Community Training in Ecological Design: Binghamton, NY

Winter 2014

Broome County, NY

Design your backyard or acreage for the coming season and long term.

Grow food, build soil, and manage water in rural and urban landscapes.

Meet others and make beneficial connections in your community.

Permaculture design mimics the patterns and processes found in nature. Learn strategies for garden and farm-scale systems that meet human needs while improving ecological health.

Join a learning environment where teachers support students to develop design ideas for their own projects. Classes and take-home assignments cover a wide range of site mapping, assessment, planning and design skills. Students learn the how and why of many strategies including gardening, cover cropping, sheet mulching, backyard poultry, mushroom cultivation, tree crops and rainwater catchment.

Since 2005, the Finger Lakes Permaculture Institute has taught audiences and community members across Central New York. Our instructors are professional educators, extension workers, farmers, parents and entrepreneurs actively working on-and designing-sustainable, permaculture-based projects. Classes are a mixture of engaging lecture, discussion, and group activities. Rich conversation and connection between community members at our classes offer support and collaboration after you complete the course.

Participants (including college students, Cooperative Extension agents, educators, farmers, nonprofit-managers, and gardeners) are equipped with practical knowledge and skills that can be shared with their neighbors and colleagues. Graduates of the Community Training in Ecological Design (CTED) leave with a new way to see their landscapes and a renewed sense of possibility for sustainable design. Students also walk away with a draft design of their property or project site.

Instructors:

Michael Burns and Steve Gabriel plus guest teachers

Location:

Cornell Cooperative Extension of Broome County

840 Front St, Binghamton, NY 13905

Schedule:

Feb 15 & 16, March 8 & 15, April 12 & 19

(10 am – 4 pm)

Tuition:

$200-400 based on what you can afford. Currently, no scholarship funds are available. A non-refundable $50 deposit is required for registration.

Registration:

CTED TUITION: Broome County

CTED deposit $50.00 USD CTED tuition balance $150.00 USD CTED tuition $200.00 USD CTED tuition plus $250.00 USD CTED tuition generous $300.00 USD CTED tuition full support $400.00 USD