Greetings Friend,
The 7th Bay Area Regional Permaculture Convergence - begins in 1 just over 1 Week! Next Weekend: July 2-3 at RDI in Bolinas, CA.
This gathering is meant for permaculture practitioners to come together to network share, strategize, and synergize about our various projects and initiatives within the greater Permaculture Movement.
California and the greater San Francisco Bay Area is home to one of the most diverse and progressive Permaculture Communities in the world, and attendance of this convergence will be filled with highly active professionals, activists, educators, and organizers.
We've got a great weekend planned, and hope to see you there!
More info below.
-Jay Ma
Living Mandala
Organizing Education, Events & Initiatives for Personal & Planetary Transformation
7th Bay Area Regional Permaculture Convergence
July 2 & 3, 2011
RDI - Commonweal Garden, Bolinas, CA
7th Bay Area Regional Permaculture Convergence
Our Relationship to Responsibility
& Our Responsibility to Relationship
July 2-3, 2011
Regenerative Design Institute
Bolinas, California
Co-Inspiration
As the season’s shift and summer begins to unfold we bear witness to dramatic change in our ecological worlds and the social fabric that connects us. A massive wave peels and crests and we find us at the point of dropping in once again.
Our Revolution is upon us. It is time to Gather in Circle again.
We are Solutionaries with the Solutions
To Restore our Responsibility to Relationships
And our Relationships to Responsibility.
Convergence Description
Come gather with past and present, green and veteran permaculture students, designers, teachers, and organizers for this epic convergence that brings together “permies” from Northern California, the West Coast, and Beyond. Our Intention is to come together to collaborate and co-create greater synergy and strength within our networks to maximize the yield of our system, realize our infinite potential, and activate a culture of regeneration.
Since the first Bay Area Regional Permaculture Convergence held in 2002, our community has seen tremendous growth in the size of our movement, the depth and diversity of our relationships, and in our ability to implement positive change and effective solutions within our communities and in the world at large. This Convergence will continue to build momentum from the previous Permaculture Convergences that have happened thus far, further weaving the web of a positive solutionary based movement that is slowly making the current paradigm obsolete.
This year's Convergence will focus on deepening our connections and sharing our insights and knowledge with each other.
Convergence Schedule
The Convergence will be a full two-day gathering including Key Note Speakers & Presentations, Open Space, Bioregional Councils, Collaborative Discussions, Spokes Councils, Delicious & Nutritious Food, Networking, Music, Evening Festivities, Good Times, and much more!
Permaculture Immersion Marathon at RDI
The Convergence is placed between two amazing Permaculture Trainings at RDI - A PDC directly before and a Permaculture Teacher Training directly afterwards.
Who Should Attend?
This gathering is offered for permaculture designers, professionals, and organizers in the Northern California Bioregions and the greater Pacific Northwest to come together to network share, strategize, and synergize about our various projects and initiatives within the greater Permaculture Movement.
California and the greater San Francisco Bay Area is home to one of the most diverse and progressive Permaculture Communities in the world, and attendance of this convergence will be filled with highly active professionals, activists, educators, organizers... and you!
Special guests will include Robyn Francis from The Permaculture College of Australia, International Guests from Africa, and permies from across the Nation who are making their way west for this incredible gathering!
Post-Convergence 4th of July Interdependence Day Gathering
Stick around for an extra day and join us for the 4th of July festivities in Bolinas including the infamous Bolinas vs Stinson Beach tug-of-war, a walk on the beach, and a cob oven pizza party and potluck at Commonweal Garden! Please Register in Advance for the 4th of July Post-Convergence Gathering, as space is limited. Includes Sunday night camping at RDI, breakfast, and cob oven pizza party.
Registration & More Information
Convergence Cost: $125 includes all food and camping
Camp Sunday night and join the 4th of July cob pizza party for an additional $45.
For more Information email: info@permacultureconvergence.com
Limited worktrade & scholarship opportunities are available.
To inquire please email: worktrade@permacultureconvergence.com.
To Register for the Convergence visit: www.permacultureconvergence.com
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We look forward to seeing you soon!
Together on Earth,
- The 7th Bay Area Regional Permaculture Convergence Planning Team
Jay Ma, Ingrid Stearns, Benjamin Fahrer, Kat Steele, Penny Livingston-Stark,
Kathleen Lanphier, Erin Campbell, Erin O’Reilly
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