{"id":64129,"key":"Permaculture_convergences","title":"Permaculture convergences","latest":{"id":1211084,"timestamp":"2025-11-28T13:02:49Z"},"content_model":"wikitext","license":{"url":"https://www.appropedia.org/Appropedia:Copyrights","title":"CC-BY-SA-4.0"},"source":"[[File:Permaculture garden.JPG|thumb|Permaculture garden]]\n\nThere are several regional and international '''permaculture''' gatherings (typically called \"'''convergences''' \").\n\n== Worldwide ==\n\n=== International Permaculture Convergence ===\n\n* '''12th:''' 2015 September 10-16, [[London]], England, [[UK]] - [https://ipcuk.events]\n* '''11th:''' 2013 November 29 - December 3, Havana, [[Cuba]]\n* '''10th:''' 2011 September, [[Jordan]]\n* '''9th:''' 2009 October, [[Malawi]]\n* '''8th:''' 2007, Pirenopoli and [[São Paulo]], [[Brazil]]\n* '''7th:''' 2005, [[Slovenia]] and Motovun, Croatia\n* '''6th:''' 1996, Bridgetown and Perth, [[Western Australia]], [[Australia]]\n* '''5th:''' 1993, Gerlesborg, [[Sweden]] and [[Copenhagen]], [[Denmark]]\n* '''4th:''' 1991, Biratnagar and Kathmandu, [[Nepal]].\n* '''3rd:''' 1989, South Island and North Island, [[New Zealand]]\n* '''2nd:''' 1986, Breitenbush, [[Oregon]] and Olympia, [[Washington]], [[USA]]\n* '''1st:''' 1984, Pappinbarra and Rowlands, [[New South Wales]], [[Australia]]\n\n== Asia ==\n\n* '''Bali Permaculture Convergence:''' 2013 January 13, Bali, [[Indonesia]]\n\n=== Southeast Asian Permaculture Convergence ===\n\n* '''2nd:''' 2015 November 21-23, Ilagan Capitol, Isabela, [[Philippines]]\n* '''1st:''' 2012 November 19-22, Hong Kong, [[China]]\n\n=== Thailand Permaculture Convergence ===\n\n* '''3rd:''' 2015 June 26-28, Sanam Chai Khet, Chachoengsao Province, [[Thailand]]\n* '''2nd:''' 2014 May 3-4\n* '''1st:''' 2013 May 4-5\n\n== Europe ==\n\n* '''Festival de Permaculture''' 2009 August 21-23, Sambourg, [[France]]\n* '''Permacultuur Festival''' 2016 July 1-3, St. Truiden, Belgium (Dutch/Flemish)\n* '''Permaculture Scotland Convergence:''' 2013 June 14-16, Comrie Croft, Perthshire, [[Scotland]]\n* '''South West Permaculture Convergence:''' 2013 May 25, Compton Dundon, [[Somerset]], [[UK]]\n\n=== All Ireland Permaculture Gathering ===\n\n* 2015 August 7-9, Legacurry, County Down, [[Northern Ireland]]\n* '''1st:''' 2011, County Wicklow, [[Ireland]]\n\n=== European Permaculture Convergence ===\n\n* 2014 July 25-29, [[Bulgaria]]\n* '''11th:''' 2012 August 1-5, Escherode, Lower Saxony and Kassel, Hesse, [[Germany]]\n* '''19th:''' 2012 July 19, [[London]], [[UK]]\n* '''6th:''' 2001 July 7-12, Vrable, Slovakia\n* '''4th:''' 1996 May 16-19, Tourrets sur Loup, [[France]]\n* '''3rd:''' 1994 August 30 - September 10, [[Germany]]\n\n=== London Permaculture Festival ===\n\n* '''6th:''' 2015 July 19, [[London]], [[UK]]\n\n=== Nordic Permaculture Festival ===\n\n* 2015 August 6-9\n\n=== Permaculture Association National Convergence ===\n\n* 2014 September 12-14\n\n== Latin America ==\n\n=== Latin American Permaculture Congress ===\n\n* '''1st:''' 2000 March 27 - April 4, Buenos Aires, [[Argentina]]\n\n=== Latin American Permaculture Convergence ===\n\n(Convergencia Latinoamericana de Permacultura)\n\n* '''4th:''' 2015 June 15-20, Granada, Cundinamarca, [[Colombia]]\n\n== Middle