[FLPERMACULTURE] April Events - Finger Lakes Permaculture Institute

[Steve Gabriel]

The FINGER LAKES PERMACULTURE INSTITUTE
(a project of the Cayuga Nature Center)

presents

APRIL 2007 EVENTS

4/4 -- WHAT IS PERMACULTURE?
4/11 & 4/12 -- DESIGNING TRAILS & GARDEN BEDS
4/15 -- WINTER 0607 PDC DESIGN PRESENTATIONS
4/16 -- STRAW BALE BUILDING IN MOIST CLIMATES
4/19 -- BEYOND AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH
4/21 -- BUILD A COMPOSTING TOILET
4/29 -- TURN YOUR LAWN INTO A GARDEN

http://www.fingerlakespermaculture.org


Wednesday, April 4
7:00 - 8:30 pm

WHAT IS PERMACULTURE?
with
STEVE GABRIEL, educator, organizer, and land use director for Cayuga 
Nature Center

Learn about the foundations of permaculture and how we use them to 
design systems that meet personal and community needs.

Greenstar Cooperative Market
Ithaca, NY
FREE! Registration required. Call 273-9392


Wednesday April 11 & Thursday April 12
10 am - 2pm

DESIGNING TRAILS AND GARDEN BEDS
with
STEVE GABRIEL, land use manager

Participate in this informal process as we stake our garden beds and 
paths for CNC's All Peoples Trail. We will learn as we go!

Cayuga Nature Center Backyard
Ithaca, NY
Donations support our trail building!


Sunday, April 15
11:00 am

WINTER 0607 PDC DESIGN PRESENTATIONS

Join us for presentations of the 0607 PDC class, who have been working 
dilligently on designs for CNC's All Peoples Trail. Come early for 
brunch - We will serve local and organic eggs, home fries, pancakes, and 
a special dish, too! Live music and events for the whole family will follow.

10:00 - 12:00 - Brunch with live music
10:00 - 2:00 - Fundraising Rummage Sale in CNC Courtyard
11:00 am - All Peoples Trail Design Presentations with Finger Lakes 
Permaculture Institute students
2:00 pm - Leave for field grafting and pruning skill share (PRE 
REGISTRATION REQUIRED - visit www.fingerlakespermaculture.org)

Cayuga Nature Center Main Lodge
Ithaca, NY
Presentations are FREE, Brunch is $12 for adults and $6 for Kids


Monday, April 16
7:00 - 8:30 pm

STRAW BALE CONSTRUCTION IN MOIST CLIMATES
with
JAKUB WIHAN

Join freelance architect Jakb Wihan for a discussion on the challenges 
surrounding straw bale construction in this climate, and simple 
solutions that are low cost and effective. The presentation will also 
touch upon the concepts of zero emissions straw bale construction and 
low impact foundations for straw bale buildings.  Jakub has been 
practicing and promoting straw bale building technology in the Czech 
Republic and elsewhere since 2002. He is finishing a thesis entitled 
"Humidity in straw bale walls and its effect on the decomposition of 
straw" for an MSc degree in Architecture, Environmental and Energy 
Studies from the Center for Alternative Technology in Wales.

Autumn Leaves Bookstore
Downtown Commons Ithaca, NY
$10 Suggested Donation (No one will be turned away!)


Thursday, April 19
6:00 - 8:00pm

BEYOND AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH
with
IAN SHAPIRO, President of Taitem Engineering

The movie, "An Inconvenient Truth" with Al Gore woke up many Americans 
to Global Warming. Ian Shapiro, (President of Taitem Engineering in 
Ithaca, a firm involved in green building design and energy studies), 
has trained with Al Gore to give educational talks on this issue and 
will focus on what we can do here in Ithaca and Tompkins county to 
address global climate change.

Cayuga Nature Center Main Lodge
Ithaca, NY
FREE!


Saturday, April 21
10:00 - 2:00 pm

BUILD A COMPOSTING TOILET
with
STEVE GABRIEL, land use director for Cayuga Nature Center

Learn all about setting up an effective, sanitary, and smell free 
composting toilet while building one! We will meet at the CNC farm and 
discuss the benefits of humanure composting while constructing 
facilities for the farm.

Cayuga Nature Center Farm
Ithaca, NY
$8 members/$10 non-members


Sunday, April 29
10:00 - 2:00 pm

TURN YOUR LAWN INTO A GARDEN
with
STEVE GABRIEL, land use director for Cayuga Nature Center

Learn inexpensive (almost free) and effective ways to convert your lawn 
into garden space through sheet mulching - a permaculture technique 
using cardboard, compost, and straw. Participants will actively engage 
in helping CNC staff mulch our lawn for the coming summer.

Cayuga Nature Center Backyard
Ithaca, NY
$8 members/$10 non-members

COMING IN MAY
5/5 -- BASKETMAKING ON THE LAND
5/11 & 5/ 12 -- PERMACULTURE FUNDAMENTALS (ITHACA)
5/20 -- MUSHROOM INOCULATION WORKSHOP
5/26 & 5/27 -- PERMACULTURE FUNDAMENTALS (NAPLES, NY)
 
FOR MORE DETAILS:
http://www.fingerlakespermaculture.org

All events, unless otherwise noted, are held at the
CAYUGA NATURE CENTER
Five miles northwest of Ithaca, NY
at 1420 Taughannock Blvd.
607-273-6260
http://www.cayuganaturecenter.org