JP Culinary Students Work with JP Permaculture On a two week rotation, students from the Jasper Place Culinary 10 program will be working in the food forest courtyard and in the greenhouse to collect and grow food for their program, which inevitably ends up bellies of student and staff. Below are some pictures of the [...]
Posts Tagged ‘permaculture’
9 Sep
Clubs Day
The Jasper Place Permaculture Club When I first started at the school in February of 2010, almost immediately, I set out to start the JP Permaculture Club. For the last year and a half, this club had been the source of most of the projects and success we’ve had. Meeting once a week, students are [...]
22 Mar
CBC Covers Indigenous Permaculture
Indigenous Permaculture Class on CBC Radio Edmonton’s ‘Learning the Path’ Series: In the middle of February, CBC’s Niall Mckenna paid the Jasper Place ‘Indigenous’ Permaculture class a visit; bringing a tape-recorder and a TV camera, here is the first segment of the coverage: JP Students Discuss the Indigenous Permaculture Class (~3:00) Built upon the Aboriginal [...]
15 Mar
Needs & Yields
The Needs & Yields of a High School Permaculture Program It’s in all of our best interests to build mutually beneficial relationships within our communities. One factor contributing to the incredible resiliency of natural systems is the idea that everything is connected; each element and species uses the resources around it (it’s needs) and in-turn, [...]
9 Mar
Verge Permaculture: Supporting Alberta’s Permaculture Movement
Calgary’s Verge Permaculture donates $450 to help support JP Permaculture; Proceeds go towards a school aquaponics system. Rob Avis & Michelle St.Cry-Avis of Verge Permaculture On March 16, Rob and Michelle Avis of Verge Permaculture presented an amazing ‘Intro to Permaculture’ workshop on the campus of the University of Alberta! Hosted by Tad Hargrave and [...]
24 Nov
MyAlbertaSchool.ca Contest
“Rate” to Increase Jasper Place Permaculture’s Chance of Winning $5000 The kind people over at the Alberta Teachers’ Association (ATA) are running a contest, though their MyAlbertaSchool.ca campaign to award $5000 to a school who is pursuing activities beyond the regular curriculum. To choose a winner, the public are invited to participate in a rating [...]
20 Oct
The Joy of Microclimates
Taking Advantage of the Urban Environment It probably isn’t a surprise that cities are, on average, a few degrees warmer than their rural surroundings. It might surprise you, however, to know that this can be a tremendous advantage for our herbaceous counterparts. Though, some gardeners do take advantage of this fact (planting tomatoes next to [...]
20 Oct
A Garden That Mulches Itself
The Advantages of Growing Under Trees: Nutrient Cycling When choosing a site for a new garden, most gardeners wouldn’t likely choose under a tree. Conventional gardeners might say that trees cast too much shade and suck up needed water. Though, that may be true to some extent, a properly designed garden can benefit from large [...]
17 Oct
Jasper Place Permaculture to Present at Teachers’ Convention
Permaculture Accepted as a Session at this Year’s Teachers’ Convention I’m pleased to announce that Jasper Place Permaculture will be presenting at this school year’s Edmonton Public School Board’s (EPSB) teachers’ convention (February, 2011)! The Greater Edmonton Teachers’ Convention Association (GETCA) has accepted my proposal; titled ‘Educational Ecology’. Here is a brief synopsis on what [...]
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