Subject: Please read and comment on how to make this clearer Permaculture Convergence PLanning Retreat Aug 17-19 for 2013 activity

Contact Bill Roley <drroley@cox.net>

 

 Hello Permaculture Elders, Designers, and Networkers

 A group of us has been putting our heads and heart together and attempting to create a collective activity for a Southern California networking convergence and skills sharing of our talents in 2013. I have made a work trade with the Irvine Ranch Outdoors Education Center and excited the staff with developing permaculture programs and educational demonstrations for our lodging, meeting spaces and cooking facilities. More details can be supplied to those interested in contributing energy or help to run monthly workshops over the next year to strengthen our exposure and participant base for the convergence.

 My vision is to set up  participants to the convergence in an applied educational format where many of us with expertise could lead hands-on speaking and participatory workshops that produce something at the end of the convergence weekend  other than sitting in a chair and absorbing. Educating our collective on skills training and sharing our experience is the unique goal. Our SC Convergence would create a legacy at the Irvine Ranch Outdoor Education Center when we leave that can educate and illustrate basic ecological and technical permaculture principles for the many school children and teachers that come to the center during their yearly programs. Presently elementary and junior high age students explore the many ecological demonstrations that do exist on site. Plans for a high school age program and career work training has been discussed with emphasis on social cultural activities for these teenagers. Emphasis on what can be taken back to their respective schools and communities  to develop zero waste communities has been suggested.  

I propose meeting for the weekend  of Aug 17-19 and develop  programs and demonstrations that many of you may want to participate, chair or add resources to the development of these on site examples of permculture education in action and evolution and could be use for our convergence Build Here Now Weekend sharing.

Southern California Participatory Permculture Workshop to plan

2013 Convergence

 

Objective; Organize a design team to set agenda for 2013 Convergence

 

Build Coalition of teachers, designers, and planners to bring maximum exposure to

Permculture strategies and projects in Southern California. Have a shared dialogue and

Communion of friendly skills sharing, food, music, and planning at a retreat at the Irvine Ranch.

Outdoor Education Center (see attached pictorial description)

 

Develop a contact list for a collective network of perm culture project, designers and activities

in and around Southern California

 

Set up working group to create IROEC project that would be completed at Convergence

 

Who: Permculture designers in Orange, Riverside, Los Angeles, San Diego, and Santa

Barbara County And Baja California

 

Where Irvine Ranch Outdoors Education Center (www.outdooreducationcenter.org)

             2 Irvine Park /Road

            Orange, Ca 92869

 

 

When: Aug 17-19, 2012           

 

Scope of Retreat Activities

 

Help create the 2013 Southern Convergence and plan environmental literate demonstrations at IROEC .as applied program using a series of demonstration and lecturers that will illustrate permculture principles and techniques. It is our hope to demonstrate our skills to public school teacher training programs, the Boy Scouts of America, projects, and their environmental Explorer Scout clubs, which will carry on this work. A series of monthly workshops are planned to aid exposure and marketing of the Convergence at the Center. Potential Opportunities

 

1.     Meet and greet fellow PC Designers and establish 2013 convergence

2.     Build coalition to maximize exposure of perm culture in Southern California

3.     Prepare IROED for monthly and yearly retreats

4.     Develop schedule and organization of courses with available teachers for next year.

5.     Set up demonstrations of perm culture techniques that can be used as teaching training tools for elementary, intermediate and high schools at IROEC.

6.     Suggest site specific workshops for Explorer Scout Environmental Club job training program

7.     Establish perm culture merit badge for Boy Scouts of America

 

Schedule

 

Friday August 17 check in 12-5 Orientation, sleeping arrangements, weekend schedule

 

            6 PM Tour of site and opportunities and constraint mapping

            7:30 Dinner

            8:30 Overview Vision

            9:30 Music and movies

 

Saturday

 

            Breakfast 7-8 AM

            9-11 Am General Session Priorities, Themes, Focus

            11-12:30 Small Group Taking Ownership

            1:00-2:00 Lunch

            300- 5:00 Expenses, Donations and Funding

            6-8:00 Dinner

            8:00 Evening Program

            10:00 Star gazing, movies, music

 

Sunday

 

            9:00 Breakfast

            10:00 F[BR1] uture Strategic Planning

            12:00 Pool Lunch and Work Parties

            3-5 Closing and Task commitments

 

 

            Please contact: by Aug 10, 2012 . We are open for suggestions and feedback so as to make greatest impact and exposure for all concerned

 

Bill  Roley,

Director

Permaculture Institute of Southern California

1027 Summit Way

Laguna Beach,CA 92651

949-494-5843 office

949-413-2524 cell

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