Permaculture Your Campus Conference
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Growing Sustainable Campuses
College and university campuses are incredibly important places to demonstrate sustainability practices that our planet and society truly need. Directors of the award-winning UMass Permaculture Initiative are hosting the first international Permaculture Your Campus Conference on June 20-22, 2012 which describes how permaculture gardens can play a key role in creating positive environmental change, community engagement, and new economic opportunities for campuses worldwide.
President Obama recently recognized permaculture as a rapidly growing sustainability movement that needs to spread to campuses across the world.
About the Permaculture Your Campus Conference
At the Permaculture Your Campus Conference, presenters of the award-winning UMass
Permaculture Initiative will give an introduction to permaculture in a campus
setting and share the value that it has created for the University of Massachusetts
system and local community. Participants will learn how to develop a successful
permaculture initiative for their campus and will leave with their own
individualized action plan.
Click the image above for a 2-minute video about the Permaculture Your Campus Conference
Who should register?
The Permaculture Your Campus Conference is designed to incorporate a range of professional and academic backgrounds. Those who should attend include:- Academic professionals (or aspiring),
- Foodservice managers and marketing staff,
- Landscaping and grounds staff,
- Facilities staff,
- Sustainability Managers and Coordinators,
- Ecological Designers,
- Students,
- Anyone interested in learning more about permaculture in a campus setting
More about registration
What is permaculture?
%203.jpg "5 - add mulch layer (wood chips) 3") Permaculture is a whole systems approach to sustainability that allows us to meet the needs of people today while improving the quality of the environment for future generations.More about permaculture
Permaculture Gardens
 A permaculture garden achieves whole-systems sustainability in that it is diverse, environmentally regenerative, aesthetically-pleasing, and produces a variety of edible plants, including berries, nuts, fruits, roots, herbs, medicinals, flowers, and vegetables.
Why register?
Permaculture is a growing movement on college campuses, and it's easy to see why.- Permaculture gardens are something that any campus (higher ed. institution, boarding school, hospital, prison) can create to increase their environmental sustainability and social responsibility with minimal cost.
- The gardens are highly visible and have a high potential ROI due to their marketability.
- Transforming unproductive landscapes into edible and ecologically regenerative gardens is something that you can feel good about doing each day as it helps to create the healthier world that is needed for future generations.
- Institutions practicing permaculture are seen as forward-thinking and on the cutting-edge of sustainability.
Register your team
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UMass Permaculture Initiative
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UMass Permaculture at the White House
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The UMass Permaculture Initiative is a unique and cutting edge sustainability program that converts unproductive grass lawns on campus into ecological, socially responsible, and financially sustainable permaculture landscapes that are easy to replicate.
To date, we've planted over 1,500 fruit trees, berry bushes, herbs, flowers, and vegetables on campus and committed to transforming more grass lawns into edible landscapes each year.
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In March 2012, the UMass Permaculture team was invited to the White House to receive an award from President Obama for winning the Campus Champions of Change Challenge from over 1,400 entries.
Winning this Campus Champions of Change led to various media appearances for UMass Permaculture, including:
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Conference Coordinators and UMass Permaculture Program Directors
669 North Pleasant Street | Amherst, MA 01003
Phone: 617-529-8051 Conference@UMassPermaculture.com
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