Please Save the Date!

1^st Annual Southern California Permaculture Convergence
August 29-31, 2008

Dear Permaculture Community,

We would like to invite PDC graduates to the 1^st Annual Southern California Permaculture Convergence, August 29-31, 2008, hosted by the Santa Barbara Permaculture Network and Quail Springs Learning Oasis and Permaculture Farm.

We hope to kick-start this effort of a Regional Convergence, allowing others to take over in the future. As organizers for this first convergence we hope to move past any barriers caused by lack of time, available sites, or even teacher territories that might exist, and instead just recognize the work and accomplishments of all, and proceed from there with the important work around connecting individuals and communities in the region.  We feel a certain urgency in these times, and feel that permaculture and this amazingly creative permaculture community that exists in Southern California is up to the task!

We have been working hard to accomplish organizing this event with little time, so we ask for your patience.  The Convergence website will be up soon with a registration process for the event.  We will share an announcement and invitation with more details about the event to this list when registration opens.    If you are concerned that you might miss that on the general list, you are welcome to email Kolmi Majumdar at info@quailsprings.org to join the Convergence interest list, and that announcement will be sent to your individual email address.  

Please note that the Convergence will be limited to 50 because of site restrictions, and you must have a Permaculture Design Course certificate (72 hour Curriculum certificate) to attend.  A discount will be offered with full payment when you register online before July 1st.  

If you have any images you would like to share (with captions) of your permaculture site or projects, we would love to highlight those by having them be a part of the Southern California Convergence website.  Please forward images to our webmaster, John Calvert jc@virtualtribes.net . 

An ad is in the current issue of the Permaculture Activist (see attachment), placed to meet their deadline, but a little early for us!  Again, thanks for your patience, and we hope you can join us at a groundbreaking event for our region.


Sincerely from the Convergence  hosting team,

Kolmi Majumdar & Warren Brush, Quail Springs Learning Oasis and Permaculture Farm
Margie Bushman & Wes Roe, Santa Barbara Permaculture Network