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Summer 2014!!

Posted on March 12, 2014 by Christopher

The wait and deliberation is over.'Urban Agriculture - Permaculture and Local Food Systems' will be held this summer. Yippee!

Mark Wilson will no longer be working with the course, and therefore a new coordinator position has been announced. If you would like to apply for that position, or others at Cemus, you must apply no later than midnight on Wednesday, March 19 - http://www.csduppsala.uu.se/2014/work-at-cemus-course-coordinator-positions-announced-amanuensanstallningar-utlysta/.

To apply as a student for the course, you can do so here - https://www.antagning.se/se/search?period=Sommar_2014&freeText=urban+agriculture . For guaranteed admission, make sure you apply before Monday, March 17!

Any questions or comments can be directed to uag@csduppsala.uu.se

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Practical Info – Study visits weeks 1 – 3

Posted on June 11, 2013 by Christopher

**For all events wear shoes and clothes which you don't mind getting dirty

Wednesday, June 12

13:15-16:00 Flogsta Food - Flogstavägen 81 - map

We will depart together from Blåsenhus after Daniel's lecture. One group will take bikes, while the others the bus.We will have fika too, so bring anything you may want to share.

Monday, June 17

Immediately following the lecture (ending at 13:00) we will together walk down to Valegården - map - for lunch. There will be vegetarian lunch available for 40kr, bring cash! If you want to bring your own lunch you may obviously do so, but try to bring something which doesn't need microwaving if possible.

Wednesday, June 19

The lecture and the practical workshop will both be held at 4H Gränby - map. There are no options for buying food in Gränby, so if you want to stay for the workshop, which we highly recommend, please bring food to share. Lecture will start at 10:00 sharp, so make sure you are on time!

Monday, June 24

Following Joel's lecture, we will visit Gottsunda Matparken for a tour and a wild design exercise. In case you are joining us there, the site is found approximately here (it is out in the field to the east of the map marker) - map. Those going to the lecture will have the option to bike or take the bus directly from class with Chris and Mark.

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New schedule posted

Posted on June 7, 2013 by Christopher

The newest and most updated version of the course schedule has now been posted. See you Monday, June 10 at 10:00 at Blåsenhus, Sal 12:128!

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Course schedule 2013

Posted on March 19, 2013 by Christopher

Hej new students! We are currently in discussions with a range of different lecturers for this summer's course. At this moment we are preliminarily looking to have classes on the following dates:

June 10, 11, 12; June 17, 18, 19; June 24, 25, 26; August 5, 6 ,7; August 12, 14.

In terms of class times, refer to the 2012 schedule which should give you an accurate idea. As soon as we have a more exact schedule it will be posted here, so check back in. Any questions or comments can be directed to Mark or Chris at uag@csduppsala.uu.se.

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Urban Agriculture – Permaculture and Local Food Systems 2013 – apply now!

Posted on March 1, 2013 by Christopher

It is now currently possible to apply for the 2013 summer course Urban Agriculture - Permaculture and Local Food Systems. To do so, just log-in to your personal profile at www.antagning.se then search for 'permakultur' and make sure to choose 'sommar 2013'. This link should also work to lead you to the course -

https://www.antagning.se/se/search?period=Sommar_2013&freeText=permakultur

More news about this summer's course will be posted here shortly. Until then, best of luck, hope to see you this summer and make sure you let us know if you have any questions or issues with registration. -- uag@csduppsala.uu.se

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UAG 2014 Lecture Presentations

Posted on May 28, 2012 by Christopher

June 9

UAG Course Intro Presentation 2014

June 10

Systems Thinking and Sustainable Development- Ingrid Moum Rieser

June 11

Rebecka Milestad - Local Food Systems: a strategy for sustainable development?

Aksel Naerstad - Global Food Systems and Food Sovereignty

June 16

Urban Farming - Margareta Stuguland & Christian Odberger

From Seed to Seed - Basic Plant Knowledge. Margareta Stuguland & Christian Odberger

June 17

Intro to Permaculture Part 1 - Martin Gustafsson & Christopher Wegweiser

June 18

Intro to Permaculture Part 2 - Martin Gustafsson & Christopher Wegweiser

June 24

Applied Permaculture Rikkenstorp - Joel Holmdahl

Agroforestry - Joel Holmdahl

June 25

In Transition for Resilience - Emilia Rekestad

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UAG 2014 Course Literature – Reference List

Posted on May 28, 2012 by Christopher

Compulsory Literature - Books

Please note: two copies each of the compulsory course books, and one copy of the supporting course books, are in the Cemus library. These books are for reference use in the library, but are not available to be loaned out.

Roberts, Paul, 2008. The End of Food. London: Bloomsbury.

- - The End of Food is to be read in its entirety. Also, please read the prologue and chapters 1 - 4 by Seminar 1 on June 16 - -

Whitefield, Patrick, 2004. Earth Care Manual - A Permaculture Handbook for Britain and other Temperate Climates. East Meon: Permanent Publications.

- - Earth Care Manual is intended as a reference, not necessarily for you to read in its entirety. However, please read chapters 1 + 2 by June 17; and please read chapter 13 by June 24. - -

Suggested Literature – Books

The following books are recommended reading for completing the assignments as well as for further developing your understanding of the course subjects. It is not expected of you to read all of these, but some of them, or parts of some of them may be helpful or of interest to you.

Aranya, 2012. Permaculture Design: A Step by Step Guide. East Meon: Permanent Publications.

Holmgren, David, 2002. Permaculture, Principles and Pathways Beyond Sustainability. Hepburn, Victoria: Holmgren Design Services.

Pinkerton, Tamzin and Hopkins, Rob, 2009. Local Food - How to Make it Happen in Your Community. Totnes: Green Books Ltd.

Jeavons, John, 2012. How to Grow More Vegetables: And Fruits, Nuts, Berries, Grains and Other Crops Than You Ever Thought Possible on Less Land Than You Can Imagine. New York: Ten Speed Press.