Andrew Faust and The Center for Bioregional Living

Home economies and cottage industries; organic, Biodynamic, and biointensive gardening techniques; making herbal remedies and home brews; city and country Permaculture Solutions; land trusts; and converting wastes into resources.

To register for both Perculture 1 and Permaculture 2 at the same time and receive a special discount call 212-219-2527 x 2.

A ONE-DAY WORKSHOP
Saturday, May 5, 10am–5:30pm
12WEC35S
$115 (No Member Discount)

Andrew Faust
Andrew Faust is one of the premier Permaculture teachers and designers in North America with nearly two decades of experience in the field. His passionate and visionary presentations and curriculum are often considered life-changing. Andrew lived off the grid for 8 years and built a Permaculture -inspired homestead. He is currently developing The Center for Bioregional Living in Ellenville, NY.

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Other Classes Taught By This Teacher:

Certificate in Permaculture Design

Permaculture in the City: Permaculture Workshop 1

Andrew Faust and The Center for Bioregional Living

Rain gardens, green roofs and urban agriculture, apartment and rooftop gardening;and eating and making ferments like kefir and sourdough. We will also cover Living Machines, Biogas and wetland water treatment systems.

To register for both Perculture 1 and Permaculture 2 at the same time and receive a special discount call 212-219-2527 x 2.

A ONE-DAY WORKSHOP
Sunday, April 29, 10am–5:30pm
12WEC18S
$115 (No Member Discount)

Andrew Faust and The Center for Bioregional Living

Learn the skills of Permaculture homesteading, farming and community living in New York City. The confluence of economic recession, loss of biodiversity and pollution all point to the need for a comprehensive alternative, one we must create for ourselves. Andrew Faust, one of New York City’s leading Permaculture teachers, offers beautifully simple and effective ways to transition to healthy regional and ecological ways of living and making a living. In these two workshops topics covered include: detoxing home and healing with plants; creating Permaculture farms and communities in the urban landscape; Permaculture in the kitchen, eating regionally and seasonally; inner-city gardening techniques; indoor gardening, rain gardens, living roofs, Biodynamics, the natural history of the Eastern woodlands and more!

Permaculture Workshop 1
Rain gardens, green roofs and urban agriculture, apartment and rooftop gardening;and eating and making ferments like kefir and sourdough. We will also cover Living Machines, Biogas and wetland water treatment systems.
A ONE-DAY WORKSHOP
Sunday, April 29, 10am–5:30pm
12WEC18S
$115 (No Member Discount)
Click here to register

Permaculture Workshop 2
Home economies and cottage industries; organic, Biodynamic, and biointensive gardening techniques; making herbal remedies and home brews; city and country Permaculture Solutions; land trusts; and converting wastes into resources.
A ONE-DAY WORKSHOP
Saturday, May 5, 10am–5:30pm
12WEC35S
$115 (No Member Discount)
Click here to register

Combined price for both workshops:
$175 (No Member Discount), if registering for both at the same time.  Must register by phone at 212-219-2527 x 2 to receive this discount.

Andrew Faust is one of the premier Permaculture teachers and designers in North America, with nearly two decades of experience in the field. His passionate and visionary presentations and curriculum are often considered life- changing. Andrew lived off the grid for eight years and built a Permaculture-inspired homestead.  He is currently developing The Center for Bioregional Living in Ellenville, NY.  http://www.homebiome.com

John de Graaf and Laura Musikanski

Countries around the world are looking for alternative ways to measure progress that go beyond Gross National Product. The idea began in the tiny Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan and is catching on in many other countries. This evening explains why happiness is becoming hot politics, and looks at the history and science behind the “happiness revolution.” Communities are using The Happiness Initiative to assess well-being instead of focusing on economic growth as the end-all of success. Come expecting to be engaged in a lively conversation about your personal happiness and that of the nation.

AN EVENING TALK
Friday, March 16, 8pm
12WEC40P
Members: $13 / Nonmembers: $15
Please call for location.
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John de Graaf and Laura Musikanski

The United Nations has called on all its members to make “the pursuit of happiness” their primary goal, and find ways to measure their success. The Happiness Initiative (www.happycounts.org) is an engaging tool that can allow cities and communities—even New York—to do exactly that. What if much of what we think we know about happiness is just plain wrong? Learn how happiness initiatives work, and how you can develop subjective surveys, town meetings, and community partnerships. Find out how this project can improve personal happiness, well-being in the workplace, and in areas of public policy. Be part of the first team that measures and improves happiness in New York City and helps it become a model for cities around the world!

