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[Rhonda <rk.baird@yahoo.com>]

More regional gatherings!

I am excited to be collaborating with a group of people to bring the first 
regional permaculture gathering I know of to the Midwest (I trust others will 
correct me, if I am wrong). 

Mid-September 2010, Bloomington, Indiana. 

Rhonda
  
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--- On Sun, 12/6/09, Lawrence F. London, Jr. <venaurafarm@bellsouth.net> 
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From: Lawrence F. London, Jr. <venaurafarm@bellsouth.net>
Subject: Re: [permaculture] Question-is there a USA NATIONAL conference???
To: "permaculture" <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
Date: Sunday, December 6, 2009, 4:27 PM

Udan Farm wrote:
> So here is my other idea-precipitatied by a question...
> Has there ever been or is there now a NATIONAL (inside the USA) conference 
> on Permaculture?
<...>
I know there is an International one,
> I know there are gatherings and regional conferences...well, I know of two, 
> the Southeastern one, and the one in NY state...  are there more regional 
> gatherings?
> So, the reason I ask, is because I do attend the Southeastern Gathering, 
> and it's very laid back and fun. It's a gathering. I call it my family 
> reunion.
> But what if there were a NATIONAL Permaculture Conference, that focused 
> more on the business of permaculture, teaching, and more on things like 
> creating a wiki/open source texts, 
and collaborations....doesn't that sound like fun?
> Just throwing that out there for discussion :)
> Peace,Isabel

That does sound like fun, Isabel, all the things you described, 
including working on wiki/open source texts on permaculture and related 
subjects, collaborations on all sorts of interesting projects plus an
ongoing series of workshops on all this at every gathering.

What about starting with the smallest element in the network, local
gatherings. I assume the Southeast Gathering is the one in Celo NC?
Other than that I know of almost no other permaculture activities
happening around the part of NC where I live, the Central Piedmont.
It would be nice if an local permaculture interest group initiative 
could be started. These could involve holding monthly (weekly or 
bi-weekly, depending on interest and demand) potlucks and meet at a 
different location each time or at some central location offered by an 
established organaization. This would mean that more people would know 
about and attend the SE gathering. Then a National gathering would come 
into focus and might become a reality for enough people to keep it going 
each year.

In these economic hard times local PC gatherings would serve an 
enormously useful purpose, networking people for exchange of ideas,
education, fun times, work and product trade or barter, keep the $$ in 
the local microeconomy. I could go on for hours about this.

What part of the US are you in?

LL
Chapel Hill
Venaura Farm
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US National Permaculture Conference proposal. 

Shall we dance?

To the permaculture community,

There has only been one US national permaculture conference and it was 
defacto rather than stated, as it was the 2nd International Permaculture 
Convergence and Conference held in 1986, respectively in Breitenbush Hot 
Springs, Oregon and Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington.  700 
people attended the conference from around the world and from around the US. 
 

I have always found it suprising that no other national conference has been 
held.  I suppose it is because the energy and expense of doing one has been 
too daunting for any local or regional group.

I have considered pulling together a coalition of people to do one, but have 
not done so for the above reason.  I am sure that others have also toyed 
with the idea.  Is anyone thinking of doing so at this time?  

Our organizing committee for our Washington State Permaculture Convergence is 
currently looking at putting on a Pacific Northwest Permaculture Conference 
at Evergreen State College  in September 2010. It would not be inconceivable 
to scale up to a national event. If there was wide support (and real help) 
from other parts of the country. Anyone game?

As far as regional permaculture gatherings, there have been many, but I know 
of no one place you can look up the consecutive history.  Perhaps someone 
would like to go through the calender of events in every issue of the 
Permaculture Activist and make us a master list. That would be peachy keen 
and probably only take a day or two.  

Some regional gatherings include:
1. The northeast US pc convergence held annually for many years, but I think 
it has not been happening for some time.
2. The SE US pc convergence has been held annually for many years, and is 
still continuing. 
3. the Southwest US had a series of annual events some years back.
4. California has had a number of regional gatherings over the years.
5. Oregon had its 10th annual pc reunion in 2008.
6. In the 1980’s and into the 90s there was a series of Pacific Northwest 
Permaculture Rendezvous, which I helped organize. The first 5 were held at 
the Bullock Brothers Homestead on Orcas Island and were dubbed the Orcas 
Island Bog Toss.  
7. Minnesota held its 2nd Annual Permaculture Collaborative Meeting on 
January 27, 2009. Hosted by Intelligent Nutrients Inc.
8. The 2nd Washington State Permaculture Convergence was held this September. 
9. Isabel at Udan Farm mentioned an annual event held in New York state.
10. Rhonda just mentioned a Mid-September 2010, Bloomington, Indiana, Midwest 
regional event which is in the making.
11. It would be great to hear about any ones I haven’t mentioned.

A national gathering would be useful, but certainly more important are a 
plethora of regional and local permaculture gatherings.  

In my opinion, we only have a short window of time for affordable 
long-distance travel which is easily available to the masses.  Time will 
tell.

Anyone interested?

Michael Pilarski
Michael@friendsofthetrees.net
Friends of the Trees Society
Washington State Permaculture Convergence co-organizer.