Archive for April, 2010
The Beehive Collective’s Crosspollination: THE TRUE COST OF COAL
Original Article at http://www.alchemicalnursery.org/content/view/277/1/ RSVP (not required but welcomed) via Facebook at
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=114282335255107&ref=ts
The Beehive Collective’s Crosspollination
THE TRUE COST OF COAL – mountaintop removal and the fight for our future – a picture lecture to be understood by anyone…..not just the experts and analysts!
Wednesday May 5, 8pm – 10pm, at Spark (1005 East Fayette St), Syracuse, NY
The Beehive Design Collective is a group of artist educators, illustrators, entomologists, botanists, activists, researchers, and volunteers based in Mathias, ME.
With huge portable MURALS of collaboratively produced ILLUSTRATIONS and an engaging NARRATIVE . . . . . the bees will take you on an interactivevisual tour of the connections between MOUNTAINTOP REMOVAL, CLIMATE CHANGE, the “AMERICAN DREAM”, and the STRUGGLE for JUSTICE in Appalachia and throughout the world.
Their visually stunning, large scale B+W graphics depict social justice and raising ecological consciousness in a way that is never boring. The bees will present these picture lectures in a special event at Spark Contemporary Art Space. This is an event co-sponsored by the Alchemical Nursery. Refreshments will be served, deelicious beverages courtesy of the Art School in the Art School (The AS in The AS), be there!
Free admission, but donations will be collected for the Beehive Collective to help pay for thier travel costs and to produce this event.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beehive_Design_Collective
http://www.beehivecollective.org/
beehivecollective.blogspot.com
www.alchemicalnursery.org
www.theasintheas.org
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The Finger Lakes Permaculture Institute
offers workshops, apprenticeships, and
permaculture design certificate classes.
http://www.fingerlakespermaculture.org
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Cob Wall Building Workparty in Trumansburg May 15
New Meetup: Cob Wall Building Workparty in Trumansburg May 15!!!
Announcing a new Meetup for Permaculture and Homesteading Guild!
What: Cob Wall Building Workparty in Trumansburg May 15!!!
When: Saturday, May 15, 2010 9:00 AM
Where:
Are you interested in helping a permie friendly build some cob walls on May 15?
Tina MacDonald is hosting a workparty on her property in Trumansburg, starting around 9am on Saturday, May 15. Please call for directions if needed. It would also be a good idea to call and give a heads up if you plan on attending.
Contact info:
Tina MacDonald
5040 Williamee Rd
Trumansburg, NY 14886
607-229-6626
I am planning on attending, so if you’d like to carpool let me know – or you can respond to this posting with an offer or request for a rideshare!!!
Hope to see some of ya’ll there! This will be fun!!
Learn more here:
http://www.meetup.com/Permaculture-and-Urban-Homesteading/calendar/13306113/
David Orr, author of “Earth in Mind” to speak in Ithaca on May 6
From: “Marian Brown”
“Green Arts, Downtown, and Economic Development: Oberlin’s Lessons for Ithaca” will be the title of the May 6 talk being delivered by David Orr at 6:00PM in the Borg Warner room of the Tompkins County Public Library. Co-Sponsored by the Downtown Ithaca Alliance and the Tompkins County Climate Protection Initiative, Orr will share lessons learned from implementing a community-wide downtown environmental design project and how communities such as Ithaca might undertake similar projects.
Orr is the Paul Sears Distinguished Professor of Environmental Studies and Politics at Oberlin College as well as being the author of several well-known works on environmental literacy, ecological design, and sustainability, including “Ecological Literacy,” “The Nature of Design” and “Earth in Mind.”
Orr’s talk in Ithaca will focus on his most recent project, a downtown green arts district which expands upon the ideas that lead to the establishment of the Adam Jospeh Lewis Environmental Studies Center.
For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/
If you have questions about this list please contact the list manager, Tom Shelley, at tjs1@cornell.edu.