A HALF-DAY WORKSHOP
Saturday, March 17, 2:30–5:30pm
12WEC12M
Members: $40 / Nonmembers: $45
Please call for location.
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Combined Price- Members: $70 / Nonmembers: $80 price,if you register for this workshop and What's the Economy for Anyway? at the same time.  Please call 212-219-2527 x 2 to receive this discount.

John de Graaf and Laura Musikanski

What do the nations that score highest in Gallup’s polls of happiness have to tell us about how to improve our quality of life? What is our economy for, anyway? Our emphasis on economic growth as our most important goal is eroding Americans’ health, social connection, time balance and environment. Why are Americans increasingly lonely? Why do we have the worst health outcomes in the industrial world? Why are we so overworked and stressed out? What can we do to turn things around and improve life for the 99 percent? How can the Occupy movement move forward? Expect an engaging and electic mix of video, slides, conversation and small-group dialogue based on the goal enshrined in our Declaration of Independence, “the pursuit of happiness.”

A HALF-DAY WORKSHOP
Saturday, March 17, 10am–1pm
12WEC13M
Members: $40 / Nonmembers: $45
Please call for location.
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Combined Price- Members: $70 / Nonmembers: $80 price,  if you register for this workshop and A Happiness Initiative in New York City at the same time.  Please call 212-219-2527 x 2 to receive this discount.

Or Call 212-219-2527 Ext. 2 to Register by Phone

Experience outstanding holistic programs from anywhere in the world with Open Center Online Learning webinars. This season, the Open Center is launching a compelling new initiative: a series of live webinars with distinguished faculty, accessible from the comfort of your own home. It’s time to take the Open Center’s work worldwide via the Internet! To participate in any of these events, only a computer and broadband connection to the Internet is needed. Each webinar is an interactive, two-hour experience with an intimate feel. We encourage you to let friends and family outside the greater New York area know that these new programs are now available.

Philosophy and the Future of Our World
Jacob Needleman, PhD
The crisis of our era, from top to bottom, is a philosophical crisis. The dramatic changes brought by advancing technology; the rapid erosion of moral values in politics and human relations; the shadow of hatred and fanaticism -- at the root of all these forces lies deep confusion about the fundamental questions of the heart: How Can We Choose what is Good? Why Are We Here? What Are We Searching For, and Why? Our theme is the path of philosophy as a the search for wisdom in the midst of life.

By registering for this live webinar, for each webinar event you will receive the following:

• 90 minutes of live, interactive webinar content.
• 30 minutes of question-and-answer time with the teacher.
• Access to download a recording of the complete webinar, after the event. (Free software provided to view.)

Computer System Requirements
No matter where you are on the planet, as long as you have a computer with a broadband connection, web browser, and sound capabilities (microphone and speakers or headset), you will be able to participate and engage in the question-and-answer period. If you can watch YouTube videos, you can attend this webinar online. Recommended System Requirements: Windows 2000 (PC) or Mac OSX 10.5 or higher, and browsers version Internet Explorer 6, Firefox 3, Safari 4, and Chrome 11 or higher. ACCESS INFORMATION WILL BE EMAILED TO REGISTERED STUDENT A FEW DAY PRIOR TO THE EVENT.

AN ONLINE WEBINAR
(1 session) Saturday, February 25, 1–3pm EST
12OLWSI103
$29 (No Member Discount)
$25 Early Bird rate by February 11
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or call 212-219-2527 x 2

Experience outstanding holistic programs from anywhere in the world with Open Center Online Learning webinars. This season, the Open Center is launching a compelling new initiative: a series of live webinars with distinguished faculty, accessible from the comfort of your own home. It’s time to take the Open Center’s work worldwide via the Internet! To participate in any of these events, only a computer and broadband connection to the Internet is needed. Each webinar is an interactive, two-hour experience with an intimate feel. We encourage you to let friends and family outside the greater New York area know that these new programs are now available.

By registering, for each webinar event you will receive the following:

• 90 minutes of live, interactive webinar content.
• 30 minutes of question-and-answer time with the teacher.
• Access to download a recording of the complete webinar, after the event. (Free software provided to view.)

Computer System Requirements
No matter where you are on the planet, as long as you have a computer with a broadband connection, web browser, and sound capabilities (microphone and speakers or headset), you will be able to participate and engage in the question-and-answer period. If you can watch YouTube videos, you can attend this webinar online. Recommended System Requirements: Windows 2000 (PC) or Mac OSX 10.5 or higher, and browsers version Internet Explorer 6, Firefox 3, Safari 4, and Chrome 11 or higher. ACCESS INFORMATION WILL BE EMAILED TO REGISTERED STUDENT A FEW DAY PRIOR TO THE EVENT.

