Hello permaculture interested folks,
With 4 weeks to go before the convergence we would like to ask all of you to help spread the word.
Anyone interested in permaculture can attend. Please pre-register, especially if you would like indoor accommodations. We have unlimited camping space and can accept everyone who shows up at the last minute. If you plan on coming and want to pay at the door, at least send registration information to our registrar.
Convergence presenters with websites:
(as of 8/19)
Since our initial list of presenters we have added:
Susan Buis
Deston Denniston
Gil Schieber
Sam Benowitz may present
Micheal Sundanda may present and is looking for a ride from Eugene area.
Doug Bullock is going to see if he can fit the convergence into his Friday schedule, but no promises.
The Washington State Permaculture Convergence is open to the following people:
- Permaculture teachers, practitioners, consultants who live or work in Washington State.
- The 500 + permaculture design course graduates who live in Washington State.
- The 5,000 + people in Washington state who are strongly interested in permaculture.
- The 50,000 + people in Washington state who know a little about permaculture and think it is a good idea to learn more.
- Permaculturists who live in surrounding states and provinces as well as from other parts of the North America and the world are warmly invited.
2008 Washington State Permaculture Convergence
Proposed Schedule
8/14 version
Wednesday, September 10.
Some work trade people arrive.
Thursday, September 11:
Work trade people are encouraged to come early to help set up.
5:00 pm to 11:00 pm. Early registration. Participants may arrive early to help set-up and familiarize themselves with the site.
Friday, September 12:
- 7:00 - 8:00 Early morning activities.
- 8:15 - 9:15 Breakfast.
- 9:30 - 10:30 Morning circle. Announcements, introductions, songs
- 10-30 - 11:30. Plenary session on designing the weekend
- 11:45 - 1:00 Workshop period A.
- 1:00 - 2:30 Lunch.
- 2:30 - 4:00 Workshop period B.
- 4:30 - 5:30 Toby Hemenway Presentation
- 5:30 - 6:00 Plenary Session.
- 6:30 - 8:00. Dinner.
- 8:30 - 10:00. Evening program. Multiple offerings of music, meeting and socializing.
Saturday: September 13:
- 6:00 - 7:00 Early morning workshops for yoga, tai chi, plant walks, etc.
- 7:30 - 8:30 Breakfast.
- 8:30 - 9:30 Morning circle, announcements, introductions, songs
- 9:45 - 11:15 Workshop period C.
- 11:30 - 1:00 Workshop period D.
- 1:00 - 2:30 Lunch.
- 2:30 - 4:00 Workshop period E.
- 4:15 - 5:30 Circle.
- 6:00 - 7:30 Dinner
- 8:00 on Evening program. Multiple offerings of music, meeting and socializing.
Sunday, September 14:
- 6:00 - 7:00 Early morning workshops for yoga, tai chi, plant walks, etc.
- 7:30 - 8:30 Breakfast.
- 9:00 - 10:00 Morning circle.
- 10:15 - 11:45 Workshop period F.
- 11:45 - 1:00 Regional and special interest groups meet.
- 1:00 - 2:30 Lunch.
- 2:30 - 3:30 Plenary discussion on the future of permaculture in Washington State.
- 5:00. Closing circle.
- 6:30 - 7:30 Dinner for remaining participants.
- Evening: People staying overnight can continue to meet or socialize as they wish.
People may stay over on Sunday evening if they are helping with clean-up.
People are welcome to stay through Monday to help clean up.
Workshops, discussions, forums, etc. that are scheduled for the Washington State
Permaculture convergence.(as of 8/20)
This is just the start. This list will be updated periodically. There will be additional workshops, etc
scheduled at the event itself. Come see.
- Charlotte Anthony started Victory Gardens for All in Eugene. "We have done to date 307 new gardens in the
Eugene area. Our goal is 10,000 new gardens here in Eugene.Will present how we are doing this in a primarily
self organizing way."
- Reed Ellis Aubin. Report on the Plant Polyculture Database, which has been developed for the past 7 years or so.
