Join us Oct 14 - 16 in Sequim WA in person or on Zoom for the Fall NW Permaculture Retreat

and ...

Shoulder events 13th and 16th and 17th!

This volunteer-run, community envisioning and making it happen camp out retreat is going to be fun. 

Check out the draft Schedule here and if you can't come live, register to get the Zoom session schedule and changes. 

Pre-Retreat Camp Setup Potluck, Bonfire and Music.

We are planning a pre-retreat camp setup party, potluck, bon-fire to get the compost toilets built, and fire wood stacked, barn awnings up, outdoor kitchen built, barn office ready, etc. We need to invite the "young bucks" to join us. Join us early! The 11th, 12th and 13th. Contact us - info@northwestpermacultuer.org

A Small Gathering

Only a few spots open (6) for our Oct 14-16th Retreat Campout. Read more here and Register now before we "sell" out or close registration at capacity physically (30). Zoom is open to register up to 100. Rideshare offered to those who register.

Lets be clear what we are offering (out door camping/meeting in wood heated Yurt, fire rings, under big awning and covered eating in fall weather), so you can decide if they want to participate in our  camping   retreat or to join from the comfort of zoom.  With a large sail extended from the front or back of the barn, there is lots of room to stay dry for circles and the barn, topography and surrounding trees give lots of protection.

   The goal is to make a container for more folks to participate in the planning process, and to feel included and welcome to join our leadership.

• Besides our re-envisioning circle discussions on how best we can serve our NW community into the future even more sustainably as an organization and inviting you to co-create with us in new ways, we will also invite you to also engage in these interesting sessions ...

 

• Permaculturists Invited to Emergency Preparedness Scenario Planning by Ravi Logan.       "In a disaster situation, there is unique opportunity to go almost directly from emergency care to building out living in a permaculture society."

 

• Mark Lakemen of Portland's City Repair and Village Building Convergence will stream in with Beloved Emergence's Elliot Resnick in conversation with Shaelee Evan's and Julie Wolf of NW Permaculture Convergence to share our 3 Organizations vision of collaboration for 2023. Think big. It is time now!

Volunteer & Help:

These last open spots to attend live with us need to be for volunteers:

• A food coordinator
• A cook (compensation possabile)
• 2 Checkin-Camp-Parking helpers
• A facilitator to make the organizational work fun. 

• A site flow  coordinator
• Everyone will help with meals.

We are still organizing this volunteer sign up sheet. Feel free to pitch in and sign up. If a few of you can come a day or 2 or even a few hours early we could use help setting up the farm site (awnings, bathrooms, outdoor kitchen, firewood, meeting and camping/sleeping spots, checkin, etc). A few of us will be there on the 12th-14th to setup. Can you join us? 

We have a Food donation and Meal help sign up here if you can bring things for our community made and shared Breakfasts and Dinners. Friday night potluck too. We hope to have a meal plan soon and possibly a sign up for specific staples to bring.

Contact us if you can help. Email us at  info@northwestpermaculture.org.
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Check your email 9/15/22 for the Sept Newsletter. It has lots of inspiring pics and a poem from the New Era Convergence last August 2022. If you didn't get it, try subscribing above. 

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• Sept 17 Permaculture Speaker Series Opening night on zoom. Details here
• Sept 18 Permaculture Site Tours across Eugene (bike tour!) Details here. And below.
• Sept 22 Community meeting (Zoom) 7pm-8:15. Circle check ins, event announcements and sharing what you want NWPCC to do/be/lean into 
• Oct 14-16, Fall Campout Retreat in Sequim WA at Goodness Tea Farm (15th online option).  Details and links to register.
• Oct 21-24 Global Earth Repair Summit - see below- asking for NW team for Oct 23rd.

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From Community :

• Skeeter and Global Earth Repair Summit are seeking more earth repair partners!  “We need people to put on small local earth repair actions on Oct 23.  Can you put something together with others via zoom”. Contact us at info@northwestpermaculture.org if interested.
• Salem Farm for sale! Terry & Vicky Hsu need to sell their 66 acres organic farm with 2 ponds and livestock - organic for 9 years, to a worthy steward. Reply back for more info. 
• Looking for a team to help us plan a fun design challenge event for a community kitchen/food-forest garden in southwest WA, in the village-heart of a 700+ acre restoration project. Contact us at info@northwestpermaculture.org if interested.
• New Era Convergence was powerful, thoughtful and embodied. Best expressed in poem and pictures …