Upcoming events in Agriculture, Natural Resources and Horticulture in the South Central New York Region May 1st
From: “Catherine A Barnes”
Upcoming events in Agriculture, Natural Resources and Horticulture in the South Central New York Region
**************************** HAPPY MOTHERS DAY!!****************************
Great ways to spend the day with Mom!
Sunday, May 9 Mother’s Day Wildflower Breakfast Bring Mom to the Arnot Forest for a peaceful and relaxing breakfast at the lodge. Afterward, take a guided or self-guided wildflower walk. Learn to identify the beautiful wildflowers that carpet the forest floor in the springtime. Pre-registration is strongly encouraged. Time: Breakfast and self-guided walk 9:00 am – 12:00 pm, Guided walk 11:00 am Cost: $10/person, $2/person kids under 12. Our preference is that you register on-line with a credit card at: www.ArnotConservation.info. Or, register in one of the following ways: fax your information to: (607) 255-2815, e-mail: dlt5@cornell.edu, or call: (607) 255-2115. Cornell University’s Arnot Forest is located on Schuyler County Route 13, 1 mile north of NY Route 224 between Cayuta and Van Etten, NY. The address is 611 County Rt. 13, Van Etten, NY 14889. For directions and a map visit www.arnotforest.info
Sunday, May 9th, 11-5: Mother’s Day Blossom Festival at Littletree Orchards, 345 Shaffer Road, Newfield. Guided and self-guided tours, scavenger hunt, hands-on activities. Bring a lawn chair and enjoy great local bands: the Dust Busters, the Pearly Snaps, Technicolor Trailerpark, Mutsu, Joyful Noise, and Jimmy Lawler. Cider, apple cider donuts and other great foods. For more information call the Orchard, 564-9246, or CCE-Tompkins, 272-2292.
AGRICULTURE
April & May. Master Beekeeper Program. The Cornell University Master Beekeeper program will conduct its two-day Apprentice Level Spring Workshop twice this year. Topics include the biology of the honey bee; starting with bees and beekeeping equipment; colony inspection; spring and summer management; and IPM for honey bee pests, parasites, pathogens and predators. Course fee is $140 and will include 2-hours of field work each day. Dates of classes are:
· May 1 – 2, 9am – 6pm at the Dyce Lab in Ithaca, NY
New beekeepers and experience beekeepers looking for a refresher course are encouraged to attend. A workshop manual and refreshments are provided. For more information and to register visit:
http://www.masterbeekeeper.org/masterbeekeeper.htm.
Saturday, May 8th 2010, Horse Owner Short Course
*“Keeping It Green:Pasture Management For The Horse Owner ” Dr. Debbie Cherney, Cornell University
*“Pasture Improvements” Janice Degni, of CCE Broome County
*“Fencing Options and Proper Setup” Howard and Jayne Stoltzsus, Equine Supply Trading Co
*“Equine Nutrition: For The Everyday Horse” Jeffery Harrison, A & J Enterprise.
Suitable for all types of full-and part-time horse farms: boarding, breeding, training, and casual horse ownership. This educational program is presented in collaboration CCE Equine of Cornell Cooperative Extension Saratoga County, GRAZE NY, NECRME/USDA. Please register by calling Cornell Cooperative Extension of Broome County 607-584-9966. Cost is $20.00 per person, includes lunch.
HORTICULTURE
Saturday, May 15th –Annual Spring Garden Fair and Plant Sale- from 9:30am-2:30pm will be held at Stewart Park of Route 13 in Ithaca. Over 40 vendors will be in attendance. Please call Tompkins CCE at 607-272-2292 or email growline@cornell.edu with any questions.
Monday, May 17th 2010- Plant and Seed Swap- 11am-1pm- Human Services Complex 323 Owego Street Montour Falls NY 14865 Room 120. Set up anytime from 10am on. Please have all your things out of the room by 2pm at the latest and be responsible for your own clean up. Bring baggies, digging spoons and whatever else you think would help others take any new items home. Horticulture staff will be on ahnd to answer questions. YOU DO NOT NEED TO BRING A PLANT TO TAKE ONE HOME. Everyone is welcome. Call 607-535-7161 if you have any questions.
