From: Michael Burns <michael@fingerlakespermaculture.org>
To: permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: [permaculture] january 08 permaculture events, Ithaca, NY USA
Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2008 11:15:31 -0500
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 100-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