[ShareTompkins] Wednesday Site Tour and Talk with Ben Falk

[Liz Falk]

*Interactive Site Tour, 4-5pm @ Dilmun Hill Student-Run Farm

Presentation, 5:30-7pm @ Plant Science building room 143*

Ben will use the student farm for exploring small-scale permaculture,
discussing improvements that can be made to traditional agricultural
operations and backyard gardens to make them more ecologically enhancing
and resilient to flood, drought, pests and other stresses. Topics of
discussion with include water catchment and reuse, site analysis and
site-specific plantings, earthworks and optimizing overall site layout. He
will also give a talk about his work at Whole Systems Design in Mad River
Valley, VT, showcasing the design and development of human habitats that
are adaptive, resilient, and more secure in a future of peak oil and
climate instability.

Ben Falk, M.A.L.D, developed Whole Systems Design, LLC, as a land-based
response to biological and cultural extinction and the increasing
separation between people and elemental things. Life as a designer,
builder, ecologist, tree-tender, and backcountry traveler continually
informs Ben’s integrative approach to developing landscapes and buildings.
His home landscape and the WSD studio site in Vermont’s Mad River Valley
serve as a proving ground for the innovative land developments featured in
the projects of Whole Systems Design. Ben has studied architecture and
landscape architecture at the graduate level and holds master of arts in
landscape design degree. He has taught design courses at the University of
Vermont and Harvard’s Arnold Arboretum as well as on permaculture design,
microclimate design, and design for climate change. He recently served on
the board of directors at the Yestermorrow Design-Build School, where he
also teaches from time to time.

*Ben Falk's book, *The Resilient Farm and Homestead*, details leading-edge
strategies for regenerating soil, water systems and human health through
the design and operations of the homeastead and farm. It will be available
for purchase at the event.

*See Ben Falk's TED Talk:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKND0131d3g<http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DCKND0131d3g&h=1AQH6W86d&enc=AZMueol3hTI6attQ1eGRl1IZt7r3dx0WQweF2NqfJZmm59K9tFv14KnVRBN53OrhPdo&s=1>

This event is free and open to the public. It is sponsored by Dilmun Hill
Student Farm, Cornell Garden-Based Learning, Cornell Permaculture Club, CU
Collaborate and the Toward Sustainability Foundation.

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> Directions to Dilmun Hill: http://cuaes.cornell.edu/
cals/cuaes/ag-operations/dilmun-hill/contact.cfm

> Directions to Plant Science: The Plant Sciences building is located on
Tower Road between Bradfield Hall and Kennedy Hall on the Cornell
University campus. When entering Plant Science from the ground level at the
parking circle, this room is accessed by walking up the set of stairs
immediately to the right.
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Liz Falk
Professional Development Educator
Cornell Garden-Based Learning
Department of Horticulture
Plant Science 48B
607.255.7351 (o)
http://www.gardening.cornell.edu/
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