permaculture

[kelda@riseup.net]

Hello all! The NW Permaculture Convergence registration is live, and the
amazing early bird price ends this Wednesday. $60 for the weekend,
including meals. (Sorry for the late notice to this list!)
And, I have been following the current conversation and I'm sure Scott
Pittman will groan at the theme. I just want you to know that I sure hear
you Scott, but this theme is inviting many interesting conversations with
policy makers and isn't that bad. Come on! Maybe next year's theme will be
more about the revolutionary edge
:)

PS. British Columbians please think of joining us. The event falls on your
Thanksgiving weekend (maybe good or bad) and is a ferry ride away.
Kelda

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Please join us at the
2012 Northwest Permaculture Convergence!

October 5-7

Fort Flagler State Park,
Marrowstone Island, WA
(near Port Townsend and the Olympic Peninsula)

Registration & Information at: *http://www.northwestpermaculture.org*

This year’s theme is ‘Permeating the Main Stream’, everyone is welcome!

Join advocates, activists, farmers, teachers, and interested people from
all over the northwest bioregion for the 5th annual gathering to celebrate
grass-roots ecological culture.  This year’s theme explores models and
methods for infusing tactics of sustainable design throughout all facets of
everyday life in the ‘regular’ world.  Meals and lodging on a spectacular
wooded bluff overlooking the Puget Sound are included, plus countless
opportunities to connect and celebrate!

The Convergence is a combination of an educational conference and a social
networking gathering, and features formal and informal presentations on
diverse aspects of ecologically aware living.  Permaculture stands for both
‘permanent culture’ and ‘permanent agriculture’, and relates to practices
from gardening, to site design, to organizational and economic development.
Its principles and tactics can be readily applied by anyone seeking to
develop greater self-reliance and foster local resilience in the face of
changing global and economic climates.

The Convergence will feature presentations by teachers and practitioners
from all over the region, including Jude Hobbs (Cascadia Permaculture
Institute), Michael Pilarski (Friends of the Trees), Andrew Millison
(Beaver State Permaculture), Mark Lakeman (City Repair), Marisha Auerbach
(Herb’n Wisdom), and many more.  Beginning and advanced topics will be
available for people of all levels of experience.  Project spotlights will
include the Port Townsend Ecovillage and the Beacon Food Forest, a design
under construction in Seattle that hopes to become the largest and most
diverse food orchard on urban public land in the country!

Convergence highlights will also include a variety of hands-on skillsharing
and craft activities, evening music and entertainments, and shared meals
from abundant local food.  Group camping and dorm accommodations are
available, and children are more than welcome!  Most of all, this may be
your best chance this year to connect with a vital extended community
network of engaged and ecologically aware people.

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