Permaculture convergences

There are several regional and international permaculture gatherings (typically called "convergences ").

Worldwide[edit | edit source]

International Permaculture Convergence[edit | edit source]

• 12th: 2015 September 10-16, London, England, UK - [1]
• 11th: 2013 November 29 - December 3, Havana, Cuba
• 10th: 2011 September, Jordan
• 9th: 2009 October, Malawi
• 8th: 2007, Pirenopoli and São Paulo, Brazil
• 7th: 2005, Slovenia and Motovun, Croatia
• 6th: 1996, Bridgetown and Perth, Western Australia, Australia
• 5th: 1993, Gerlesborg, Sweden and Copenhagen, Denmark
• 4th: 1991, Biratnagar and Kathmandu, Nepal.
• 3rd: 1989, South Island and North Island, New Zealand
• 2nd: 1986, Breitenbush, Oregon and Olympia, Washington, USA
• 1st: 1984, Pappinbarra and Rowlands, New South Wales, Australia

Asia[edit | edit source]

• Bali Permaculture Convergence: 2013 January 13, Bali, Indonesia

Southeast Asian Permaculture Convergence[edit | edit source]

• 2nd: 2015 November 21-23, Ilagan Capitol, Isabela, Philippines
• 1st: 2012 November 19-22, Hong Kong, China

Thailand Permaculture Convergence[edit | edit source]

• 3rd: 2015 June 26-28, Sanam Chai Khet, Chachoengsao Province, Thailand
• 2nd: 2014 May 3-4
• 1st: 2013 May 4-5

Europe[edit | edit source]

• Festival de Permaculture 2009 August 21-23, Sambourg, France
• Permacultuur Festival 2016 July 1-3, St. Truiden, Belgium (Dutch/Flemish)
• Permaculture Scotland Convergence: 2013 June 14-16, Comrie Croft, Perthshire, Scotland
• South West Permaculture Convergence: 2013 May 25, Compton Dundon, Somerset, UK

All Ireland Permaculture Gathering[edit | edit source]

• 2015 August 7-9, Legacurry, County Down, Northern Ireland
• 1st: 2011, County Wicklow, Ireland

European Permaculture Convergence[edit | edit source]

• 2014 July 25-29, Bulgaria
• 11th: 2012 August 1-5, Escherode, Lower Saxony and Kassel, Hesse, Germany
• 19th: 2012 July 19, London, UK
• 6th: 2001 July 7-12, Vrable, Slovakia
• 4th: 1996 May 16-19, Tourrets sur Loup, France
• 3rd: 1994 August 30 - September 10, Germany

London Permaculture Festival[edit | edit source]

• 6th: 2015 July 19, London, UK

Nordic Permaculture Festival[edit | edit source]

• 2015 August 6-9

Permaculture Association National Convergence[edit | edit source]

• 2014 September 12-14

Latin America[edit | edit source]

Latin American Permaculture Congress[edit | edit source]

• 1st: 2000 March 27 - April 4, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Latin American Permaculture Convergence[edit | edit source]

(Convergencia Latinoamericana de Permacultura)

• 4th: 2015 June 15-20, Granada, Cundinamarca, Colombia

Middle East[edit | edit source]

• Regional Permaculture Convergence: 2012 July 17-21, Marmariç, İzmir Province, Turkey

USA and Canada[edit | edit source]

• Colorado Permaculture Convergence: 2015 May 24-25, Cortez, Colorado
• Eastern Permaculture Convergence: 1996 September 4-9, Almonte, Ontario
• Eastern Permaculture Teacher’s Association Gathering: 1998 March 14-15, Freeland, Maryland
• Eastern Permaculture Teacher’s Association Gathering: 1998 October 10-11, Freeland, Maryland
• Hawaiian Islands Permaculture Convergence: 2009 January 24-25, Big Island, Hawaii
• Lost Valley Permaculture Reunion: 1997 October 10-13, Dexter, Oregon
• North American Permaculture Convergence: 2014 August 29-31, Clarks Grove, Minnesota, USA
• Northwest Permaculture and Bioregional Gathering: 2009 August 25-27, Eugene, Oregon
• Northwest Permaculture Gathering: 1999 September 24-26, Dexter, Oregon
• Northwest Permaculture Teachers Reunion: 1992 March 14-16, Gearhart, Oregon
• Oahu Permaculture Convergence: 2013 August 24-25, Haleiwa, Hawaii
• Permaculture Convergence: 2008 August 2-3, Boulder, Colorado
• Permaculture Designer’s Convergence for Eastern North America: 1994 September 26 - October 1, Amesville, Ohio
• Permaculture Gathering: 1998 August 21-23, Quebec
• Simply Living Fair and Midwest Permaculture Convergence: 2010 September 23, Bloomington, Indiana
• Southwest Drylands & Southern California Permaculture Convergence: 2008 August 29-September 1, New Cuyama, California
• Skill Sharing and Permaculture Convergence: 2001 August 16-18, Williams, Oregon
• Ten-Year Reunion of the Central Rocky Mountain Permaculture Institute: 1996 August 30-September 1, Basalt, Colorado
• Wisconsin Permaculture Convergence: 2015 August 28-30, Rio, Wisconsin

