permaculture

[Rain Tenaqiya <raincascadia@yahoo.com>]

We have just finished building our strawbale/cob house (made of mostly 
on-site or local materials) and have early food forests and other swaled 
plantings going on, plus all the stuff that Mountain Homestead has.  We are 
just a couple (both permaculture educators), but are part of an 800 acre 
property with nine other shareholders (all off-grid), owned as a California S 
corporation.  Presently, we are only planning to modify about half of our ten 
acre lease.  We like to have visitors and are only three miles off of Highway 
101, just outside Ukiah, so you will come right by us.  Give us a call if you 
are interested:  707-463-1307.
 
Thanks,
 
Rain



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FINGER LAKES PERMACULTURE INSTITUTE
SPRING & SUMMER PROGRAMS 2009

-- PERMACULTURE SUMMER APPRENTICESHIP (April 24 - August 9)

-- PERMACULTURE FUNDAMENTALS (April 24 - 26)

-- MUSHROOM INOCULATION WORKSHOP (May 16)

-- SUMMER INTENSIVE PERMACULTURE DESIGN CERTIFICATE COURSE (July 24 - August 
9)


PERMACULTURE SUMMER APPRENTICESHIP
(May 11 - August 24)

The Finger Lakes Permaculture Institute offers an exciting opportunity to
explore sustainable, regenerative design. In exchange, apprentices assist in
organizing events and working on a permaculture project. Apprentices attend
all Spring/Summer 2009 permaculture events without charge, including the
Summer Intensive Permaculture Design Certification Course.

Apprentices begin their commitment by attending the Permaculture Fundamentals
course in April. After these introductory classes, work shifts will be on
regularly scheduled days from May 11 through July 26. The focus of this year’s
apprentice work will be designing and creating classroom facilities for this
year’s Design Certification Course at Cayuta Sun, a homestead about 15 miles
southeast of Ithaca, N.Y.

Each apprentice is expected to complete 100 hours of fieldwork as offered by
the Finger Lakes Permaculture Institute before the Design Certification Course
begins on July 24. The apprentice program is heavily rooted in self-directed
learning. We help apprentices to define goals, set milestones, and produce
measurable results. Facilitators offer guidance and feedback to create a
challenging and rewarding endeavor.

Camping facilities with showers and outhouses are available for apprentices
who wish to live at the design site from late-May through mid-August. A small
fee and homestead/camp chores are asked in exchange for camping. Food will be
the responsibility of the individual, but apprentices are encouraged to grow
food on onsite gardens while growing food for the course.

Tuition is $600 for on-site apprentices or $500 for commuting apprentices.

Accepting applications through April 10 at 
http://www.FingerLakesPermaculture.org


PERMACULTURE FUNDAMENTALS
(April 24 - 26)

Spend a weekend learning the basics of permaculture design. Walk away with a
toolbox of ecological design principles. This affordable course 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. 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. Because this course covers the introductory classes of our
Design Certification Course, your tuition can be applied to the full cost of
the Certification Course.

Tuition is a sliding scale of $100 to $250.

Register at http://www.FingerLakesPermaculture.org


MUSHROOM INOCULATION WORKSHOP
(May 16)

Take home the new skill of cultivating culinary mushrooms.  Learn how a forest
can produce a cash crop in a permaculture food forest. Participants will bring
home their own shiitake-inoculated log and can purchase additional logs.

11 a.m., bring your own lunch
Tuition is a sliding scale of $20 to $40.

Register at http://www.FingerLakesPermaculture.org


SUMMER INTENSIVE
PERMACULTURE DESIGN CERTIFICATE COURSE
(July 24 - August 9)

The Finger Lakes Permaculture Institute (FLPCI) invites you to join its 2009
Summer Permaculture Design Course running from July 24 through August 9, 2009.
This is our seventh 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 in the beautiful rural
Cayuta Lake Valley. The class equips students with the knowledge of whole
systems and the principles, techniques, and challenges of permaculture as a
system of sustainable design. Our learning community 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 final
design of the Cayuta Sun Homestead. Instruction is augmented by presentations
from local experts, field trips, and games.

Completion of the course earns participants an internationally recognized
design certificate.

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...

$1200 includes tuition, food, and camping
Sign up by May 1, 2009 and save $150
Sign up by July 1, 2009 and save $50
Register at http://www.FingerLakesPermaculture.org


ABOUT US

Finger Lakes Permaculture Institute provides affordable and experiential
learning events in the Finger Lakes bioregion of New York State. We offer
Permaculture Design Certification courses and a variety of other programs for
permaculture education.

Finger Lakes Permaculture Institute
P.O. Box 54
Ithaca, NY 14850
http://www.fingerlakespermaculture.org
info@fingerlakespermaculture.org

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