East ==\n\n* '''Regional Permaculture Convergence:''' 2012 July 17-21, Marmariç, İzmir Province, [[Turkey]]\n\n== USA and Canada ==\n\n* '''Colorado Permaculture Convergence:''' 2015 May 24-25, Cortez, Colorado\n* '''Eastern Permaculture Convergence:''' 1996 September 4-9, Almonte, [[Ontario]]\n* '''Eastern Permaculture Teacher’s Association Gathering:''' 1998 March 14-15, Freeland, [[Maryland]]\n* '''Eastern Permaculture Teacher’s Association Gathering:''' 1998 October 10-11, Freeland, [[Maryland]]\n* '''Hawaiian Islands Permaculture Convergence:''' 2009 January 24-25, Big Island, [[Hawaii]]\n* '''Lost Valley Permaculture Reunion:''' 1997 October 10-13, Dexter, [[Oregon]]\n* '''North American Permaculture Convergence:''' 2014 August 29-31, Clarks Grove, [[Minnesota]], [[USA]]\n* '''Northwest Permaculture and Bioregional Gathering:''' 2009 August 25-27, Eugene, [[Oregon]]\n* '''Northwest Permaculture Gathering:''' 1999 September 24-26, Dexter, [[Oregon]]\n* '''Northwest Permaculture Teachers Reunion:''' 1992 March 14-16, Gearhart, [[Oregon]]\n* '''Oahu Permaculture Convergence:''' 2013 August 24-25, Haleiwa, [[Hawaii]]\n* '''Permaculture Convergence:''' 2008 August 2-3, Boulder, Colorado\n* '''Permaculture Designer’s Convergence for Eastern North America:''' 1994 September 26 - October 1, Amesville, [[Ohio]]\n* '''Permaculture Gathering:''' 1998 August 21-23, [[Quebec]]\n* '''Simply Living Fair and Midwest Permaculture Convergence:''' 2010 September 23, Bloomington, [[Indiana]]\n* '''Southwest Drylands & Southern California Permaculture Convergence:''' 2008 August 29-September 1, New Cuyama, [[California]]\n* '''Skill Sharing and Permaculture Convergence:''' 2001 August 16-18, Williams, [[Oregon]]\n* '''Ten-Year Reunion of the Central Rocky Mountain Permaculture Institute:''' 1996 August 30-September 1, Basalt, [[Colorado]]\n* '''Wisconsin Permaculture Convergence:''' 2015 August 28-30, Rio, [[Wisconsin]]\n\n=== Bay Area Regional Permaculture Convergence ===\n\n* '''7th:''' 2011 July 11-12, Bolinas, [[California]]\n* '''5th:''' 2008 July 25-27 West Sonoma County, [[California]]\n* '''3rd:''' 2006 March 10-11 Occidental, [[California]]\n\n=== “Build Here Now” Natural Building Convergence ===\n\n* '''8th:''' 2006 June 11-18, Taos, [[New Mexico]]\n* '''7th:''' 2007 June 13-20, Taos, [[New Mexico]]\n* '''6th:''' 2004 June 13-20, Taos, [[New Mexico]]\n* '''5th:''' 2003 July 6-13, Taos, [[New Mexico]]\n* '''3rd:''' 2001 June 10-17, Taos, [[New Mexico]]\n* '''2nd:''' 2000 June 25-July 2, Taos, [[New Mexico]]\n* '''1st:''' 1999 June 6-12, Taos, [[New Mexico]]\n\n=== Continental Bioregional Congress ===\n\n* '''9th:''' 2005 July 9-17, Black Mountain, [[North Carolina]]\n\n=== Eastern Permaculture Conference ===\n\n* '''8th:''' 1993 October 8-10, 1993, Butler, [[Pennsylvania]]\n* '''7th:''' 1992 October 9-12, Central New England\n* '''6th:''' 1991 October 11-13, Standing Stone State Park, [[Tennessee]]\n\n=== Eastern Ontario Permaculture Convergence ===\n\n* '''3rd:''' 2013 March 23-24, Ottawa, [[Ontario]]\n\n=== Finger Lakes Permaculture Tours and Regional Convergence ===\n\n* '''2nd:''' 2015 August 21-23, [[New York]]\n* '''1st:''' 2014 September 6, [[New York]] (as \"Finger Lakes Permaculture