Bay Area Regional Permaculture Convergence[edit | edit source]

• 7th: 2011 July 11-12, Bolinas, California
• 5th: 2008 July 25-27 West Sonoma County, California
• 3rd: 2006 March 10-11 Occidental, California

“Build Here Now” Natural Building Convergence[edit | edit source]

• 8th: 2006 June 11-18, Taos, New Mexico
• 7th: 2007 June 13-20, Taos, New Mexico
• 6th: 2004 June 13-20, Taos, New Mexico
• 5th: 2003 July 6-13, Taos, New Mexico
• 3rd: 2001 June 10-17, Taos, New Mexico
• 2nd: 2000 June 25-July 2, Taos, New Mexico
• 1st: 1999 June 6-12, Taos, New Mexico

Continental Bioregional Congress[edit | edit source]

• 9th: 2005 July 9-17, Black Mountain, North Carolina

Eastern Permaculture Conference[edit | edit source]

• 8th: 1993 October 8-10, 1993, Butler, Pennsylvania
• 7th: 1992 October 9-12, Central New England
• 6th: 1991 October 11-13, Standing Stone State Park, Tennessee

Eastern Ontario Permaculture Convergence[edit | edit source]

• 3rd: 2013 March 23-24, Ottawa, Ontario

Finger Lakes Permaculture Tours and Regional Convergence[edit | edit source]

• 2nd: 2015 August 21-23, New York
• 1st: 2014 September 6, New York (as "Finger Lakes Permaculture Site Tour")

Florida Permaculture Convergence[edit | edit source]

• 3rd: 2015 March 27-29, Lake Wales, Florida
• 2nd: 2014 May, Lake Wales, Florida
• 1st: 2013 January, Davenport, Florida

Forest Gardening Convergence[edit | edit source]

• 2nd: 2015 June 6, London, Ontario
• 1st: 2014

Gathering of the Guilds[edit | edit source]

• 3rd: 2015, September 4-7, Clarks Grove, Minnesota
• 2nd: 2013, September 20-22, Clarks Grove, Minnesota
• 1st: 2012, September 14-16, Clarks Grove, Minnesota

Inland Northwest Permaculture Conference[edit | edit source]

• 5th: 2015, September 10-13, Tumtum, Washington
• 4th: 2014, September 11-14, Tumtum, Washington
• 3rd: 2013, September 13-15, Hayden Lake, Idaho
• 2nd: 2012, Missoula, Montana
• 1st: 2011 November 4-6, Spokane, Washington

Northeast Permaculture Convergence[edit | edit source]

• 10th: 2014 July 4-6, Unity, Maine
• 9th: 2013 July 5-7, Frelighsburg, Quebec
• 8th: 2012 July 13-15, Middleborough, Massachusetts
• 6th: 2010 July 2-4, Unity, Maine
• 5th: 2009 July 3-5, East Montpelier, Vermont
• 4th: 2008 July 4-6, Holyoke, Massachusetts
• 3rd: 2007 July 6-8, Ithaca, New York
• 2nd: 2006 July 7-9, Dorchester, New Hampshire

Northwest Permaculture Convergence[edit | edit source]

• 8th: 2015 August 28-30, Eugene, Oregon
• 7th: Bellingham, Washington
• 2012 October 5-7,
• 2nd: 2011 October 19-21, St. Helens, Oregon
• 1st: 2010 September 17-19, Seattle, Washington

Oregon Permaculture Gathering[edit | edit source]

• 5th: 2001 September 21-23, Dexter, Oregon
• 4th: 2000 September 22-24, Dexter, Oregon

