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  • From: "Michael Burns" <michael@fingerlakespermaculture.org>
  • To: "Permaculture List" <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [permaculture] Scholarships offered for Community Training in Ecological Design Class
  • Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2011 15:35:49 -0500

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact Information:
Steve Gabriel, (607)527-0607 <steve@fingerlakespermaculture.org>

SCHOLARSHIPS OFFERED FOR ECO DESIGN CLASS

Learn to design your garden, backyard, or small woodlot using an ecological
design method. The Finger Lakes Permaculture Institute of Cayutaville, NY will
be offering a Community Training in Ecological Design program in Montour
Falls, in collaboration with Cornell Cooperative Extension of Schuyler County.

The course will meet from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm on the weekend of February 12 &
13 and will continue on Tuesday evenings from 6:30 to 9:00 pm from February
15th though April 12th. Classes will be held at the Schuyler County Human
Services Building at 323 Owego Street in Montour Falls, NY. Students can
choose their own design project such as a backyard, garden space, vacant lot,
field, forest, or even an entire neighborhood. Tuition is a sliding scale $200
to $400, based on what you can afford.

Thanks to grants from the Schuyler County Environmental Management Council and
the Finger Lakes Resource Conservation & Development Council, up to nine half
scholarships are available towards the tuition. The scholarships will be
offered to those who can share their new design skills to others in their
community. Teachers, students, social workers, community organizers, small
farmers or anyone enthusiastic about using what they learn to help their own
community are encouraged to apply at the FingerLakesPermaculture.org website.
Applicants who live in Schuyler, Yates, Seneca, Steuben, Tompkins, Chemung or
Ontario counties are eligible.

The Finger Lakes Permaculture Institute (FLPCI) offers opportunities to learn
sustainable design methods including mushroom inoculation workshops, summer
apprentice programs, and an two week Permaculture Design Certification course.

Permaculture is a design discipline for productive systems such as gardens,
farms, homesteads, and urban sites utilizing ecological principles found in
natural systems. These ecological principles combined with a design method
help to create sustainable, healthy abundant landscapes while meeting basic
human needs. Permaculture has become a cutting edge design alternative to
industrial systems that erode the wealth of communities and natural resources.

Carpooling from several towns around Central NY is being organized on our
website. Anyone interested in more information or a scholarship application
can visit the FLPCI website at FingerLakesPermaculture.org or call (607)
527-0607.


Finger Lakes Permaculture Institute
2962 Swamp Rd.
Alpine, NY 14805
FingerLakesPermaculture.org
<info@fingerlakespermaculture.org>

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The Finger Lakes Permaculture Institute
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permaculture design certificate classes.
http://www.fingerlakespermaculture.org
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  • [permaculture] Scholarships offered for Community Training in Ecological Design Class, Michael Burns, 01/19/2011

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