[SustainableTompkins] Permaculture Summer 2008

[Steve Gabriel]

FINGER LAKES PERMACULTURE SUMMER PROGRAMS 2008

-- SUMMER APPRENTICESHIP (May 26 - Aug 24)
-- LOCAL FOODS BRUNCH (May 18, June 15, July 13, and August 24)
-- SPRING OPEN HOUSE: Mushroom Inoculation, Garden Tour (May 16 - 18)
-- COPPICE WORKSHOP (June 14 & 15)
-- URBAN PERMACULTURE WEEKEND SERIES (June 28 & 29, July 26 & 27)
-- SUMMER INTENSIVE PERMACULTURE DESIGN CERTIFICATE COURSE (Aug 8 - 24)



SUMMER APPRENTICESHIP
May 26 - August 24

The Finger Lakes Permaculture Institute offers an exciting opportunity 
to explore sustainable, regenerative design in exchange for 10-20 hours 
of work each week. Apprentices attend all permaculture events without 
charge, including the Permaculture Design Certification Course, August 8 
- 24.

Current projects include several acres of gardens, installation of ponds 
and other water features, restoration of our trail system, and ecosystem 
restoration of an agroforestry site through the cultivation of edible 
and medicinal plants and mushrooms.

Accepting applications through May 16. For more information and to 
apply, please visit http://www.FingerLakesPermaculture.org

Residential: $700 (includes access to facilities, materials and 
facilitation)
Commuter: $500 (includes materials and facilitation)


LOCAL FOODS BRUNCH
May 18, June 15, July 13, and August 24
Brunch & Live Music 10:00 am - 11:30 am
$10 Adults/$5 Kids

Cayuga Nature Center offers a healthy brunch sourced from local and 
organic ingredients and a variety of activities for the whole family. We 
will serve buttermilk & vegan pancakes, eggs, homefries, and a seasonal 
dish cooked by CNC staff. Coffee, Tea, and Juice are included.

May 18: Music by Nate Silas Richardson, Bird Hike, Mushroom Inoculation, 
Butterfly House Tour
June 15: Music by Harpist Michael Riversong
July 13: Music by Shannon Hawley
August 24: Music by TBA

For more information visit http://www.CayugaNatureCenter.org


SPRING OPEN HOUSE
Celebrate spring by joining us on a bird hike, visiting our newly 
reopened butterfly house, or walking in our woods to learn about 
woodland flowers. You can also take home new skills, such as how to 
cultivate culinary mushrooms and cultivate beneficial and native plants 
in your garden. Food, music, tours, and workshops at your local nature 
center all weekend long!

May 16 from 6pm on; $10 suggested donation
Benefit Concert and BBQ

May 17 from 10 am to 4pm; $3 Adults, $1 Kids
Butterfly House Opening & Garden Tour

May 18 from 10 am to 4pm; $10 Adults, $5 kids includes Breakfast
Local Foods Breakfast with music from Nate Silas Richardson, Bird Hike, 
Mushoom Inoculation and Agroforestry Tour


COPPICE WORKSHOP
June 14 & 15
9:00 am to 4:00 pm both days

Coppicing is a system of traditional sustainable forestry in which trees 
are cut during the dormant winter season and allowed to regrow on 
rotations of 5-20 years, producing an abundance of straight, fast grown 
poles typically used for fencing, fuel, furniture, basketry and 
construction.

Through both lecture and hands-on woodland work, this two day intensive 
course will focus on the history and practice of coppice woodland 
management in the UK, the potential for its development in the 
northeastern United States, wood science and species selection, and the 
conversion of coppiced poles into useful products.

Fieldwork will include charcoal production, chair making and green 
woodworking techniques, fence construction and coppice establishment and 
maintenance.

Mark Krawczyk, who will lead this class, is a permaculture designer, 
chair maker and natural builder and resides in Vermont’s Champlain Valley.