Saturday, May 22nd- Dividing Perennials- a S.A.G.E Workshop (Schuyler Area Garden Enthusiasts) 10:30- 12:00pm. Come to the Rural Urban Center located at 208 Broadway Street in Montour Falls and learn about dividing your perennials from Beth Lisk and Horticulture Educator Roger Ort. Topics discussed will be soil types, dividing different plants and time of year to divide. It is a $5 fee to attend. This is a HANDS ON workshop! Call 607-535-7161 for questions and registration.
Saturday, June 12thAnnuals and Combo Planting- a S.A.G.E Workshop- 10am-11:30am- (Schuyler Area Garden Enthusiasts) Join Trixie and Talma of TNT Greenhouse. Topics include annual varieties, color schemes and planting techniques. Fee to attend is $5. Please call 607-525-7161 with questions and registration.
NATURAL RESOURCES
Monday May 3rd 7pm- 9:15pm- Disposal Wells: A Solution for Marcellus Waste? This free public forum will be held to public dialogue about consequences of drilling for natural gas in NY. Presenters will be Dr. Tony Ingraffea, Cornell University Professor of Engineering; Mr. William Kappel, U.S. Geological Survey, Water Resources Division; and Rachel Treichler, Esq., Attorney from Hammondsport , NY. The forum will be held at The Womens Community Building 100 West Seneca Street Ithaca NY 14850. Email sarahess63@yahoo.com with questions or visit
http://ccetompkins.org/calendar/10/04/14/disposal-wells-solution-marcellus-waste for further detail.
Thursday May 6th 5:30pm-8:30pm- CCE Emeral Ash Borer Outreach Training Workshop -This workshop will be for the general public. Held in Tompkins County, location TBD. Please contact Monika Roth 607-272-2292 or email mr55@cornell.edu for more information.
Wednesday, May 12, 1:30pm-3:00pm: Webinar- “Marcellus Shale: Community and Economic Considerations.” Presenter: Jeffrey Jacquet, Cornell Department of Natural Resources. Click here to register:
https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dE10Mk1qWUhOSnlFWHVXMWh3TDBONEE6MA
Saturday, May 15, 2010, 9:00 am – 12:00 noon Wayne County Cooperative Extension- 1581 State Route 88 Newark NY- Woodlot Owner Workshop. Protecting and Enhancing Your Woodlot: Advice for Landowners. Registration fee of $10 includes the workshop and printed copy of reference material. This workshop will describe the main threats, both human and natural, that your woodlot faces; what you can do to combat them; and how you can maintain a healthy and productive woodlot. Topics will include how to protect your woodlot from timber theft and poor logging practices, how to recognize various invasive species and the effects they can have on a woodlot, how to develop a management plan, and what resources are available to help landowners practice good silviculture on their woodlots. Speakers will include Mark Gooding, DEC service forester for Wayne County, and Mike Seager, president of the New York Forest Owners Association. Registration deadline is May 7th 2010. To register, send your $10.00 payment along with your name, address and phone number to: Cornell Cooperative Extension of Wayne County 1581 Rte 88 N. Newark, NY 14513
Saturday May 22nd- Mushroom Workshop Weekend-Our 5th annual mushroom weekend is back and expanding to include more on the fascinating world of fungi. Our workshops will cover the basics of both wild and domestic mushroom production and harvesting with local grower Steve Sierigk and special guest Rafter Sass. Join us SATURDAY, May 22 (9 a.m. to noon) at the sugarbush of Sapsquatch Maple Products in Enfield, NY.SATURDAY (9 a.m. to noon) workshop fee: $30-ENTIRE WEEKEND (Saturday & Sunday) fee: $100-300 (sliding scale)Everyone takes home an inoculated log. No previous experience is necessary for any of these workshops. Please register to attend. A limited number of scholarships are available. Please fill out an application.