Heather’s Poem 

On the first day of the convergence
Clare's shirt invited us
Dandelion fluff
A seed waiting to detach
And fly free

When night came
She opened the blinds
To reveal a sunset so big so pink
Some of us couldn't sit still
We staggered to the deck
To witness the sky
In the middle of a sentence

Song followed
David's strong, clear voice
Reminding us
We are welcome here

In the morning I rose
Expectant curious ready to stretch
Galen opened up the space
With no expectations or requirements
We stood in tree pose
Perfectly balanced

At breakfast there was talk of turkeys
Wilder than the ones we have in the city
Watching from the deck
We saw them cross the open field
Some opening and closing their wings
Leaving feathers behind

Back in the lodge
Ravi broke the ice
We melted into each other's voices
Sharing our fears about the end
And the unknown new beginnings

A moment of despair at the enormity of the ask
To survive in hard times
But Jason reminded us that we could
And we remembered
The possibilities in our unity

We celebrated in dance
With open hearts we let go
The bravest and readiest grieved
While others learned how
Under the beating drum
The sunset behind the trees
We did not need to see it's glory
We could feel it

Now here alone
On a bench I claimed as my favorite
I watch the turkeys return
This time the young ones
They circle our tents
Under the gaze of their adult guardians
Before gathering to return to the wind

See New Era Pics here. Also check your email - Sept Newsletter sent with pics 9/15/22.

The site tour will show eco and people friendly social, economic, food production, civic and land use features.  There will be a site tour in Eugene Sunday, Sept. 18 starting at 11 AM and meeting at Jan’s house, 212 Benjamin. More tour sites are within a 5 minute bike ride, including Dharmalaya and Vistara.  Sites in River Road have been encouraging and inspiring for 20 years, now there are more sites to visit within a 10 minute bike ride than we have time for.  This event is a good start!

For the tour, bikes highly recommended. Cars can follow. Bring a snack, water, comfy shoes and clothes.  Feel free to use a mask. More on the site tour at https://www.suburbanpermaculture.org/site-tour.html 

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​This poster and more about our 2022 "Convergence" is on the convergence page.  Find the download links there too to share.



Community & Board Meeting today!​


​Thursday 6pm PT 8/18/22. Zoom info on the Home page. Scroll down to the green Zoom box and read something new for 22 (2022 Sept and Fall events) on the home page! 

NW Permaculture Community Fall Retreat

NWPCC’s Fall Retreat will be held at Shaelee's Sequim WA Farm Oct 14-16 2022. (Yes its saved!) The poster is ready and we hope you will share it.

• Plan, Play and Relax with us!
• Make friends, share skills, local site/farm tours.
• Plan next season. Vote roles. 
• Invitation to participate as community or leadership.
• Co-create the future of NW permaculture.
• ​More fun ideas on the home page.

 
All are welcome!  Join in-person or on-line to vote on community and member benefits, on-going programming and board member elections. To stay informed, get our Newsletter and watch this space. 


Will We See You This Weekend?

Saturday the 20th Shaelee and Julie will be at the NW Herb Fair in Quilcene WA 19-21 Aug.  Find us at the Olympic Mountain Growers Coop table, we will have posters for our upcoming events, and a space for feedback.  Share your thoughts with us there, or with Julie Sunday Sept 21st at the New Era Convergence near Eugene OR 21-24. We will have a space for you to share with us how we do and who we are and who you want us to be. This conversation will carry on at our September NW Permaculture Convergence in Eugene, and at the Community Retreat in Sequim in Oct (and online - want to Slack or Discord chat with us?).

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Hello Guys, Gals and NonBinary Pals!

There are NW Permaculture related events on the horizon in Oregon and Washington! 

• New Era Convergence: August 21-24 Eugene, OR
• Northwest Permaculture Convergence & NEC followup: Sept 17 & 18 Eugene, OR
• Beloved & NWPCC Workparty Campout: Late Sept, Battleground, WA (Event Date in the works! Find Updates Here or Message Us)
• NW Permaculture Convergence Community Retreat: Oct 14-16 Sequim, WA     

​Bring our community together! More details on these and other regional events below.

