This Convergence is joining together the efforts of these two movements into one powerful gathering that will educate and inspire people from all walks all life to build community resilience through grassroots community organizing efforts.

We are estimating around 300 - 500 permaculture designers, transition initiative organizers, community and social justice activists, and ordinary people inspired to make a difference in their communities will gather to strengthen and broaden our movements.

We have presently confirmed Rob Hopkins - founder of the transition movement, as as one of the main keynote speakers, and are intending for there to be a variety of speakers, workshops, skill shares, educational deisplays, and collaborative discussions…

while creating a more personable, networking atmosphere to interweave and connect as a community.

The organizing team for the event is taking applications of offering workshops, skill share, or educational demos at the event.

It is a great opportunity for exposure for your work, as well as to network with other professionals doing this good work.

If you are interested in offering a workshop, please respond by Aug 20. We request that you fill out the

workshop application form here:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dGxDM3JLcVFiSUQzQmlNLWh2Vi01WEE6MA

For questions and more information on offering a workshop please contact: workshops@transitiontopermaculture.org

We look forward to hearing back from you, and hope you will be able to attend.

Towards Resilient Communities,

- the Living Mandala Team

- On Behalf of NorCal Permaculture & Transition Town Convergence Organizing Team

This gathering is a combined effort of the 9th Northern California Permaculture Convergence and the 2nd Northern California Regional Transition Town Conference.

This event is bringing together permaculture designers, transition initiative organizers, sustainability enthusiasts, and communities in Northern California, the West Coast, and beyond for a weekend of intensive focus on a common goal: to build resilient communities and to design sustainable communities habitats, in accordance with nature, for humans, plants, animals, our greater bioregion, and the Earth at large.

Practitioners across a wide-spectrum of skill-sets exchange ideas through concurrent workshops and discussions including themes of Permaculture & Transition concepts, movement and capacity building, regenerative enterprise and local economy, re-skilling, communities, and much more. In addition to a plethora of workshops and amazing speakers on a diversity of topics, there will also music and live entertainment, collaborative discussions, amazing networking, children's activities, next generation youth education, educational displays, a market place with specialist vendors.

Participants will have opportunities to socialize, strategize, network, and connect with others in the permaculture and transition town movements through meals and the activities listed above.

The Solar Living Institute (SLI) is a nonprofit solar training and sustainability organization with the mission of "Promoting sustainable living through inspirational environmental education". Founded in 1998, SLI has been providing professional solar training and a wide array of sustainability courses for over 15 years. The Institute manages the Solar Living Center, a 12-acre renewable energy and sustainable living demonstration site that is visited by 200,000 people annually. The site includes organic gardens, ponds, natural buildings, biodesiel fueling station, Real Goods Store, and the Solar 2000 - one of northern California's largest solar arrays providing 160,000 kWh of clean renewable energy annually.