The Science of Flourishing and Happiness: An Interactive Webinar on Flow, Purpose, Achievement and Positivity
with Louis Alloro, MEd, MAPP, and Emiliya Zhivotovskaya, MAPP
The dynamic new field of Positive Psychology uses rigorous research to understand happiness and well-being and is expanding rapidly worldwide. Discover a scientific model that explains human flourishing and how to increase your experience of positive emotions, engagement, meaning and achievement. Join Louis and Emiliya, two of the first 100 people to hold a Master of Applied Positive Psychology degree from the University of Pennsylvania (where the field began), to understand the inner workings of human flourishing and how to use this new science and art to benefit daily life and work.
AN ONLINE WEBINAR
(4 sessions) Sundays, April 29, May 13 & 20,
and June 10, 1–3pm EST
12OLWP101
$129 (No Member Discount)
$99 Early Bird rate by April 15
To register click here

Alexandria: The Ancient and Ongoing Quest for Spiritual Harmony in a Global Civilization
David Fideler, PhD
The Greek philosophers had spoken of the cosmopolis or “world-city” in which all individuals are related to one another, regardless of country, race, or religion. With the coming of the Hellenistic age, global civilization became a tangible reality, and Alexandria, Egypt, its most significant expression—a meeting point between East and West, philosophies and religions. We will explore how Alexandrian learning and spirituality changed the course of world civilization, and their relevance today. David Fideler, now based in Sarajevo, was editor of the journal Alexandria: Philosophy, Myth and Culture. His books include Love’s Alchemy and the forthcoming Nature’s Intelligence.
AN ONLINE WEBINAR
(1 session) Sunday, January 29, 1–3pm EST
12OLWSW101
$25 (No Member Discount)
$20 Early Bird rate by January 15
To register click here

End-of-Life Doulas: A New Model for Guiding Patients Through
the End Process of Dying
Henry Fersko-Weiss, LCSW
End-of-Life Doulas are transforming the time when a person is actively dying into a sacred experience. Using guided visualization, meditation, light therapeutic touch, aromatherapy, legacy work, and rituals, EOL Doulas alleviate fear and deepen the meaning of the dying process. People are helped to face dying with truth and courage. This approach is deeply valuable at the bedside of the dying. Henry has trained Doulas at the Open Center for the last 4 years and has worked extensively with individuals and in hospices.
AN ONLINE WEBINAR
(1 session) Sunday, February 12, 1–3pm EST
12OLWSI102
$29 (No Member Discount)
$25 Early Bird rate by January 29
To register click here

Philosophy and the Future of Our World
Jacob Needleman, PhD
The crisis of our era, from top to bottom, is a philosophical crisis. The dramatic changes brought by advancing technology; the rapid erosion of moral values in politics and human relations; the shadow of hatred and fanaticism— at the root of all these forces lies deep confusion about the fundamental questions of the heart: How Can We Choose what is Good? Why Are We Here? What Are We Searching For-—and Why? Our theme is the path of philosophy as a the search for wisdom in the midst of life.
AN ONLINE WEBINAR
(1 session) Saturday, February 25, 1–3pm EST
12OLWSI103
$29 (No Member Discount)
$25 Early Bird rate by February 11
To register click here

Medicine Melodies: The Music that the Healers Hear
Silvia Nakkach
The shaman hears the hidden music of the universe and sings it back through “medicine melodies,” tonal configurations that reflect a sacred unity with nature and have the power to heal. Many people today are visited by such melodies—as if the spiritual world is “singing in” to the person rather than the person “singing out.” These archetypal melodies clear and open energetic channels. Silvia Nakkach, composer and pioneer in the field of sound and consciousness, is professor of music and healing at California Institute of Integral Studies.
AN ONLINE WEBINAR
(2 sessions) Sundays, March 25 & April 1, 1–3pm EST
12OLWHH102 • $59 (No Member Discount)
$50 Early Bird rate by March 11
To register click here