Along with creating more opportunities for us to get together and experience permaculture in action, there are some really important questions we’ve been asking these past few years:

• Who is the NW Permaculture Community
• How can this organization serve the community and not perpetuate harm through its activities and policies; embodying alignment with permaculture principles of care and wise resource stewardship
• What programs and projects are vital for our team to facilitate
• In what areas should we promote and come alongside others work
• What are the benefits to community and board members of NWPCC, and to our peripheral connections? How are these benefits sustained? 

 
This year, all signs point toward strengthening our network, identifying how we will show up in the seasons ahead, and creating a team to carry that vision forward.  

The past and present board of director teams love what has been built the past 14 years NWPCC has been putting on events in the Northwest.  It's inspiring to think of the projects, promotions and people we can support with the information sharing tools available today, and how robust and connected our community is. So, as a community of folks who care about what this organization offers, let's come together and enact a succession plan deeply rooted in mutual aid for the landscape and all us critters.

At these events we will be jamming on these questions with an invitation for you to influence how we function, and be a part of the teams that lead us into the future. We’d love to see you at our monthly meetings. For July and August our community and board meetings will be fused to the same night and special 1.5-hour meetings.  Join us July 21 and August 18 from 6-6:45 for community circle, and 6:45-7:30 for event planning and org logistics.  


More details about these events: 

New Era Convergence: 
An opportunity for a more focused collective dialogue around the vision, strategies, and actions that can help activate and mobilize people to organize and coordinate a movement for change in our region, the Pacific Northwest – and beyond. 
August 21-24, 2022, at Sky Camp near Eugene, Oregon. More at https://www.new-era-convergence.org/
Also join NEC for a Community Meeting in Eugene or on Zoom here Aug 9th 6pm ID: 881 1712 1510 PW: NEC Discussion will focus on bringing diverse perspectives to the circle. A cultural workers council is currently forming. Find all their dates here.

Northwest Permaculture Convergence & NEC followup: 
Creating A Preferred Future With Permaculture
This workshop is both a follow up to the NEC and call to action for the NWPCC Restoration Campout and Community Retreat.
This workshop will take place Saturday, September 17 and the partner site tour Sunday, Sept 18.
The Saturday workshop will take place at Jan Spencer's 22 year suburban transformation property in River Road, Eugene from 11 to 5; [please bring a veggie lunch] followed on Sunday at 11, meeting at Jan's place for a site tour orientation and 3 hour site tour [please bring a veggie lunch.  The workshop will be zoomed, the site tour will be recorded, both will go to YouTube.
Overall, the workshop will focus on permaculture applied to lifestyle, civics, economics and urban design.  Key topics will include transforming a suburban property, allies assets and actions in the community, the wisdom of the world's great spiritual traditions, personal financial permaculture, ecovillages and taking these ideas to a wider audience.
The site tour will visit locations that show what many of the concepts explained in the workshop can look like in real life.

1] Jan's place - home economics - to show what a suburban property can look like and produce, educational asset
2] Dharmalaya and next door - neighbors cooperate and create a community educational/uplift asset
3] Vistara - micro eco village, garden, neighborhood events, various living spaces
4] A cluster of front yard gardens on nearby Lidner St.
5] The Filbert Grove - work with the city to restore a public place, a city program empowers neighbors and goes well beyond its original purpose to build food system, restore natural habitat.
6] East Blair Housing Co-op - This is what Block Planning can look like, members self empower, learn critical social skills, reduce eco footprints
7] Duma Co-op - A large house becomes a multi layer residential experience, reduce eco footprints, permaculture landscape


Jan Spencer has been practicing permaculture for over 20 years. He has presented on systems change from Coos Bay and Corvallis to Yale and MIT.  Jan has a syndicated radio program, Creating A Preferred Future originating from KEPW in Eugene and an info dense website www.suburbanpermaculture.org

You can find more detail on both the workshop and site tour at https://www.suburbanpermaculture.org/sept-workshop.html

One can attend either workshop or site tour but the site tour will be a far more meaningful experience combined with the workshop.

Both occasions will be by sliding scale donation.  Proceeds will go to the Northwest Permaculture Convergence.


Beloved & NWPCC Co-Creation & Restoration Workparty at Rememberland: 
Exciting events to be announced soon. Reclaiming a landscape for long-term community benefit. Join us to design, repair and set the stage. Dates TBA Battleground, WA  There will be events to prepare for the campout, more details soon!* Updates Posted Here

NW Permaculture Convergence Community Retreat:
All are welcome to our board retreat this fall!  October 14-16, 2022  Let’s plan for the future and reflect on our past while enjoying each-others company on the Olympic Peninsula. Join in-person or on-line to vote on community and member benefits, on-going programming and board member elections.