June 23, Wednesday, 1:30pm-3:00pm: Webinar- “Marcellus Shale: Local Roads Impacts.” Presenters: Lynne Irwin and David Orr, Cornell Local Roads Program. Click here to
register:https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dDNNdTFuMWdOeU9Namx1Y2otT2V3RlE6MA
Several weekends in May, June and July. Game of Logging, chainsaw safety and productivity training a the Arnot Forest. Weekend and weekday dates are published at http://www2.dnr.cornell.edu/ext/forestconnect/GOL.html
“If you no longer wish to receive our bi-weekly update on Ag and Natural Resources programs in the region, please respond to this email with “Remove” in the subject line”
Cathy Barnes
Administrative Assistant
The Land Use Team
323 Owego St, Unit 5
Montour Falls, NY 14865
607-535-7161
www.cce.cornell.edu/schuyler
www.sc-landuse.org
www.schuylerlanduse.blogspot.com/
Cornell Cooperative Extension of Schuyler County provides equal program and employment opportunities. Accommodations for persons with disabilities may be requested by calling CCE of Schuyler County at 607-535-7161 no later than one week before the beginning of any event to make arrangements. Requests received after this date will be met when possible.
Reminder: May Day Bike Ride for Economic Justice! 5/1, 12:45pm Dewitt Park
BikeIt May Day Ride!
Saturday, May 1st
Meet: DeWitt Park at 12:45pm, leave at 1pm sharp.
20-30 mile ride.
Return to Commons in time for May Day concert/rally/speakers at 3:30!
Join BikeIt, the 500-mile ride from Ithaca to the US Social Forum in Detroit (bikeit2010 if you are interested. We’ll roll onto the commons in time for the speakers and musicians at the Ithaca May Day Celebration: A day of action to advocate for the rights of workers and immigrants!
More info? bikeit2010 or www.bikeit.org. RSVP on Facebook here!
Info on the rally: http://tcirc.wordpress.com/.
Caterer for Bike It seeks trailer for pulling cooking supplies!
Hello fans of and participants of Bike It, and the general Ithaca Community:
I will be one of folks catering this fabulous bike ride (www.bikeit.org) and I am looking to borrow an enclosed trailer that I can pull behind my van for the trip.
We are looking forward to feeding these hardworking bike riders and instead of driving two cars, we’re trying to make it all work with one van + trailer.
Please contact me if you can hook me up with a trailer. email and cell are best.
Thanks very much,
Kathleen
cell: 607.592.2303
Kathleen Pasetty
Manndible Cafe
607.254.6206
www.manndiblecafe.com
Coppice Work Weekend – Western MA – May 8,9
From: Mark Krawczyk <mudshark2003@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2010 20:11:21 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Coppice Work Weekend – Western MA – May 8,9
Hi All,
We’d like to extend an invitation to a coppice work weekend in western Massachusetts (Chester MA, west of Northampton) May 8 and 9. This event was conceived of during the Coppice Workshop that Dave Jacke and Mark Krawczyk taught last fall. We had a lovely turnout, a great time and decided that it’d be fun to get together and have a weekend that combined learning and work on getting the coppice project here off to a good start.
Mark will be joining us and helping us get us started on Saturday. He’ll do a short over-view lecture on Saturday morning and then we’ll work until lunch. After lunch, we’ll have another lecture on a coppice/craft related topic to be chosen by the attendees and then we’ll work for the rest of the afternoon.
After dinner Mark will present some slides from his recent trip back to Greece, England and Macedonia. He recently returned from Europe, having spent some time researching what others are doing with coppice. He and Dave are working on a coppice book together.
On Sunday we’ll be on our own to continue working on the projects we started. We’ll be planting nursery stock, moving soil amendments to planting sites, etc. This is not a huge project so I assume we’ll have fun and not get too tired.
So what’s the scoop about this weekend?
