<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div><br></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>From: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">Steve Gabriel <<a href="mailto:steve@fingerlakespermaculture.org">steve@fingerlakespermaculture.org</a>></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Date: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">January 18, 2011 8:11:20 AM EST</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>To: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">undisclosed-recipients:;</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>Scholarships offered for Eco Design class, Schuyler Co, NY</b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Reply-To: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><a href="mailto:steve@fingerlakespermaculture.org">steve@fingerlakespermaculture.org</a></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> </div> <div bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> <br> <br> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</span><br> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Contact Information:</span><br> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Steve Gabriel, (607) 527-0607 <a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:steve@fingerlakespermaculture.org"><steve@fingerlakespermaculture.org></a></span><br> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">SCHOLARSHIPS OFFERED FOR ECO DESIGN CLASS</span><br> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Learn to design your garden, backyard, or small woodlot using an ecological design method. The Finger Lakes Permaculture Institute of Cayutaville, NY will be offering a Community Training in Ecological Design program in Montour Falls, in collaboration with Cornell Cooperative Extension of Schuyler County. </span><br> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The course will meet from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm on the weekend of February 12 & 13 and will continue on Tuesday evenings from 6:30 to 9:00 pm from February 15th though April 12th. Classes will be held at the Schuyler County Human Services Building at 323 Owego Street in Montour Falls, NY.</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Students can choose their own design project such as a backyard, garden space, vacant lot, field, forest, or even an entire neighborhood. Tuition is a sliding scale $200 to $400, based on what you can afford. </span><br> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Thanks to grants from the Schuyler County Environmental Management Council and the Finger Lakes Resource Conservation & Development Council, up to nine half scholarships are available towards the tuition. The scholarships will be offered to those who can share their new design skills to others in their community. Teachers, students, social workers, community organizers, small farmers or anyone enthusiastic about using what they learn to help their own community are encouraged to apply at the FingerLakesPermaculture.org website. Applicants who live in Schuyler, Yates, Seneca, Steuben, Tompkins, Chemung or Ontario counties are eligible.</span><br> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The Finger Lakes Permaculture Institute (FLPCI) offers opportunities to learn sustainable design methods including mushroom inoculation workshops, summer apprentice programs, and an two week Permaculture Design Certification course.</span><br> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Permaculture is a design discipline for productive systems such as gardens, farms, homesteads, and urban sites utilizing ecological principles found in natural systems. These ecological principles combined with a design method help to create sustainable, healthy abundant landscapes while meeting basic human needs. Permaculture has become a cutting edge design alternative to industrial systems that erode the wealth of communities and natural resources. </span><br> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Carpooling from several towns around Central NY is being organized on our website. Anyone interested in more information or a scholarship application can visit the FLPCI website at FingerLakesPermaculture.org or call (607) 527-0607.</span><br> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br> <br> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Finger Lakes Permaculture Institute</span><br> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">2962 Swamp Rd.</span><br> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Alpine, NY 14805</span><br> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">FingerLakesPermaculture.org</span><br> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:info@fingerlakespermaculture.org"><info@fingerlakespermaculture.org></a></span><br> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">###</span><br> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Times New Roman; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><br> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span> <div class="moz-signature">-- <br> Steve Gabriel<br> Director, Co-Founder<br> Finger Lakes Permaculture Institute<br> <a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.FingerLakesPermaculture.org">www.FingerLakesPermaculture.org</a><br> PO Box 54, Ithaca NY 14851<br> 607.342.2825 - <a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:steve@fingerlakespermaculture.org">steve@fingerlakespermaculture.org</a><br> <br> </div> </div> </blockquote></div><br></body></html>