Other Regional Happenings:

• The Global Earth Repair Summit Oct 22-27. This event will network people and organizations around the globe working for eco-restoration.  We especially are inviting people from the permaculture community.
  
• Northwest Herbal Faire Aug 19-21, Quilcene Washington
  
• Singing Alive August 12-15, 
  
• Radical Mycology Convergence October 6-9 in Mulino, Oregon 
  
• Something happening near you? Let us know for the next NWPCC newsletter and our community calendar!
  

Reminder: Community Meeting May 12, 2022 @ 7pm
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Hello Dear NWPCC Permaculture Friend, 
and Welcome to the new subscribers too!
 

Spring - Loving all the New Green and New Hope ….
This spring is an exciting time of new hope! We are excited to announce collaborative ventures for our convergence this year. Please join us at our community Zoom meeting on May 12 (Thursday 7-8pm) and our BOD meeting (next Thursday May 19, 6-7pm) to add some energy into making these events fantastic! Zoom details on the home page here.
 
New Era Convergence in August near Eugene...
First, we are proud supporters of the New Era Convergence at Skycamp It's August 21-24, 2022.  Register early here. This gathering will bring together thinkers and activists to chart a holistic sustainable norm. NWPCC will share more soon on the sessions we are sponsoring and hope to see you there!
 
Fall NWPCC Event - Land Restoration Project...
Second, we’re almost ready to announce our fall conference - centered around a work party! We are partnering on a land restoration project in or near Oregon this year. It’s really exciting to have a place to camp together and get our hands dirty building up the soil, and our community, while we learn together.
 
Our theme for 2022 is Activate Mutual-Aide.  We’re leaning into this through letting our convergence energy support affinity organizations who share our heart for people, planet and justice.  

Join us 7pm this evening May 12, 2022 and next Thursday's BOD Zoom  to support the projects and make this years gatherings a blast!
 
Yours,
President Shaelee, Julie (Community Coord.) and Team NWPCC
 
Also: seeking new board members! Most of our team members terms are up; we will be voting in new folks at the fall event. Get involved now and discover what your favorite way to carry on this organization is. Thanks!

P.S.S. From Julie. Farm Raising for Shaelee's Farm in Sequim. It's working! Please share and support as you are able. It's on a New Awesome Crowd-Funding platform here.


Announcements From Community

• Ecosystem Restoration Course – June 7-17, 2022 Atlan Community, White Salmon, WA - Register Here.
• NW Herbal Fair! Aug 19-21 near Port Townsend WA - Visit here. 
• New Era Convergence - August 21st-24th 45 min from Eugene OR- Register here. 
• Inspiration Farm courses and gatherings this & next weekend - click here.
• Jan Spencer is always doing good permaculture events in Eugene - City Permaculture. Check out his YouTube here. and write to him at <janrspencer@gmail.com> for his latest virtual and on land events. 
• Meetings tonight and next week.  Learn how you can help the community - come to the Zoom meetings to talk. Every 2nd and 3rd Th evenings - Zoom Details here.
• Farm Fund Raiser - This Needs Our Permaculture Community Support - please take a moment to share with your people - details here - Help us meet Shaelee's goal to save her Farm. We have a bit over 2 weeks left- every little bit helps. Share share...  

Find our full Newsletter here on a shared Google Doc.  In summary...

Welcome to Spring in the Northwest!

• We need your help in finding a 2022 location - farm, education center, eco-village, etc venue. 
• NWPCC needs fresh volunteers to facilitate our events and education channels
• New Northwest Permaculture Roles - a work in progress - you can help with too.
• Monthly Meetings - 2 of them: Community Meeting and Board Meeting
• Handy  Spring Tips!
• Suggested Reading
• Announcements From Community ...
  • ​More then once a year collaborations on offer - lets talk idea and interests!
  • ​Send us you stories, announcements, resources to share and request... 
  • Courses: 
  • Inspiration Farm courses and gatherings
  • Holistic Design Course
  • Inland Northwest Permaculture offerings
  • HopFrog Farm - Farm Collaboration on Olympia
  • Doctrine of Discovery Course
  • Economics for Peace Institute offering and invites

Join us at our Monthly Zoom Meetings the 2nd and 3rd Thursday evenings ...
​See home page for more Zoom meeting info.