Cost:
We’re asking that every attendee pay $10-30 towards Mark’s fee.
Meals:
Bring breakfast foods for yourselves and/or to share.
Lunch will be provided although if you have something to add or special dietary needs feel free to contribute.
Dinners will be a potluck type of system like last time.
Dates/Times:
May 8 and 9 (Saturday and Sunday) with folks being welcome to come Friday night if they have a distance to travel and want to set up their camp site and be ready Saturday morning without a long drive.
What to bring:
Work clothes, your favorite bug repellant, any tools you like to use for planting, clearing some brambles, etc. Work gloves. Smiles. Good nature. Willingness to have fun. Potluck dinner contribution and snacks. Camping gear if you’re staying over during the weekend.
What not to bring:
Anything illegal except for black locust seedlings. Any pets. Children (unless you’ve called me about it)
What we will provide:
Some tools, good lunch foods, some snacks, tea, water, bathrooms, kitchen facility, learning opportunity, time for easy connection with others that share sustainability interests.
Who can come:
This is first going out to all the folks who either came to the Coppice Workshop last fall or had showed interest. Anyone wanting a fun time working with others. Anyone interested in coppice. You are all welcome to share this info with others who you think would be a good fit. Anyone can come although there will be a limit of spaces so don’t leave this to last minute if you’re interested.
What should you do if you’re interested:
Contact me immediately so I can gauge the level of interest in this weekend. Because it’s not a whole lot of work we need to do here and because it’s a fair amount of work to put on a weekend, I will cancel the weekend if I don’t have enough interest to make it worthwhile for Mark to invest his time coming down here.
Call me at 413-667-8820
Blessings,
Kathrin Woodlyn Bateman
Ithaca Freeskool seeks teachers/facilitators
http://ithacafreeskool.wordpress.com/2010/04/06/call-for-teachers/
The Ithaca Freeskool’s dealine for teachers to offer their classes is May 1. Visit the their website for details.
Historic Ithaca Presernts Japanese Woodworking Workshop
Historic Ithaca Presents Japanese Woodworking Workshop
Local carpenter Peter Wiedmann will present “A Sharpening Primer: Chisels and Plane Blades” on Thursday, April 29 from 6:00 to 8:00pm at Historic Ithaca, 212 Center Street, Ithaca NY. This session, the second in a three-part series on Japanese woodworking, will focus on sharpening chisels and plane blades. Eastern and Western tools will be used to compare their effectiveness on different types of wood. Participants may bring chisels, planes, and wood cutting boards that need tuning up. The registration fee is $25 for the general public, $20 for Friends of Historic Ithaca. Advance registration is required. This session is required for those who wish to participate in Part 3 of the series, where we will design and build a section of fence using Japanese techniques. For more information and to register, visit www.historicithaca.org or call (607) 273-6633.
ABOUT HISTORIC ITHACA: Historic Ithaca is a nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving and sustaining the legacy of the built environment in Tompkins County and the Finger Lakes region. Through education, advocacy, and action, Historic Ithaca helps to protect the significant buildings, landscapes, and communities in the local region.
Kristen Olson
Preservation Services Coordinator
Historic Ithaca, Inc.
212 Center Street, Ithaca NY 14850
(607) 273-6633
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Open enrollment for Dave Jacke workshop at Cornell
*On May 9, Dilmun Hill’s Growing Mosaics Garden is delightedly offering an advanced workshop with Edible Forest Gardens author and designer Dave Jacke
* Please read our announcement below for more details.
If you are interested in coming, please *RSVP by April 25, 2010.* Feel free to share this with relevant groups at this time.
*Deposits are due by April 30* to keep your spot. Please let us know if you want to come but need help with the fee.
