Community Ecological Design Training rescheduled for Spring 2012
The Finger Lakes Permaculture Institute, in collaboration with the Alchemical Nursery and Cornell Cooperative Extension of Onondaga County, will be holding their third regional, permaculture-based training in Syracuse this spring. The Community Training in Ecological Design course gives gardeners, home owners, and anyone interested in urban or rural sustainable living, the tools to get started on a wide range of projects to improve food production, conserve resources, and save money. Students—as part of their coursework‐‐ apply these skills to a design project focusing on their own backyards, community green spaces, farms, or forests.
Participants begin with a full two-day weekend class on February 4th & 5th, continuing on for 9 weeks on Wednesday evenings from 6:00 – 8:30pm, and finishing with a hands-on participatory day at the Rahma Edible Forest Garden on Saturday April 14th.
Tuition for the class is a sliding scale of $200 – $400, with some scholarships available. If you have any questions, or wish to register, visit www.fingerlakespermaculture.org or contact Steve Gabriel or Michael Burns at info@fingerlakespermaculture.org or (607) 527-0607.
About the Finger Lakes Permaculture Institute
The Finger Lakes Permaculture Institute (FLPCI) was formed in 2005 in response to a growing interest in the region for sustainable design, green work skills, and permaculture education. Locally, FLPCI has offered a spring workshop on mushroom cultivation, a summer apprenticeship, and a two-week Permaculture Design Certification course. Our Permaculture Design Certification course reflects the most common method for learning the full curriculum of design principles and methods as recognized by most permaculture institutions.
About Cornell Cooperative Extension of Onondaga County
The Cornell University Cooperative Extension educational system enables people to improve their lives and communities through partnerships that put experience and research knowledge to work. CCE Onondaga provides education to the public on topics including nutrition, the environment, and agriculture. More information can be found at www.extendonondaga.org.
About The Alchemical Nursery
The Alchemical Nursery is a community benefits organization committed to the development of regenerative lifestyles and landscapes utilizing the principles and ethics of Permaculture, the Intentional Communities movement, Ecovillage living, and Mutual Aid activity. By providing educational resources, dialogue space, networking tools, and project development we are growing together towards cultural transformation, right livelihood, and equilibrium between local human society and our global ecological community. More information can be found at www.alchemicalnursery.org.