Bring your ideas for 2022 and Your Spring Pictures and videos....
We have baby goats and Rooster pens to share with you!

Find our full Newsletter (with links) here on a shared Google Doc.

Hello All!
I apologize if the email we sent last night felt off-putting in regards to Sahale's Covid and dog policies.
The good news is that Northwest Permaculture has organized this gathering to create safety with the unknown. To respect the residents and create out time in the unregulated spaces where Covid doesn't have to be our focus. All our meeting spaces are open-air, outside or in breezy buildings where masks are optional. The only time vaccination status comes up is when picking volunteer duties, either in the kitchen (Sahales main food hub- vax only folx volunteer here) or at the rest of camp.
I have been very diligent to setup our time so that we all can feel welcome and like full participants all weekend! I look forward to camping in the woods, visiting with you all and enjoying the wilderness of the hood canal.
Thank you,
Shaelee, president NWPC
I am rather preoccupied with final bits and getting there, but feel free to email if you are concerned or have questions. 

Hello NW Permaculture Friends, 
The Sahale Shindig starts tomorrow.  There are still a few tickets left if you would like to join, register here , we will share digitally post-event and can include your permaculture projects!  Email us if you'd have like to be a part. 
Arrivals begin at beautiful Sahale starting Friday Noon. Registration will be inside the big-top tent just past parking, which also houses the main schedule, our Permandala Project and FreeLand (gifting exchange tables).  You can still add ideas/comments to our Schedule; feel free to print a blank one out here.  This weekend we will collectively fill it in with sticky-notes on a large schedule on the main tent's wall.  We plan to hear from Kitsap Harvest at 4pm, have dinner at 7pm, closing the evening with a circle of introductions and intentions in the Tea-Saloon. 
Please take pictures and notes, share on our discord and slack groups so our greater community that can't make it can still learn and play along with us.  Directions to Sahale, and community join links are on the NWPCC website.
What to Bring:

• Food for use in meals: Lots of Vegetables, ferments, condiments, eggs, cheese, sauces, dips, soups, anything you love to eat (thats not in a package).  Please add to the Contributions List here.
  
• Rain gear and warm clothes
  
• Sleeping bags, blankets and tents/tarps. Campers are welcome to shelter in our gathering spaces overnight to stay dry. (and Sahale has an abundance of mattress pads that can be used for extra comfort.) 
  
• Garden Gloves and one favorite garden tool with your name on it.
  
• Clothes to mend (a project planned)
  
• Pen and paper
  
• Items to trade at the Trade Blanket Ceremony
  
• Items to sell at a Bazaar one afternoon 
  
• Give away items for Courney's giveaway table or Kristie's pop up bank
  
• Cell/Camera with Media storage/battery if you want to be one of our citizen videographers for story telling later.  
  
• Musical instruments for sharing around open circle time! Instruments, DJ equipment and dance shoes to rock that floor
  
• Fire toys for the campfire, and songs to sing
  

Safety Notes: 1) Dogs are not allowed to roam at Sahale. If you didn’t know and have a pup please keep them in your car, on a leash when at camp and use the adjoining vast wilderness for walks.  2) Indoor spaces are for vaccinated folx to protect at-risk residents, specific bathrooms are also reserved for vax only.  3) Thank you for caring and doing your part to respect yourself and others!
We are stoked to be crafting this weekend with you.
Best,
Team NWPCC

Remember to bring things to share, like seeds, ideas, homegrown and handmade! (art credit Ben Bunk)

Hi NW Permaculture Friends, 
We are so excited the unique community driven format this year.  Its non-hierarchical giving everyone a space to share, from formal presentations to open mic and trade-blanket. Meals and camping are provided, indoor sleeping option at low additional cost. The large tent hall is also open to lay your mat on the floor if you'd like to camp light. Children are free, our youth program is fun, and the venue is spectacular.

Are you joining us? There’s still time to sign up for the 2021 gathering on the hood canal, Oct 15-17 at Sahale Retreat Center. 