It is a very sensitive online database tool for producers (ag-scale) as well as landscapers, pc designers,
to assemble guilds and document field trials of certain plant assemblages. It has a robust validation scheme
(anyone can submit, but it is moderated and results are tagged for validation), It is quantitative as well as
anecdotal, well-cited, and growing toward an upcoming release to the broader community. In many ways it is like
an online, searchable version of the plant species matrix in the back of Dave Jacke's Edible Forest Gardens books.
The small group of people involved use it for the designs we are doing in MN. We are looking at strategies
including expanding it to zone 6/7/8 to make it national/international in scope. I think it could be a lively
source of conversation as well locus for an exchange of information around the intersection of PC and computer-based tools.
- Marisha Auerbach - Workshop Title: Facilitating a forum on interns, work/traders, and volunteers.
- Dave Boehnlein, Exos Design - Workshop title: Permaculture Masterplanning: Large Scale Project Development.
- Susan Buis: Workshop title: Restoration 101. How to restore that little wetland in the back forty that has
been taken over by reed canarygrass and blackberries or that stream buffer that was logged or overgrazed before
you bought the property.
- Deston Denniston, Abundance Consulting - Workshop title(s): (1) The Old Poor Farm. Introducing the Old Poor Farm
Project in Clark County, followed by discussion of recent county government and University interest in PC and the
intent of PC teachers & peers regarding certification and accreditation issues in those environments. (2) Deston will
"lead a discussion of what the PDC credential means and how permies will posit themselves so that the core
design theory remains heritable and is transmitted, all the while being recognized and possibly accredited
through institutions such that the PDC certificate caries the weight of a master gardener liscence, or LEED AP
status- that is, when someone has this credential it has a recognized and value added meaning to state, county
and local hiring process." He will also "share about the permaculture seminar we are facilitating that has been
contracted between Clark County, WA and WSU. I hope this will lead to a discussion about what vision and goals
permaculture practioners have for affecting and creating large scale management and development practices and
land use policy, and the advantages/obstacles/disadvantages/potentials of an "institutional" recognition of PDC
certification, both of practitioners, as designers, and of sites, potentially similar to master gardeners for
individuals and for organic certification of sites, etc. This is an exploratory discussion."
- Chuck Estin, Bios Design - Workshop title(s): Future Scenarios. Develop four futures scenarios to describe
possible ways in which the next five years may unfold. Consider what ways that communities might best anticipate
and prepare for those potential future scenarios.
- Toby Hemenway - Workshop title: Why agriculture can never be sustainable and how permaculture can help.
- Kelda Miller. Divine Earth Gardening. - Workshop title: How do we make permaculture approachable to Underprivileged
communities? Discussion about permaculture's applicapability to the people who need money-saving, energy-techniques
the most (within the U.S.)
- Pat Rasmussen. Terra Commons - Workshop title: Edible Forest Gardens In Olympia. How Terra Commons is
helping people take out their lawns and plant Edible Forest Gardens in urban Olympia, Bellingham, Pt. Townsend -
and other sites in Washington.
- Gil Schieber, Borealis Landscape&Design, and Skipley Farm. Workshop Title: Planning a Market Garden:
The process of choosing the land, economics, site and plant selection, market and plant selection, procedure
and economics, market choices, the farm and permaculture, planning for success.
- Ankur Shah - Workshop: A report on sustainable agriculture and permaculture projects in India.
Ankur is an organic farmer, writer, and permaculturist. "I split my time between the olympic peninsula
and the wilds of india, studying organic farming and Gandhian philosophy."
- Micheal Sunanda - Workshop titles: 1 or 2 of the following.
(1) IMAGINE ECOTOPIA - Collective Brainstorm of our Permaculture & Ecotopian future needs,
skills, & Eco-systems potentials for next 10 to 20 years.
(2) SAVING & RESTORING OUR FORESTS - Ecoforestry of Healthy Native Forest Habitat Ecology - a Whole
systems Permaculture approach in bioregions for protecting our vital Wilderness Watersheds forever.
(3) BALANCING OUR HEALTH - in Climate Crisis cycles with Permaculture natural design science with
essential elements flowing thru our bioregions, homes & bodies needing organic everything?
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