The whole scoop:
*Edible Forest Gardens 201
Gardening Like the Forest: Building Effective Polycultures
*Sunday, May 9, 2010
11AM- 4:30PM
Dilmun Hill Student Farm
Cost: $40 prepaid by April 30
Lets get practical: how does one design effective polycultures in forest garden ecosystems? We’ll briefly review basic theory, then solidify that theory with a guild and polyculture game and later evaluate Dilmun Hill’s Growing Mosaics Garden polycultures based on what we learn. We will look for what is working well and suggest how to build better polycultures onsite.
Bring your copies of *Edible Forest Gardens, *Volume 2, clipboards or field notebooks, and one or two of your best references on woody and perennial plants (catalogs count!) to add to our resource library for the day.
*Prerequisites:* Familiarity with Edible Forest Gardens, Volumes 1 and 2 * and/or* attendance at earlier workshops with Dave Jacke. Previous experience with forest garden design is a major plus.
*Is this the right workshop for you?* Since this is a more advanced workshop, please ask yourself these questions to ensure that you’ll be ready to go! We don’t need to know the answers to these, but it will help you make a decision about coming.
- What is a polyculture? Can you describe one?
- What benefits do polycultures potentially accrue to gardeners? What problems might polycultures cause if designed poorly?
*RSVP to dilmunhill@cornell.edu by Thursday, April 25* to reserve your spot.
Attendance is limited to 30 to create the best hands-on opportunity for all.
Checks due by April 30 and can be made out to “Dilmun Hill Student Farm” and mailed to Melissa Madden, 147D Plant Science Building, Cornell University, Ithaca, Ny 14853.
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fingerlakespermaculture email list has crashed; seeking former subscribers
On April 5th the fingerlakespermaculture listserv crashed and the subscription list was lost.
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Please forward this message widely to those likely to be former or future subscribers.
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The list had been hosted since 2005 at the mutualaid.org server. Between 200-300 email accounts were subscribed to the original list. The discussion and announcements from this community were shared by a community that included almost 500 fans on Facebook, about 100 followers on Twitter, and countless others who received forwarded messages or visited the blog.
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Beginning with Bees: A Beginner’s Beekeeping Class
Saturday April 17, 9:00 AM
presented at
Cayuga Nature Center
1420 Taughannock Boulevard / Route 89Ithaca NY 14850-9510
The Finger Lakes Beekeepers Club announces a Spring workshop to help
people begin keeping bees. The workshop is designed for people who
wish to start a bee hive, whether to raise some honey or for
pollination. Finger Lakes Beekeeper Club members will be on hand to
present displays and workshops, host informal conversations with
beekeepers and a visit to the Club Apiary.
Light refreshments will be provided. Participants should bring a brown
bag lunch.
People may find more information by visiting the website, www.flbeeclub.com or by sending an email to twelder62@yahoo.com
Because there is a limit of 80 persons, preregistration is required by
April 9. The cost is $8.00 person, $12 family. Checks should be made
out to “Finger Lakes Bee Keepers Club” and mailed to FLBC, c/o Tammy
Fazzi, 4 Hanford Drive, Dryden NY 13053
Peter Loring Borst
Ithaca NY USA
peterloringborst.com
peterlborst@cornell.edu
“URBAN HARVEST” weekend events in Ithaca
From: “Allison Jack” <alh54@cornell.edu>
*URBAN HARVEST *
for additional information about this series of events please see:
www.rso.cornell.edu/nwaeg
Scroll down for all three events. Please distribute widely.
Facebook events page http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=112295162130374
*Perspectives on Urban Agriculture and Food Justice:*
A panel discussion with the people behind three urban agriculture
initiatives in NY State
Friday April 9 4:30 – 6:00 pm
Cornell University Campus 404 Plant Science Building (Tower Rd.)
East New York Farms! – Youth Urban Agriculture Internship United
Community Centers, Brooklyn, NY
David Vigil
Healthy Soils, Healthy Communities – A research and education
partnership with urban gardeners Urban Soils Group, Cornell Waste
Management Institute
Hannah Shayler
Gardens for Humanity Whole Community Project – Cornell Cooperative
Extension – Tompkins County
Jemila Sequeira & Josh Dolan
Contact: Megan Gregory mmg98@cornell.edu (607) 255-3918
Potluck downtown to follow 7:00 to 9:00 pm please call (607) 273-5762
for directions and to RSVP. This is an all ages alcohol free family
friendly dinner.
