16 July 2011
This course offering has been postponed until the late Winter / early Spring of 2012, keep posted here for more details or get in touch to receive more info.This class gives gardeners, landowners, farmers, and anyone interested in sustainable living, tools to get started on a wide range of projects to improve food production, conserve resources, and save money. We will meet once a week throughout the Fall to discuss the principles and techniques of
permaculture and ecology that help us make better choices for our land, families, and communities.
Presented by
Finger Lakes Permaculture Institute, The
Alchemical Nursery, and
Cornell Cooperative Extension of Onondaga CountySeptember 10 & 11 (9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.) then Wednesday evenings, September 14 through November 9 (6:00–8:30 p.m.)
Olusola arrived in Syracuse on August 16th to begin his endeavors in Media Studies at the Syracuse University Newhouse School. He knew he had come a long way to gain the education needed to continue contributing to his personal mission as a disability activist. Syracuse University is well known for its media and journalism studies departments so it's no surprise he finds himself here (with thanks from a Ford Foundation Fellowship and the Institute for International Education). 
Alchemical has a trifecta of interesting and fun events taking place over the next month. 
Ben Ballerstein is taking to the road this summer to explore cooperative living in collective and campus houses across the USA. Starting in Syracuse, Ben will be "recording environmental practices implemented at each cooperative, interviewing residents to study how living green affects attitudes and beliefs and how government policies and community conditions help or hinder cooperatives to accomplish their goals. A short film documenting the journey will be produced and shown at the 2011 NASCO Institute. Lastly, a Sustainable Cooperative Guide will be put together based on the efforts documented during the trip". The
Learn together this spring and summer, creating synergy from thought and hands-on activities. Educating ourselves for self-sufficiency and simple living; and accelerating change for a creative culture that is less reliant on pre-packaged goods, technologies, services and thoughts. Reskill and rethink what is appropriate and what is possible. 