Cancer as a Turning Point
Lawrence Leshan, PhD, and Ruth Bolletino, PhD
This webinar offers a wealth of information and strategies for cancer patients and family caregivers to empower them to live fuller, more meaningful and more zestful lives. In the first session, LeShan will discuss his legendary psychotherapy approach designed to mobilize the self-healing abilities of cancer patients. In the second session, Bolletino will draw on her 20 years of experience with this approach to discuss its practical applications as well as common concerns of patients. Since from the moment of diagnosis, the life of everyone in the family is changed, the third session will focus on caregivers’ concerns. www.cancerasaturningpoint.org
AN ONLINE WEBINAR
(3 sessions) Sundays, March 3, 10, & 24, 1–3pm EST
12OLWHH101
$75 (No Member Discount)/ Individual Sessions: $29
$60 Early Bird rate by February 18
To register click here

Balancing the Inner and the Outer: Feng Shui for Health
Judith Wendell and Rosalie Prinzivalli
More than object placement, Feng Shui is concerned with the optimal circulation and balancing of qi (chi)—the life energy in us and the universe. In this class we will explore how to use Feng Shui core principles to balance both our internal organs and our environments. We will also cover the use of objects and furnishings to maximize qi flow, color and design to relieve stress, Feng Shui techniques to lessen financial worries and stress, simple exercises to enhance personal qi, and much more.
AN ONLINE WEBINAR
(3 sessions) Saturdays, April 14, 21 & 28, 1–3pm EST
12OLWAF101
$75 (No Member Discount)
$60 Early Bird rate by March 31
To register click here

Andrew Faust and Guests

Presented by The Center for Bioregional Living and Andrew Faust

Buckminster Fuller once commented that there was no instruction manual for Spaceship Earth. Permaculture Design IS that manual. Join us for a life-changing and paradigm-shifting course that provides inspiring career paths and abundant ways of living. This course will cover the core 72-hour Permaculture Design curriculum. It includes additional activities to adapt this training to our region and to contemporary ecological issues in the United States. Participants learn how to apply Permaculture principles to a diversity of settings and issues with an emphasis on urban and temperate environments.

Permaculture:
• is an ecological design science that provides insights and practical techniques for living a fruitful and abundant life.
• addresses the major issues of our day from a whole systems perspective.
• is a worldwide movement that is helping to regenerate local ecologies and economies.
• is a solution-oriented approach to retrofitting our societies.

This course is perfect for motivated individuals who wish to use the tools of Permaculture in urban and rural environs as well as for modeling sustainable and regenerative businesses. It includes lectures, extensive written information, field trips and hands-on activities in these areas: urban redesign, passive solar and natural building, inner-city gardening techniques, indoor gardening and mushroom cultivation, living machines and natural wastewater treatment, rain and rooftop gardens, cleansing polluted air with plants, biogas generators, bioregionalism, biodynamics, cooperatively owned business ideas, and much more!

AN 11-SESSION CERTIFICATE TRAINING
Saturdays & Sundays, 10am–5pm
July 15, 21 and 28, August 4 & 5,
September 9, 15, 22 and 29, plus
August 18 & September 8 field trips

[reg_button:12WEC36TAI] Full Payment: 12WEC36TAI
Members: $1,180 /Nonmembers: $1,225

Payment Plan: 12WEC36TBI
Members: $1,255
(Deposit of $505 due at registration;
then $375 due Aug. 10, and $375 due Sept. 14.)
Nonmembers: $1,300 (Deposit of
$550 due at registration; then $375
due Aug. 10 and $375 due Sept. 14)

Please call for location.

Space is limited! Please register early.

To receive a certificate students must attend all 11 classes and present a final Permaculture site design. Participants are given the option to present their final design individually, a different approach from most certificate programs that contributes to a practical, professional and intellectually stimulating learning experience. Some class time will be spent outdoors; please dress appropriately. For more information, call 212.219.2527 ext. 106.

Joshua M. Greene and Godfrey Townsend

by Murray Silver

This evening the author of an acclaimed biography of George Harrison, Joshua M. Greene, will be joined by renowned singer/ guitarist Godfrey Townsend as they present a tribute to George Harrison featuring live music, film clips, narration and a rarely seen filmed interview of Harrison in his later years. They will trace Harrison’s rise from the streets of postwar Liverpool to the summit of pop stardom, his discovery of spirituality in the ragas of Ravi Shankar and his efforts to bring the other Beatles along on his journey to self-realization. Professor Greene will also examine the role that yoga and chanting played in Harrison’s post-Beatles musical compositions, while Townsend provides performances of the songs to illustrate that influence. Don’t miss this fascinating evening that celebrates the most spiritual of the Beatles and offers a unique lens through which to view his crucial but rarely examined role in the phenomenal rise of yoga culture in the West.

AN EVENING LECTURE and PERFORMANCE
Saturday, April 28, 7:30pm
12WAP56N
Members: $22 / Nonmembers: $25
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