*Youth in Urban Agriculture and Community-led Economic Development *
Hands on workshop supporting local urban agriculture initiatives
Saturday, April 10 10:00 am – 3:00 pm (lunch will be served) Southside
Community Center, 305 S. Plain St.
Youth in Urban Agriculture: from NYC to Ithaca – a presentation by East
New York Farms and Gardens for Humanity.
Bountiful Cities – A tour of inspiring community gardening initiatives
in the U.S. and around the world.
World Café: Envisioning Gardens for Humanity – An interactive,
action-oriented brainstorming for strengthening Ithaca’s Gardens for
Humanity and Congo Square Market initiatives, with our friends from East
New York Farms.
Lunch – provided – optional donations will be collected
Hands-On Urban Agriculture Workshops – Choose from Composting, starting
seeds (everyone can bring home seedling starts), and an art workshop to
design a logo for Gardens 4 Humanity
Wrap-Up
Contact: Jemila Sequeira es538@cornell.edu (607) 272-2292
Fri & Sat events sponsored by Tompkins County Cornell Cooperative
Extension, Gardens4Humanity, East New York Farms, Master Composters
funding provided by Cornell Department of Crop and Soil Science, the New
World Agriculture and Ecology Group (NWAEG) at Cornell, Nutrition
Graduate Students’ Organization and the Department of Natural Resources
Graduate Student Association. These events are free and open to the
public and funded in part by the GPSAFC.
*Homegrown: The 21st Century Farm *
Film screening
Sunday April 11 3 :00 pm Southside Community Center, 305 S. Plain St.
Sponsored by Gardens 4 Humanity and the Southside Community Center. $2 –
20 suggested donation at the door
Contact: Josh Dolan rainbowwarrior14874@yahoo.com (607) 272-2292
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The email list (fingerlakespermaculture @lists.mutualaid.org) is down.
It seems some listservs at mutualaid.org are working, but ours is not.
No news yet why or for how long this outage may last. No replies to email queries have come yet.
Mutualaid.org is run by volunteers, so we should be patient.
Partner wanted for new farm
Partner wanted for new farm
Were looking for a farmer/farm couple with expertise in vegetables, berries, fruit, mushrooms, medicinal herbs and / or livestock to help re-create a farm, preferably using permaculture principles, on this 150-year-old former dairy farm. It’s 200 acres, about 50 acres pasture / meadow, most of the rest forest, in East Meredith, NY (Delaware County, near Delhi / Oneonta).
Theres plenty of water, sun and worms. Buildings include a house and garage; there is no longer a barn. The land is organic (unofficially). Would like to develop a relationship beginning with rent or barter, leading to some kind of cooperative arrangement.
This is a unique opportunity for the right person to establish an operation from scratch. To discuss possibilities, please call Carl Arnold at 718 788 5944 or 607 278 5820, or e-mail resume and letter to carlarnold.
learn to inoculate mushroom logs 4/22 & 4/23
FINGER LAKES PERMACULTURE INSTITUTE
www.FingerLakesPermaculture.org
presents
5th Annual
MUSHROOM WORKSHOP WEEKEND
May 22 & 23
Our annual mushroom weekend is back and expanding to include more on the fascinating world of fungi. Workshops will cover the basics of both wild and domestic mushroom production and harvesting with local grower Steve Sierigk and special guest Rafter Sass.
