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 72-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 more: www.cayuganaturecenter.org www.fingerlakespermaculture.org ---End Message--- _______________________________________________ RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: [email protected] http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org