Pacific Northwest Permaculture Rendezvous and Orcas Island Bog Toss[edit | edit source]

• 2000 July 14-16, Orcas Island, Washington
• 5th: 1997 July 18-20, Orcas Island, Washington
• 4th: 1996 August 16-18, Orcas Island, Washington
• 3rd: 1995 July 28-30, Orcas Island, Washington

Permaculture Voices[edit | edit source]

• 3rd: 2016 March 2-6, San Diego, California
• 2nd: 2015 March 4-8, San Diego, California
• 1st: 2014 March 13-16, Temecula, California

Southeast Portland Permaculture Convergence[edit | edit source]

• : 2015 March 20-22, Portland, Oregon
• 2nd: 2013 March 29-31, Portland, Oregon

Southeastern Permaculture Gathering[edit | edit source]

• 2014 August 1-3, Celo, North Carolina
• 11th: 2004 August 5-8, Black Mountain, North Carolina
• 8th: 2001 August 2-5, Black Mountain, North Carolina
• 7th: 2000 August 3-6, Celo, North Carolina
• 6th: 1999 July 30-August 1, Celo, North Carolina
• 5th: 1998 August 7-9, Celo, North Carolina
• 4th: 1997 August 7-10, Celo, North Carolina
• 3rd: 1996 August 8-11, Celo, North Carolina
• 2nd: 1995 August 11-13, Celo, North Carolina
• 1st: 1994 July 29-31, Celo, North Carolina

Southern California Permaculture Convergence[edit | edit source]

• 2011 April 29-May 1, Malibu, California
• 2008 August 29-31, Santa Barbara, California

Permaculture Living Convergence[edit | edit source]

• 2015 April 25-26, Toronto, Ontario (as "Toronto Spring Convergence")
• 2014 February 21-22, Toronto, Ontario
• 2013 November 30-December 1, Toronto, Ontario

Village Building Convergence[edit | edit source]

The VBC is an annual 10-day event held every May in Portland, Oregon The event consists of a series of workshops incorporating natural building and permaculture design at multiple sites around the city.

• 15th: 2015 May 29th - June 7th

Washington State Permaculture Convergence[edit | edit source]

• 2nd: 2009 September 18-20, Belfair, Washington
• 1st: 2008 September 12-14, Belfair, Washington

West Coast Permaculture Convergence[edit | edit source]

• 3rd: 1996 June 20-23, Orleans, California
• 2nd: 1995 June 24-26, Orleans, California
• 1st: 1994 June 24-26, Orleans, California

West Coast Women's Permaculture Gathering[edit | edit source]

• 4th: 2014 September 18-21, Monroe, Washington
• 2012 September 20-23, Ashland, Oregon
• 2009 May 1-3, Quail Springs, California

Western Canada Permaculture Convergence[edit | edit source]

• 4th: 2013 August 23-25, Rocky Mountain House, Alberta
• 3rd: 2012 August 24-26, Millarville, Alberta
• 2nd: 2011 August 26-28, central Alberta (as "Alberta Permaculture Convergence")
• 1st: 2010 May 1, Edmonton, Alberta (as "Alberta Permaculture Convergence")

Youth and Community Convergence[edit | edit source]

• 2016 April 23-24, Shawnigan Lake, British Columbia
• 2015 April 25-26, Shawnigan Lake, British Columbia
• 2014 September 26-27, Shawnigan Lake, British Columbia (as "Youth Convergence")
• 6th: 2012 September 29-30, Shawnigan Lake, British Columbia
• 2010 October 2-3, Shawnigan Lake, British Columbia (as "Youth Convergence")
• 1st: 2006, Shawnigan Lake, British Columbia

Oceania[edit | edit source]

Australasian Permaculture Convergence[edit | edit source]

• 12th: 2015 March 9-12, Penguin, Tasmania, Australia - [2]
• 11th: 2012 April 11-15, Turangi, New Zealand

Australian Permaculture Convergence[edit | edit source]

• 10th: Cairns, Queensland
• 9th: 2008 March 20-25, Sydney, New South Wales

External links[edit | edit source]

• A History of Permaculture Gatherings Held in the United States and Canada - Source of the majority of information in this article
• A History of Permaculture Gatherings Held in the United States and Canada - earlier version of the above with more context/overview
• Other permaculture convergences around the world
• Articles about conferences on permaculture and related topics - permaculturenews.org