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MDC Institute for
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Community Education

Organic Gardens
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Past Programs

 
A Resource Center for MDC Administrators, Faculty, Staff and the South Florida Community
 
Past Programs Fall 2007
 
Climate Activism Training

Bill McKibben - Keynote Speaker
Mike Tidwell - Activism and Grass Roots Training
Harvey Ruvin and Captain Dan Kipnis
Guest Speakers


Community Education

BodyTalk Module 6
January 11-13
First-time Mod 6 Student -
Reference # 465970
Retake Mod 6  Student -
Reference # 465972

 

Thursday, November 29, 2007 - 5 pm
MDC Wolfson Campus, Room 3210
300 NE 2nd Avenue, Building 3000
Link to campus map
http://www.mdc.edu/wolfson/GeneralInfo/campus_map.asp


Co-sponsored by
Earth Ethics Institute  *  Biscayne Nature Center                      Operation GreenLeaves  *  Friends of the Everglades  
Faiths United For Sustainable Energy  *  One Campaign Miami
Environmental Education Providers  *   Emerge Miami          
Broward County Audubon Society  *  Dream in Green
Green League of Broward County  *  The Earthman Project
Tropical Audubon Society  *  Miami Dade College

Community Education

Designing
Photovoltaic Systems - January 19, 2008

Reference # 463228
Offering CEU's for Architects and Engineers

Installing
Photovoltaic Systems - January 26, 2008

Reference #463229
Offering CEU's for Architects and Engineers

 
Celebrate Your Inner and Outer Beauty

Saturday November 3, 2007 from 10 am -3 pm at
The Green Urban Living Center

Miami Dade College North Campus,
11380 NW 27 Ave, Bld 300.  

Holistic treatments including The BodyTalk System™, yoga and relaxation, mini-facials, mini-makeovers, and manicures will be conducted through the day.  Healthy snacks donated by macrobiotic bakers and local chefs will also be available.

Sponsored by: Be Healthy Inc, Girl Power, and
The Earth Ethics Institute of Miami Dade College
are joining together to present this alternative health fair on


Community Education



BodyTalk Module 3
February 1-3
First-time Mod 3 Student -
Reference # TBA
Retake Mod 3 Student -
Reference # TBA

 
Gene Leedy and the
Sarasota School of Architecture

A Lecture by Gene Leedy

Monday, November 12, 2007
MDC, Kendall Campus, Bldg. 6, Room 6120 at 7 pm
11011 SW 104th Street

Sponsored by
MDC School of Architecture, DoCoMoMo FL,
Architecture Club AIA Miami, Max Strang Architecture,


 

 

Celebrate the Kendall Organic Garden

Tuesday, November 13, 2007
!1 am
Near Building 6

Planted and Cared for by
Students and Faculty of the
Department of ESL and Foreign Languages
 

Seedling give-away

Tomato tasting

Garden Talk with Cliff Middleton

 
   
 
 
 


Plant a Thousand Gardens Project -
In Conjunction with Slow Food Miami and Three Sisters Farm


EEI Organic Gardens
in the Community

Plant an Organic Garden at Home
Planting can begin as early as October and as late as January and harvesting will start 70-100 days after you plant and continue for 5-6 months

Purchase an 8’Ring Garden Kit including

  • Soil
  • Pre-cut trellis
  • Drip irrigation tube
  • Healthy Plants  
    The list of vegetables includes, but not limited to, broccoli, pole beans and bush beans, purple, yellow and green, various lettuces, collard and mustard greens, Genovese basil, Thia basil, tomatoes, red cherry, sungold, cherokee purple, black from tula, matts wild cherry, trophy, angora and others. we also have papaya, which can be planted now and will produce in about 7 months.
  • Fertilizer
  • Delivery- can be delivered on weekends

(All of these materials are included in the kit with price for the kit ranging from $125-$500 depending on your soil and installation requirements.)

 

You only need 10’ in diameter
for an 8’ Ring Garden
and harvest is usually 100 pounds
 of tomatoes, as well as herbs,
and lettuce, marigolds
 and nasturtiums
.

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