CHOOSE TO:
(a) Join us SATURDAY, May 22 (9 a.m. to noon) at the sugarbush of Sapsquatch Maple Products (www.sapsquatch.com) in Enfield, NY where local artist and mushroom grower Steve Sierigk will cover the basics of shiitake log cultures; species to harvest, when and how to prepare wood, and a hands-on demo of the process inoculated with sawdust spawn. FEE: $30
(b) Join us for the ENTIRE WEEKEND (Sat & Sun, 9 – 5 p.m.), where in addition to the Saturday inoculation, we’ll dive deeper into the potential of mushrooms with guest instructor Rafter Sass. Discover how we can incorporate delicious, nutritious fungi in our veggie gardens, backyards, lawns, landscaping, balconies, window boxes, and more. Sunday’s workshops will be at Cayuta Sun (cayuta.org) in Cayutaville, NY. Limited camping is available for a donation. FEE: $100-300 (sliding scale)
Everyone takes home an inoculated log. No previous experience is necessary for any of these workshops.
Please register to attend. A limited number of scholarships are available. Please fill out an application.
MORE INFORMATION & REGISTRATION: www.fingerlakespermaculture.org
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Introducing the Upstate NY Permaculture Network
Last month, the 2010 Upstate NY Permaculture Gathering met in the Gear Factory and traded our ideas, questions, and ourselves. Thanks to the organizing work of the Syracuse community of permaculture practitioners–especially the crew at Alchemical Nursery–folks from Buffalo to Albany and points above, below, and in-between had a day to network and put faces to the growing permaculture movement.
During the Open Space session a crew assembled to plan an internet-
based network for sharing and discussion about permaculture in Upstate NY. The first manifestation of this is found at: http://upstateNYpermaculture.Net
The Upstate NY Permaculture Network is an email list for respectful, open discussion of permaculture and especially for social and ecological issues related to permaculture design in New York State’s northern counties. Messages to the list will be posted on the website and forwarded to other social networking applications.
The Upstate NY Permaculture Network is both an audience and a portal for permaculture news, events, and resources. Teachers, students, farmers, gardeners, organizers and individuals seeking the permaculture community can use this network to connect.
The Upstate NY Permaculture Network is a place to promote classes, ask questions, share designs and to organize face-to-face networking. The Network will fill a niche that allows organizers in the larger Northeastern region and worldwide to find and reach out to our local networks within upstate New York and vice versa.
Sign up now at: http://upstateNYpermaculture.Net or go directly to the Google page for the email list at: http://groups.google.com/group/upstatenypermaculture
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April Transition events in Rochester-free evening/2 day workshop
Thursday, April 22, 2010 – 5PM – 8:30 PM| at the First Unitarian Church, 220 Winton Rd South, Rochester NY.
The Rochester Regional Group of the Sierra Club is pleased to announce its 12th Annual Forum, which will be an interactive event, Transitioning to Sustainable Communities. This is Rochester’s FREE premier environmental event promoting individual and organizational networking. Our speaker, Tina Clarke, has been a consultant with the Sustainability Institute (www.sustainer.org) and Bill McKibben’s 350.org (www.350.org) and is a certified Transition Towns Trainer (www.transitiontowns.org). She will describe the latest thinking on the “Triple Challenge” of Peak Oil, Climate Change and Economic Instability. She will share inspiring stories, models and methods that communities are using to “transition” to a more resilient future. Following Tina’s presentation, we will form Facilitated Discussion Groups to encourage discussion by all participants, stimulate new ideas, raise questions and explore answers. We hope to spark interest and creative thinking and offer people an opportunity to identify and join an organization working on these issues. The Forum will be on Thursday, April 22, 2010 at the First Unitarian Church, 220 Winton Rd South, Rochester NY. Find out more at: http://newyork.sierraclub.org/rochester/2010Forum.html . This event is co-sponsored by the MK Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence.
Training for Transition April 24-25, 2010 Rochester, New York St John Fisher College
http://www.transitionus.org/event/training-transition-rochester-ny
Training for transition is an in-depth experiential introduction to Transition for those considering bringing Transition to their community. It meets the training requirement for local groups to become an internationally recognized Transition Town.
Course is limited to 30 participants
Registration: Call 585-241-9674 or email transitionrochny now to reserve your space. Lunch both days is included.
