1. Day One: 10thDecember 2011 – Saturday
8.00am onwards Registration and fruit breakfast
9.00am – 9.45am Inauguration & Introductions
9.45 am – 10.15 am Snack and Tea break
10.15am - 12.15pm Earthcare, Peoplecare, Fairshare! by Clea Chandmal
Principles of Permaculture A specialist in molecular genetics and plant breeding and
a Permaculture practioner who farms in Goa ,Clea will
have an interactive session on Permaculture principles of
urban food garden designs
12.30pm- 1.30pm A delicious, healthy, vegan lunch awaits you!
1.30pm- 3.00pm Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food- Hippocrates! by Smt. Kusum Dahivelkar
Home remedies & medicinal herbs in urban gardens A retired forest officer and expert on medicinal plants in
Nasik who runs a nursery called "Hirvepunya" & grows
varieties of traditional herbs is, also well versed in their
medicinal properties
3.00pm - 3.30pm A tasty snack break
3.30 pm – 5.00pm Selfcare is Healthcare is Earthcare By - Anju Venkat
Eating is an agricultural Act – Wendell Berry! Dr. Vijaya Venkat and Anju Venkat run The Health
Awareness Centre (THAC) which advocates a sustainable
and healthy plant based diet. They practice healing
through diet and lifestyle choices
5.30pm- 7.30pm Parallel sessions of community kitchen and group discussions on
topics of choice of participants
7.30pm Dinner and close day one

2. Day Two: 11thDecember 2011 – Sunday
8.00am - 9.00am Fruit Breakfast – eat and mingle
9.00am - 10.00am Plenty for All – Prof Dabholkar! by Dr. CM Pandit
Assured calculated yields Natueco Farming A structural engineer by profession, he got interested
in Natueco Farming and Prayog Parivar, and worked
closely with Prof Dabholkar for the next 16
years. "
10.00am - 10.30pm A quick mid morning snack and tea break !
10.30 am – 11.30 am Dr Pandit’s session continued
11.45am - 12.45pm Reap What u Sow!
Sharing –Urban farming case studies from around India
12.45pm - 1.30pm A healthy lunch awaits!
1.30pm - 2.00pm GMOs and Pesticides By Sreedevi Lakshmi Kutty
Urban gardeners role in creating awareness and protecting our A member of Urban Leaves & part of the Coalition for
bio diversity a GM-Free India
2.00pm - 3.00pm Group speakers present findings of group discussions from day
one
3.00pm Proceed to field visit to urban farm in Mumbai !

3. Day Three: 12thDecember 2011 – Monday
9.00am - 9.30am Fruit Breakfast – eat and mingle
9.30am - 10.30am The Miracle Mitti! by Urban Leaves Team
Workshop on Setting up a “Natueco City Farm”
Introduction to Amrut Mitti
10.30 – 11.15 am Mid morning snack
11.30am – 1.00pm Hand-ons practical on making Amrut Mitti by individuals as group activity
1.00pm- 1.45 pm A healthy tasty vegan lunch !
2.00pm – 300pm More on using Amrut Mitti , Q & Ans
Venue: Maharashtra Nature Park (MNP), Mahim, Mumbai, located in the heart of Mumbai which exemplifies the transition of a wasteland into an
urban oasis! Map to MNP
Seminar Fees: Rs 2000 for two days and Rs 1000 for one day Amrut Mitti workshop*. Fees payable in advance to confirm registration. *The fees
cover seminar charges, food, welcome kit and a field trip. It does not include accommodation or travel charges.
Accommodation :
Those joining us from outside Mumbai, who have no friends or family in Mumbai and can’t make their lodging arrangements, we have made
arrangements for about 25 people, to be accommodated on a shared basis .Booking for these is on first come first basis. A donation for these
arrangements is welcome.

4. How to Register and Confirm Seat:
Fill up the registration form
Arrange to pay fees via preferred mode
Mode of Payment:
DD / Cheque ECS Transfer Cash
in favor of Vidya Vaaridhi Trust Account Name - Vidya Vaaridhi Trust
Uday Acharya PAN Number of Trust - AAATV2294B Samprati Gada
Vidya Vaaridhi Trust, Bank - State Bank of Hyderabad Cell - 09869068281
A-101 Mani Bhavan, 11th Road, Chembur Type of Bank A/c - Savings samcontemporary@yahoo.com
Mumbai 400071. Address of Bank - 1st Road, Near M-Ward Office, Bhageshree Kelkar
Contact: 9833663108 Chembur Mumbai 400071 Cell - 9833375603
IFSC Code of Bank - SBHY0020408 bskelkar@gmail.com
In case of queries pl write to urbanleaves@gmail.com
OR
call - Amit Bhagat – 09820618887, Samprati Gada, Bhagashree Kelkar