Art Studio, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Park Slope Food Coop, Gowanus Canal Conservancy, MS 51, High School for International Service, Berkley Carroll School, Mormon Fellowship of Brooklyn, Columbia University, Park Slope Civic Council
NY Consulting
U.N. Headquarters Food Garden
Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture
Magic Forest Farm, Albany, NY
Known Wastelands, community garden
596 Acres – social structures for community gardens
Brownstone Brooklyn – private residences
Inwood Nature Center, Native gardens
PS 289
PS 321 Professional Development Teacher training
Green Thumb, featured speaker 2003
Just Food, Training Trainers
United Federation of Teachers, 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
Early Volunteer Positions
2003 – 2018
Compost system manager
Park Slope Food Coop at the Gardens of Union (14 ton system)
School and Master Composter tours coordinator
2003 – 2015
President of the Board of Directors of the Gardens of Union
2016 Treasurer, Gardens of Union
2005 Saturday Morning Gardening Program – 26 Saturdays
Organizer
Brooklyn Farmers and Gardeners meetup
Park Slope Permaculture Guild
2004
GreenThumb GrowTogether: featured speaker
1998 – 2001
Oakland Parks & Recreation Department Botanical Demonstration Gardens: Permaculture Demonstration Site
Prior Experience
2001
Convener: 1st East Bay Convergence, Oakland, CA
1999 – 2001
East Bay Conservation Corps – Permaculture field trainings
1997 – 2001 self employed
Plant Now! Edible Landscaping design and consulting
1997 – 2001 Trainings & Workshops
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
Ecology Center, Berkeley, CA
Terrain Magazine, Manager, promotion and distribution
secured grants and advertising
Introduction to Permaculture classes
1996-1997
Professional Garden Installation and Care, assistant
Edible and Organic Landscaping Co., Trisha Foley
1993 – 1996
Farm Manager
Oak Glenn Farm, Green Valley, CA
1990 – 1992
Equestrian Training and Competition VA/CA
Previous Experience, Washington D.C.
1989
New Art Examiner, Advertising manager
1981 – 1987
District Creative Space
Programming & publicity director for film, poetry, music & performing arts.
1980 – 1983
District Curators, Inc. (non-profit)
Arts presentation assistant for Music and Dance
1961- 1991
Longacre Farm
Equestrian Training, Breeding and Competition
Stall mucking & manure management