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[Karryn Olson-Ramanujan <karrynolson AT gmail.com>]

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From: Finger Lakes Permaculture Institute <info@fingerlakespermaculture.org>

Subject: Save the Date! Permaculture Weekend is Aug 24-26, 2018

Date: April 13, 2018 at 10:00:38 AM EDT

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Obtain a Yield!
Announcing the 2018 Permaculture Tours

 

The Finger Lakes Permaculture Institute (FLPCI) has set the date for the 2018 Annual Site Tours! Please mark your calendars and  set your sundials for Friday, August 24 - Sunday August 26, 2018.

With your feedback from last year’s Tour, we’re endeavoring to make 2018’s event the best one yet!  In the spirit of the grassroots Central American "farmer to farmer" movements (with which Rebecca Cutter, the Tour’s key organizer has worked) the focus of this year's event is learning through action, and sharing concrete examples of regenerative practices.  As a result, we are forgoing the Sunday Convergence format in order to offer a second day of tours and opportunities for hands-on activities.

So far, we have 13 sites registered, and some are gearing up to provide a workshop or work party or “permablitz” opportunity in addition to their standard tour! We also plan to improve this year’s Tour Site Map, and to organize carpooling to all the sites.

Want hear all the details?
Volunteer with us to help make this year’s Tour extra awesome?
Or apply to host a site?
We'd love to have you join us! 

Click here to sign up, so we can send you all the info.

The FLPCI board wants to share with you some things we’ve been learning about as an organization, as they impact our approach to this year’s Tour:

We understand that some folks are moving away from the word “permaculture” for various and valid reasons. However, the board of FLPCI, an organization with some local traction and power, feels called to challenge and change the permaculture movement from within, rather than distancing ourselves from the word.

We aren’t working alone, we acknowledge that we have a lot yet to learn, and we welcome accompaniment on the shared journey towards building a truly equitable bioregional culture.

As we endeavor to do this in the Finger Lakes, our approach is: if sites demonstrate ecological design and/or regenerative social practices, but don’t call their work “permaculture”, it’s our honor to include them in the tour and promote them.  

We will be in touch with more information as we create a facebook event and update our website. As always, please reach out to info@fingerlakespermaculture.org with questions and suggestions!

We're super looking forward to seeing you this summer!

The FLPCI team: Rebecca, Anna, Karryn, Michael, & Peter

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