Commuter: Sliding Scale $150 - $250 (includes lunch both days)
Residential: Sliding Scale $200 - $300 (includes lunch both days, dinner 
Saturday, breakfast Sunday, and space to camp)


URBAN PERMACULTURE WEEKEND SERIES
June 28 & 29
July 26 & 27
9:00 am to 4:00 pm each day
Sliding Scale $75 - $200 per weekend (includes dinner Saturday, 
overnight, and breakfast Sunday)
Scholarships available; please contact us for information or to help 
with a donation

Cities are rich centers of culture, diversity and exchange. 
Unfortunately, they also produce pollution and drain resources from 
rural areas. Join us for a weekend focused on redesigning cities to 
create vibrant urban ecosystem

In these workshops, we will explore downtown Ithaca and the idea of 
"ecological cities." We will delve into many topics, including urban 
gardening, composting, tree pruning and natural earth plasters through 
hands-on projects in a local neighborhood

Saturday evening we will camp out in nearby woods overlooking the 
cityscape. All weekend we will discuss challenges, ideas, and solutions 
for making our environments more livable. Join representatives of local 
organizations, designers, and urban residents from throughout the 
northeast to discuss how permaculture is applied to the needs of city 
life, including transportation, city forestry, food security, economics, 
and justice.


SUMMER INTENSIVE PERMACULTURE DESIGN COURSE
August 8 - 24
$1150 includes tuition, food, and camping
Sign up by May 1, 2008 and save $100
Sign up by July 1, 2008 and save $50

The Finger Lakes Permaculture Institute (FLPCI) invites you to join its 
2008 Summer Permaculture Design Course running from August 8 - 24, 2008. 
This is our sixth internationally recognized certification course 
training people of all backgrounds to mimic natural patterns and 
principles in their yards, on their land, and in their homes and businesses.

This affordable course highlights hands-on learning at CNC's 130 acres 
of fields and forest overlooking beautiful Cayuga Lake. The class equips 
students with the knowledge of whole systems and the principles, 
techniques, and challenges of permaculture as a system of sustainable 
design. We explore topics such as soil regeneration, water conservation, 
building ponds and swales, managing woodlots, building natural and 
efficient homes, utilizing renewable energy, and designing gardens.

We teach these topics though presentations, case studies, and student 
design projects and exercises. Our student design practicum will inform 
the design of the local demonstration site we are developing at CNC. 
Instruction is augmented by presentations from local experts, field 
trips, and games. Completion of the course earns participants an 
internationally recognized design certificate endorsed by the 
Permaculture Institute of Australia.

Topics include:
Ethics - Principles - Ecology - Whole Systems -Water - Soils - Pattern - 
Climate - Earthworks - Forests & Trees - Economics - Governance - 
Gardening - Waste Treatment - Buildings - Tools - Appropriate Technology 
- Design - Practicum and more!


Finger Lakes Permaculture Institute
a project of the Cayuga Nature Center
1420 Taughannock Blvd
Ithaca, NY 14850
607-273-6260
www.fingerlakespermaculture.org


ABOUT US

Cayuga Nature Center (CNC) is a place to explore the wonders of nature. 
We invite you to visit our collection of over 40 live animals, stroll 
through our butterfly house, climb around Treetops- our six story 
observational tree-house, or simply enjoy the outdoors while walking our 
five miles of interpretive trails, which meander through a mature 
deciduous forest, along gorges and streams, and past a variety of native 
plants and wildlife. Visit http://www.CayugaNatureCenter.org for more 
information.

Monday - Sunday 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Trails are open to the pubic from dawn to dusk, 365 days a year.
General Admission: $3 Adults, $2 Seniors/Students, $1 Kids

Finger Lakes Permaculture Institute is a project of CNC providing 
affordable and experiential learning events in the Finger Lakes 
bioregion of New York State. We offer two annual Permaculture Design 
Certification courses, monthly brunches featuring the products of local 
farmers, and a variety of other programming for children and adults. 
Visit http://www.FingerLakesPermaculture.org for more information.