Hi everyone, whew! we are leaving for our third conference event this month, the Soil Not Oil Conference in San Francisco taking place simultaneously with Global Climate Summit, the National Heirloom Expo in Santa Rosa, one of our all-time favorites…
and next, the Northern California Permaculture Convergence in Hopland at the Solar Living Center, with an exhibit booth and a presentation for the International Permaculture Convergences. Anyone else going? It’s a long drive, but just in case you happen to be up north, please join us! Margie & Wes
THE CONVERGENCE | SEPT 20-23, 2018
SOLAR LIVING CENTER | HOPLAND, CA
Diversity of Participants, Diversity of Ideas, Diversity of Solutions from Around the Globe:
Learn about the International Permaculture Convergences
Come learn how these grassroots global convergences are organized, what the challenges are for host organizations, and contribute your ideas of how to keep them strong and resilient in the future.
Attending the International Permaculture Convergences (IPC) since 2005, Margie Bushman & Wes Roe are founding members of the Friends of the International Permaculture Convergences (FIPC), and the International Permaculture Convergence Council (IPCC). Recently returned from IPC India, they will share their experiences from this exciting event where nearly 1000 people from around the world attended. They will also share the news of the next IPC in Argentina in 2020, followed by Taiwan in 2023.
The International Permaculture Convergences are the lifeblood of the global permaculture movement. Started in the early 1980’s when permaculture was still relatively unknown, IPCs are now a bi-annual event hosted by a different permaculture organization in a different country and region of the world each time. We learn in the deepest way what our fellow global citizens and permaculturists are experiencing as societies all over the globe enter in an era of interconnected challenges. Participants from many parts of the world come ready to share their skills, projects & knowledge. With as many as 70 countries attending there is a diversity of participants, for a diversity of ideas, resulting in a wonderful diversity of permaculture solutions to share with the world.
Come learn how these grassroots global convergences are organized, what the challenges are for host organizations, and how you might participate. A creative and unique team crowdfund is sponsored for delegate scholarships for each IPC, that is easy and fun to participate in, with your local permaculture association or organization as team members representing your region.
Presented By: Margie Bushman and Wes Roe
Presenters: Margie Bushman & Wes Roe
Margie Bushman & Wes Roe are co-founders of Santa Barbara Permaculture Network, an educational non-profit founded in 2000, that has sponsored hundreds of workshops and events about permaculture, ecological design, sustainability, natural building, and other related topics in the Southern California region. Santa Barbara Permaculture Network hosts an annual community Seed Swap that has more than 500 attendees, celebrating its 10th anniversary in 2018. An ongoing Civics 101 for Climate Change education series was launched by Santa Barbara Permaculture Network in 2015, after the Paris Agreement & COP21 identified cities and local governments as key problem solvers for the impacts of our changing climate.
Margie was the Program Coordinator for the Santa Barbara City College Center for Sustainability (2010-2014), creating unique programs such as the Cities As the Solutions series, and From Green Jobs to Building the Blue Economy. For over a decade, Wes Roe served as board member & president of the Permaculture Credit Union, and currently on the board of the Permaculture Institute of North America (PINA) that is developing standards for Permaculture professionals in the US.
Both have served as volunteer coordinators for the International Permaculture Convergence Support Group since its inception in 2005, that later evolved into the Friends of the International Permaculture Convergences (FIPC) & the International Permaculture Convergence Council (IPCC). Both organizations seek to bring the widest audience & participants to these International events where permaculturists from around the globe can come together to share ideas & permaculture influenced solutions for a better world. Many of the best ideas come from the countries with the least resources, they lead the way with their ingenuity, adaptability, and willingness to share.
2018 Convergence Workshop: Diversity of Participants, Diversity of Ideas, Diversity of Solutions from Around the Globe: Come Learn About the International Permaculture Convergences
Santa Barbara Permaculture Network
(805) 962-2571
P.O. Box 92156, Santa Barbara, CA 93190
margie@sbpermaculture.org
http://www.sbpermaculture.org
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