[SustainableTompkins] CNC/FLPCI January Events

[Steve Gabriel]

CAYUGA NATURE CENTER
and
Finger Lakes Permaculture Institute
1420 Taughannock Blvd
Ithaca, NY 14850
607-273-6260
www.cayuganaturecenter.org
www.fingerlakespermaculture.org


*HAPPY NEW YEAR!*


JANUARY 2008 EVENTS

-- Team Challenge: Portable Games 1/12
-- Local Foods Brunch 1/13
-- Nature Awareness & Maple Sugaring 1/14
-- Permaculture Fundamentals 1/18 - 1/20
-- Winter Ecology through Games 1/20
-- Wild Ones: Animal Feeding 1/27
-- Permaculture: Designing an Ecosystem 1/30


TEAM CHALLENGE: PORTABLE GAMES
Sunday, January 12th
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Fees: General Admission (CNC Team Activity Booklet and Bag of Tricks: $30)
For Who? - Adult Educators

CALL TO RESERVE!
This workshop is ideal for those who want to get out and explore team 
building without the use of a low and high ropes course. If you are a 
teacher, camp staff, human service professional, community leader or 
coach you will find many of these tools useful to your work. All 
participants that attend can receive a 20% discount off of their next 
TEAM Challenge program they book for 2008.

More info: www.CayugaNatureCenter.org or 607-273-6260


LOCAL FOODS BRUNCH
Sunday, January 13th
Brunch & Live Music: 10:00 am - 11:30 am
Pruning Workshop: 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
TEAM Challenge Games: 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm

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. Fee: $12 
Adults and $6 Kids includes general admission

Brunch will be accompanied by live music from The Wayward Girls, a duo 
with Emelie Peine and Amy Guptill who will serve up soulful, ragged 
harmonies that draw on old-time, alternative country, and rock influences.

A pruning workshop will be offered from 12 - 2pm from local artisan 
Steve Sierigk of Acorn Designs. Steve will demonstrate fruit tree 
pruning techniques and talk theory while rehabilitating an old CNC apple 
tree.

Also offered are TEAM Challenge games from 12 - 2pm which focus on 
supporting growth and self-discovery through experiential education. The 
program helps individuals to work on trust, cooperation, problem solving 
skills and building self esteem.

Trails will be open for hiking, and showshoes are available for rental 
at $8 a pair, weather permitting.

More info: www.fingerlakespermaculture.org/localfoodsbrunch.htm or call 
607-273-6260.


MAPLE SUGARING & NATURE AWARENESS
for Kids and Families!
Mondays: 2 PM - 4:30 PM
January 14 - March 17 (10 sessions)
Fee: $150 per family plus two hours volunteer time at MapleFest (March 
28 - 30)

The Finger Lakes Permaculture Institute offers a program in conjunction 
with Trumansburg Learning Cooperative.

We will explore the forest as winter turns to spring and help with maple 
sugaring at Cayuga Nature Center, learning the history and process of 
turning sap into syrup.

We'll explore...

Tracking & Stalking
Winter Ecology
Permaculture Attitudes
Maple Sugaring History
Modern Syrup Production

Cost: $150 per family plus two hours volunteer time at MapleFest (March 
21 - 23)

More info: www.fingerlakespermaculture.org/maplesugaringnatureawar.htm 
or EJ George at 607-387-3602


PERMACULTURE FUNDAMENTALS
January 18 - 20 : Friday 5:30 PM - 9:30 PM, Sat & Sun 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Fee: Sliding Scale $100 - 250

with
STEVE GABRIEL,
KARRYN OLSON-RAMANUJAN,
and KAY CAFASSO

Spend a weekend learning the basics of permaculture theory and walk away 
with a toolbox of ecological design principles.

This course is highly affordable and offers a discussion on the ethics, 
attitudes, and principles of permaculture as well as an exploration of 
natural ecology and pattern that lead to regenerative designs.

We don't like lecturing. These classes are designed to be interactive 
and hands on. We use the site to discover how useful permaculture ideas 
can be in a variety of settings and situations. We value interactive 
learning emphasizing group process as much as content.

TOPICS:
What is Permaculture?
Ethics, Attitudes, and Principles
Pattern & Whole Systems
Observation & Site Evaluation
Ecology in a Nutshell
Design Process

This class is part of our Permaculture Design Cerficiation Course, 
offered two times a year . This 72-hour program equips equips students 
with the knowledge andunderstanding of whole systems and the 
applications of design to create systems which are ecologically sound 
and economically viable.

More info: www.fingerlakespermaculture.org/fundamentals.htm


WINTER ECOLOGY THROUGH GAMES
Sunday, January 20th
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Fee: General Admission

During this event, we will cover these concepts: survival, migration, 
predator/prey, camouflage, stalking & tracking. There will be a 30 
minute presentation on the CNC animals and how they adapt to the winter. 
Be prepared to be outside and active.


WILD ONES: ANIMAL FEEDING
Sunday, January 27th
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Fee: General Admission

Come meet our snakes, turtles, lizards, and more and help CNC animal 
keepers feed them while learning about the lives of these remarkable 
creatures from around the globe.


PERMACULTURE: BUILDING AN ECOSYSTEM
Wednesday, January 30
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Fee: FREE!

There is a world view which identifies humanity as a vital part of the 
web of life; indeed people have for thousands of years been stewards of 
the Earth, always finding innovative ways to extract our needs for 
survival while improving life for other species and future generations. 
Join Finger Lakes Permaculture Institute Program Coordinator Steve 
Gabriel for a discussion on the design process as a tool for making 
effective, measurable changes in the way we work in the world. Steve 
will share design examples from the Cayuga Nature Center, where FLPCI 
has been working on development of a land use plan incorporating 
agricultural, forestry, habitat and interpretive elements.

Space is limited and registration is required.

To register, sign up at GreenStar's Customer Service Desk or call 273-9392.

This class is free and open to the public, and will be held in the 
meeting room at GreenStar Cooperative Market’s West-End Store, 701 W. 
Buffalo St.


ABOUT

Cayuga Nature Center (www.cayuganaturecenter.org) (CNC) is a place to 
explire the wonders of nature. We invite you to visit our collection of 
over 40 live Animals, 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.

Finger Lakes Permaculture Institute (www.fingerlakespermaculture.org) 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 
local farmers, and a variety of other programming for children and adults.


Hours for the Main Lodge

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

more:
www.cayuganaturecenter.org
www.fingerlakespermaculture.org

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