From: Michael Burns <michael@fingerlakespermaculture.org>
To: permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: [permaculture] Finger Lakes Permaculture Summer 2007 (Ithaca NY USA)
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2007 22:59:35 -0400
The FINGER LAKES PERMACULTURE INSTITUTE
(a project of the Cayuga Nature Center)
presents
P e r m a c u l t u r e S u m m e r 2 0 0 7
--PERMACULTURE FUNDAMENTALS
--WATER MANAGEMENT with JOHN TODD
--ADVANCED PERMACULTURE DESIGN SEMINAR with DAVE JACKE and JONO NEIGER
--KEYLINE DESIGN with DARREN DOUGHERTY
--2007 NORTHEASTERN PERMACULTURE CONVERGENCE
--SUMMER INTENSIVE: PERMACULTURE DESIGN CERTIFICATION
PERMACULTURE FUNDAMENTALS
with
STEVE GABRIEL, educator, organizer, and land use director for Cayuga
Nature Center
Learn about the foundations of permaculture and how we use them to
design systems that meet personal and community needs. This weekend
gives you credits towards our Permaculture Design Certificate.
Cayuga Nature Center
Ithaca, NY
Sliding Scale $100 - $250
May 26 – 27
PERMACULTURE FUNDAMENTALS
with
STEVE GABRIEL
and MARK HOUSE, educator, farmer at the Rochester Folk Art Guild
Learn the foundations of permaculture in the setting of an
intentional community of artisans and the beauty of the western
Finger Lakes. Earn credit towards our Permaculture Design Certificate.
Rochester Folk Art Guild
Bristol, NY
Sliding Scale $100 - $250 http://www.rfag.org
June 2 – 3
WATER MANAGEMENT IN THE LANDSCAPE
with
Professor JOHN TODD, internationally recognized biologist and author,
founder of Ocean Arks International
Create an ecological oasis through a two-day seminar that addresses
water and drainage issues on the CNC farm. Explore aquaculture as a
solution to restoration and production goals for the landscape.
ADVANCED PERMACULTURE DESIGN SEMINAR
with
DAVE JACKE, educator, designer and author of Edible Forest Gardens
and JONO NEIGER, teacher and designer; Regenerative Designs, Inc.
P.D.C. Graduates of years past will challenge and further develop
their design process and skills. We will consider the CNC farm
project as a design problem to be resolved with whole systems thinking.
Cayuga Nature Center Farm
Ithaca, NY
Sliding Scale $300 - $450 ($850 including Keyline Design Workshop) +
food
http://www.edibleforestgardens.com
June 18 – 23
WATER FOR EVERY FARM: KEYLINE DESIGN
with
DARREN DOUGHERTY, permaculture teacher, designer, developer, and
manager with extensive international experience in keyline design.
Build soil and store water in the land during an intensive blend of
technical & practical sessions targeted at professional land
managers, consultants, earthmovers, designers, farmers & others
seeking in practical & cost-effective landscape restoration strategies.
Cayuga Nature Center Farm
Ithaca, NY
$600 ($850 with Advanced Design Seminar) + food http://www.permaculture.biz
July 6 – 8
2007 NORTHEASTERN PERMACULTURE CONVERGENCE
Find networks, inspiration, and solutions with a fun weekend of
workshops, break out sessions, socializing and fun! Activists from
around the northeast will come together to discuss the past, present,
and future permaculture movement.
SUMMER INTENSIVE
PERMACULTURE DESIGN
CERTIFICATION COURSE
with
STEVE GABRIEL, educator, organizer, and land use director for Cayuga
Nature Center
and KARRYN OLSON-RAMANUJAN, educator and co-founder of FLPCI
(plus guest teachers)
Hands on experiential learning on 130+ acres. Explore the principles,
techniques, and challenges of permaculture though presentations,
projects and games. Spend two weeks immersed in the language of
nature, looking at natural systems and how we can mimic them in our
own designs and lives.
All events, unless otherwise noted, are held at the
CAYUGA NATURE CENTER
Five miles northwest of Ithaca, NY
at 1420 Taughannock Blvd.
607-273-6260 http://www.cayuganaturecenter.org