A community collaborative event, we are riffing on the theme of open space and emergent design.  Our team has created a basic structure, the schedule getting filled out as enthusiastic individuals join our meetings to share their stories. We are an all volunteer board and community collective, creating the event through the passions we have to offer, making space for you to do the same. Could be music.  Could be mending clothes (bring something you have that needs mending - this is a real offer for a group activity!).  Check out the schedule and offerings we expect so far. Are you coming and want to present? Use the comment function to add your session, or add it during the event!  What are you excited about? Bring it!
You are welcome to add your piece at our next meeting! Zoom meeting join info on the NWPCC website, usually 7-8pm PT. Next meetup is Oct 12th, a Tuesday. The NW Permaculture 2021 Questionnaire is another portal to speak your mind and shape the event.

Covid Precautions: Sahale follows state mandates, and protects the health of its elder and at-risk residents through a diligent covid safety protocol. Our event will be totally outside or in open-air tent and open-wall spaces. Masks are required when passing through indoors, such as pickup up meals. While in the dining hall we must wear a mask, wash hands upon entering, get our meal and exit to eat outside, covered areas provided. Indoor bunk accommodations are for vaccinated folks in Sahale's group housing, unvaccinated folks seeking provided accommodations will be given a tent with a bed or other solo space, like a sunroom or have option to camp in the large outdoor tent. Hand washing and sanitizing stations will be abundant, with designated bathroom facilities for vaccinated and unvaccinated folks.  Outside, masks and social distancing are encouraged as befits your own beliefs and comfort zones. 
2020 Online Conference Videos: Our 1st ever virtual event, now on our new YouTube channel. Be sure to leave us a comment there and subscribe!  We welcome community input. If you have anything to share, send it our way or tag northwest permaculture. We’d love to share your story and promote what permaculture looks like across our landscape.  There is desire for a followup online gathering this fall focused around building connections and sharing gratitude.  Let us know if you’d like to help.

Scholarships and Work-trades: We kept our cost as low as possible this year, only charging a few dollars over the base room + meals cost of the venue for our annual administrative fees to sustain the organization. As such we have have limited work trade and scholarships. Please, don't hesitate to ask if you are in need and want to join!  We have 50% off tickets available for those who can help with promotions and documentation.  Northwest Native community members, we have a few 100% off tickets available for you!  We are in gratitude for the chance to facilitate the landscape this weekend and thank your ancestors for tending the soil before us.  Please email info@northwestpermaculture.org for work-trade and scholarship codes.

Thank you for the time Beloveds, we hope to hear from you and see you soon!
- Shaelee, on behalf of team Northwest Permaculture

Hello Permaculture People!
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We are looking forward to the convergence next month Oct 15-17 on the hood canal! 
Are you joining us?
Open Space (Emergent Design) format, expect to encounter wonderful people, stirring conversations and hands-on projects!
Friday: Arrive, settle in, meet each other, add to the schedule, dinner, music and art option!
Saturday and Sunday:  Join in our preplanned and your newly offered activities.  We have scheduled plant walks, skill-shares, discussion groups / presentations and our Sahale-centered project reinvigorating the blueberry garden, with open mic and project sharing spaces.  The land holds great trails, access it to the river and use of The Swamp, an open air barn/bar for music, drinks and lounging. 
Meals and lodging are included! 

Please do:
--> bring a slideshow or short vid on a flash drive!
--> bring your favorite teas, harvests and brews to share!)   
Camping + food $83 for the whole weekend, if you need a private room pay +$20/night. 
Register Here 
Note: Scholarships and some work-trades available! 
We are a all-volunteer board. 100% of ticket costs goes to our venue, education programs and annual organization maintenance costs.  If you'd like to sponsor someone or support the work, please donate through paypal to registrar@northwespermaculture.org
Our youth program will have morning and afternoon circle times directly after our meals, which lead to an upcycled fashion show project where youth make outfits for parents and organizers to parade in!  After the structured session, children are released to “recess” a self-guided time to explore activities (seed bomb making, art, play) until the next meal.  These circles and activities are optional, and otherwise the care and tending of children is assumed to be in the hands of caregivers who brought them and moderated by spontaneous community engagement.  The activity tables welcome engagement no matter what age you are.  Youth and Children: ages 12-18 can join for ½ price, those 0-11 are free! 
In other news: These classes are still coming up, and check out Jan Spencer's highlight reel of permaculture in action if you haven't had a chance!  First are the links, full details follow.
Online urban Permaculture Design Course: City Repair
Drylands Permaculture Course : Global Earth Repair Foundation
Highlight Reel - Creating A Preferred Future : Suburban Permaculture
Thanks for the time! 

