COMMUNITY TRAINING IN ECOLOGICAL DESIGN
Design to
meet the needs of your family and neighbors.
Learn to garden, preserve food, compost, capture
rainwater and prune trees.
Rethink how to bring abundance and health
to your neighborhood, home and work.
Mobilize
our community to increase food access
and development of green jobs.
Meeting Thursday evenings, 6:30 to 9:00 pm,
February 18th through May 6th, 2010
(plus optional Saturday work parties and field trips)
Classes will be held at the Southside Community Center in Ithaca N.Y.
We will meet once a week throughout the winter to discover the principles
and
techniques of permaculture and ecology that help us become better
involved in
the future of our land and people.
Class work
will include a self-selected design project; you can design your
backyard,
garden space, or an entire neighborhood. Examples and applications
will be
given in both an urban and rural context. Class will be a balance of
lecture
and hands-on learning. We will also complete a group design and
implementation to
extend our learning for the benefit of the community.
Instructors include Steve Gabriel, Michael Burns, Karryn Olson-Ramanujan,
Josh
Dolan, and special guests.
Sliding scale tuition of $200 - $400 (What can you afford?)
Please register to attend. A limited number of scholarships are available
thanks to support from the Sustainable Tompkins Mini-Grant Program and
Ithaca College. Please fill out an application.
NOTE: This is not a Permaculture Design Certification (PDC) course. If
later you choose to take the PDC, your $200 tution fee can be applied to
our PDC tuition.
MUSHROOM WORKSHOP WEEKEND
May 22 & 23  | Our 5th annual workshop
covering the basics of both wild and domestic mushroom production and
harvesting with local grower Steve Sierigk and special guest Rafter Sass. It will be held at the Cayuta Sun homestead in Cayutaville, NY (15 miles southwest of Ithaca).  The fee is $30 for Saturday's shiitake inoculation class (includes one take-home log). The sliding scale fee ($100-$300) is for the entire weekend of mycology instruction. Please register to attend. A limited number of scholarships are available. Please fill out an application. |
URBAN FUNDAMENTALS
June 4 - 6   | Urban Fundamentals covers the basics of
permaculture principles, design and techniques as applied to life in the city. Topics include
gardening in small spaces, composting, soil bioremediation, water
Classes will be held in downtown Ithaca. Sliding scale tuition of $150 - $300. (How much can you contribute?) Please register to attend. A limited number of scholarships are available. Please fill out an application. |
SUMMER APPRENTICESHIP
June 4 - August 11          | We are seeking applicants for our summer apprenticeship program. Those selected will work and study through an intensive, eight-week schedule that includes our Urban Permaculture Weekend and the Permaculture Design Certificate (PDC) course.
Apprentice applicants will work full-time on agroforestry, natural building, waste management and gardening projects. Apprentices will also help prepare the PDC course site. They will receive over 60 hours of instruction in addition to our 84-hour PDC course.
Most activities will be at the Cayuta Sun Homestead. Weekly work-and-learn field trips will visit local permaculture projects. FLPCI apprentices will be creating a temporary learning community within a larger rural community. We seek applicants who not only wish to learn about the principles and applications of permaculture, but also wish to explore the role of community in permaculture practice. During the program, participants will be expected to consider—in addition to their own learning goals—the needs of the apprenticeship community, the sites they will live and work on, Cayutaville’s residents, and the communities they will return to.
Up to six apprentices may be able to camp at Cayuta Sun or within the Cayutaville community. Each residential apprentice is expected to exchange one eight-hour day of work per week at their host site. Camping and lodging accommodations will be rustic with limited electric, water, and cell phone reception. While Cayutaville is relatively remote for the Finger Lakes region, a car is not required.
The
apprentice program includes a fee of $750 (for those living on site) or
$600 (for local, commuting residents) plus a $250 contribution for meals during the PDC.
We will begin reviewing applications and apprenticeship positions in early March. Please submit your apprenticeship application as early as possible. There are no scholarships available. |
8th Annual PERMACULTURE DESIGN CERTIFICATION
July
23 - August 8        |
Join our Summer Permaculture Design Certification course running from July 23 through August 8, 2010. This is our eighth internationally recognized certification course. We train 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 off-grid learning community explores 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 through 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.
$1200 tuition includes prepared meals and camping. Sign up by May 1 and save $150. Sign up by July 1 and save $50. Please register to attend. Class size is limited. There are no scholarships available. |