Site Tour\")\n\n=== Florida Permaculture Convergence ===\n\n* '''3rd:''' 2015 March 27-29, Lake Wales, [[Florida]]\n* '''2nd:''' 2014 May, Lake Wales, [[Florida]]\n* '''1st:''' 2013 January, Davenport, [[Florida]]\n\n=== Forest Gardening Convergence ===\n\n* '''2nd:''' 2015 June 6, London, [[Ontario]]\n* '''1st:''' 2014\n\n=== Gathering of the Guilds ===\n\n* '''3rd:''' 2015, September 4-7, Clarks Grove, [[Minnesota]]\n* '''2nd:''' 2013, September 20-22, Clarks Grove, [[Minnesota]]\n* '''1st:''' 2012, September 14-16, Clarks Grove, [[Minnesota]]\n\n=== Inland Northwest Permaculture Conference ===\n\n* '''5th:''' 2015, September 10-13, Tumtum, [[Washington]]\n* '''4th:''' 2014, September 11-14, Tumtum, [[Washington]]\n* '''3rd:''' 2013, September 13-15, Hayden Lake, [[Idaho]]\n* '''2nd:''' 2012, Missoula, [[Montana]]\n* '''1st:''' 2011 November 4-6, Spokane, [[Washington]]\n\n=== Northeast Permaculture Convergence ===\n\n* '''10th:''' 2014 July 4-6, Unity, [[Maine]]\n* '''9th:''' 2013 July 5-7, Frelighsburg, [[Quebec]]\n* '''8th:''' 2012 July 13-15, Middleborough, [[Massachusetts]]\n* '''6th:''' 2010 July 2-4, Unity, [[Maine]]\n* '''5th:''' 2009 July 3-5, East Montpelier, [[Vermont]]\n* '''4th:''' 2008 July 4-6, Holyoke, [[Massachusetts]]\n* '''3rd:''' 2007 July 6-8, Ithaca, [[New York]]\n* '''2nd:''' 2006 July 7-9, Dorchester, [[New Hampshire]]\n\n=== Northwest Permaculture Convergence ===\n\n* '''8th:''' 2015 August 28-30, Eugene, [[Oregon]]\n* '''7th:''' Bellingham, [[Washington]]\n* 2012 October 5-7,\n* '''2nd:''' 2011 October 19-21, St. Helens, [[Oregon]]\n* '''1st:''' 2010 September 17-19, [[Seattle]], [[Washington]]\n\n=== Oregon Permaculture Gathering ===\n\n* '''5th:''' 2001 September 21-23, Dexter, [[Oregon]]\n* '''4th:''' 2000 September 22-24, Dexter, [[Oregon]]\n\n=== Pacific Northwest Permaculture Rendezvous and Orcas Island Bog Toss ===\n\n* 2000 July 14-16, Orcas Island, [[Washington]]\n* '''5th:''' 1997 July 18-20, Orcas Island, [[Washington]]\n* '''4th:''' 1996 August 16-18, Orcas Island, [[Washington]]\n* '''3rd:''' 1995 July 28-30, Orcas Island, [[Washington]]\n\n=== Permaculture Voices ===\n\n* '''3rd:''' 2016 March 2-6, San Diego, [[California]]\n* '''2nd:''' 2015 March 4-8, San Diego, [[California]]\n* '''1st:''' 2014 March 13-16, Temecula, [[California]]\n\n=== Southeast Portland Permaculture Convergence ===\n\n* ''':''' 2015 March 20-22, [[Portland]], [[Oregon]]\n* '''2nd:''' 2013 March 29-31, [[Portland]], [[Oregon]]\n\n=== Southeastern Permaculture Gathering ===\n\n* 2014 August 1-3, Celo, [[North Carolina]]\n* '''11th:''' 2004 August 5-8, Black Mountain, [[North Carolina]]\n* '''8th:''' 2001 August 2-5, Black Mountain, [[North Carolina]]\n* '''7th:''' 2000 August 3-6, Celo, [[North Carolina]]\n* '''6th:''' 1999 July 30-August 1, Celo, [[North Carolina]]\n* '''5th:''' 1998 August 7-9, Celo, [[North Carolina]]\n* '''4th:''' 1997 August 7-10, Celo, [[North Carolina]]\n* '''3rd:''' 1996 August 8-11, Celo, [[North Carolina]]\n* '''2nd:''' 1995 August 11-13, Celo, [[North Carolina]]\n* '''1st:''' 1994 July 29-31, Celo, [[North Carolina]]\n\n=== Southern California Permaculture Convergence ===\n\n* 2011 April 29-May 1, Malibu, [[California]]\n* 2008 August 29-31, Santa Barbara, [[California]]\n\n=== Permaculture Living Convergence ===\n\n* 2015 April 25-26, [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]] (as \"Toronto Spring Convergence\")\n* 2014 February 21-22, [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]]\n* 2013 November 30-December 1, [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]]\n\n=== Village Building Convergence ===\n\nThe 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.\n\n* '''15th:''' 2015 May 29th - June 7th\n\n=== Washington State Permaculture Convergence ===\n\n* '''2nd:''' 2009 September 18-20, Belfair, [[Washington]]\n* '''1st:''' 2008 September 12-14, Belfair, [[Washington]]\n\n=== West Coast Permaculture Convergence ===\n\n* '''3rd:''' 1996 June 20-23, Orleans, [[California]]\n* '''2nd:''' 1995 June 24-26, Orleans, [[California]]\n* '''1st:''' 1994 June 24-26, Orleans, [[California]]\n\n=== West Coast Women's Permaculture Gathering ===\n\n* '''4th:''' 2014 September 18-21, Monroe, [[Washington]]\n* 2012 September 20-23, Ashland, [[Oregon]]\n* 2009 May 1-3, Quail Springs, [[California]]\n\n=== Western Canada Permaculture Convergence ===\n\n* '''4th:''' 2013 August 23-25, Rocky Mountain House, [[Alberta]]\n* '''3rd:''' 2012 August 24-26, Millarville, [[Alberta]]\n* '''2nd:''' 2011 August 26-28, central [[Alberta]] (as \"Alberta Permaculture Convergence\")\n* '''1st:''' 2010 May 1, Edmonton, [[Alberta]] (as \"Alberta Permaculture Convergence\")\n\n=== Youth and Community Convergence ===\n\n* 2016 April 23-24, Shawnigan Lake, [[British Columbia]]\n* 2015 April 25-26, Shawnigan Lake, [[British Columbia]]\n* 2014 September 26-27, Shawnigan Lake, [[British Columbia]] (as \"Youth Convergence\")\n* '''6th:''' 2012 September 29-30, Shawnigan Lake, [[British Columbia]]\n* 2010 October 2-3, Shawnigan Lake, [[British Columbia]] (as \"Youth Convergence\")\n* '''1st:''' 2006, Shawnigan Lake, [[British Columbia]]\n\n== Oceania ==\n\n=== Australasian Permaculture Convergence ===\n\n* '''12th:''' 2015 March 9-12, Penguin, [[Tasmania]], [[Australia]] - [http://www.apc12tas.com/]\n* '''11th:''' 2012 April 11-15, Turangi, [[New Zealand]]\n\n=== Australian Permaculture Convergence ===\n\n* '''10th:''' Cairns, [[Queensland]]\n* '''9th:''' 2008 March 20-25, [[Sydney]], [[New South Wales]]\n\n== External links ==\n\n* [http://web.archive.org/web/20161030133706/http://northamericanpermaculture.org:80/a-history-of-permaculture-gatherings-held-in-the-united-states-canada/ A History of Permaculture Gatherings Held in the United States and Canada] - Source of the majority of information in this article\n* [http://web.archive.org/web/20150817062915/http://friendsofthetrees.net/articles/2010/PermacultureRegionalGatheringsDec2010.pdf A History of Permaculture Gatherings Held in the United States and Canada] - earlier version of the above with more context/overview\n* [https://www.ipcuk.events/about/convergences Other permaculture convergences around the world]\n* [http://permaculturenews.org/category/events-resources-news/conferences Articles about conferences on permaculture and related topics] - permaculturenews.org\n\n{{Page data\n| license = CC-BY-SA-3.0\n| 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