If you would like to help with the mission to share and grow permaculture in practice in the Pacific Northwest, please join us in the zoom room or otherwise be in touch with how you’d like to jump in.   We meet on an alternate Tuesday/Thursday once a week cycle from 7-8pm PST, login information on the main page at northwestpermaculture.org
The more we get together, the happier we'll be!

Look forward to seeing you,
President Shaelee and team Northwest Permaculture Convergence

Hello Friends!
We’d like to share information on a few fantastic classes coming up, our fall campout and a great highlight reel of permaculture in action.  First are the links, full details follow.

• Online urban Permaculture Design Course: City Repair Nov '21-June '22 
• Drylands Permaculture Course : Global Earth Repair Foundation Oct4-13
• Sahale Shindig : NW Permaculture Convergence 2021 Oct 15-17 
• Highlight Reel - Creating A Preferred Future : Suburban Permaculture

Thanks for the time!  If you would like to help with the mission to share and grow permaculture in practice in the Pacific Northwest, please join us in the zoom room or otherwise be in touch with how you’d like to jump in.
Thanks,
President Shaelee on behalf of team Northwest Permaculture Convergence
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City Repair’s Online urban Permaculture Design Course
Place: Via Zoom, with the potential for some in-person self-organized physically distanced gatherings on the ancestral lands of the Chinookan people (Portland, Oregon)
Registrations Close: Sun, Oct 31, 11.59pm, 2021
Course Fees: $900 until Sat, Sept 18, 2021 11.59pm, Pacific Time and then $1000 with the option for scholarships. Scholarship questions are embedded within the registration questionnaire. We have the option of a payment plan with all payments due by February 6, 2021.
Program Duration: Sat, Nov 6 2021-Tue, June 21, 2022. Every month we will meet the first or second weekend of the month for a morning session, and then a Tuesday evening, mid-month for a design lab session.
For more information please visit our website: Click here
To register for the course please visit Eventbrite: Click here 
To donate to our scholarship fund: Click here
For questions please email Matt and Ridhi: updc@cityrepair.org
Open House: Click here to register for our upcoming Open House, Sept 18, 10-11am Pacific Time (PT). 
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Drylands Permaculture Course Oct 4th- 13th
Penny Livingston and Michael Pilarski are teaming up to run a Permaculture Training on Drylands Restoration. Guest speakers via Zoom include:, John D. Liu of the Ecosystem Restoration Camps, Walter Jehne from Australia, Andrew Millison from Oregon State University, Precious Phiri from Zimbabwe and Zachary Weiss of Elemental Ecosystems. This is being held in the Methow Valley, eastern Washington.
Do you know anyone who might like to take this specialized course? Good course for people who are already pdc grads. Can you spread the word?  We still have a few spots left.
More details and how to register here:
https://globalearthrepairfoundation.org/drylands-permaculture-course/
Partial work-trade and scholarships are available for those who can't afford the full price.  The applications are on the website, follow the link above.
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Northwest Permaculture Convergence 2021:  Sahale Shindig October 15-17
Make it your own: Fill Out the NW Permaculture 2021 Sahale Shindig Questionnaire. Our schedule will be filled out with our collective offerings the first night of the event. 
Join our zoom meeting: Sept 14, 7-8pm 
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/8228795259?pwd=VTVIcGtOUmZCdThzdHozeVBCaGxOUT09
Meeting ID: 822 879 5259
Passcode: 706622
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Creating A Preferred Future And Present -
Zoom Sessions - Pushing Back on Capitalism and the Consumer Culture
Would you like to learn more about transforming one's own life, neighborhood, society and our economic system? What are the key leverage points? What can we learn from people already "living in the future?" 
Jan is putting together a series of zoom sessions that will focus on real life people and projects - a preview of a preferred future.  Some people are ALREADY living in a preferred future. What are their stories?  What are the allies and assets we have to work with for creating a preferred future?
Jan calls upon an expansive array of experience. Thousands of people have visited his suburban property in Eugene to see what suburbia can become but this series will go far beyond a single property.  Jan produces a one hour program broadcasted on several regional radio stations.  Much of the zoom content will come from interviews with cultural change makers from Portland; Syracuse, NY; Cincinnati, Houston, LA, Oakland; Asheville, NC; Missoula 
Check these links
1] Highlights of radio programs, presentations, interviews
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UHvCtwoRfE&t=974s
A one hour highlight reel of creating a preferred future - transforming suburbia, critique of capitalism, eco villages, urban food systems, pushing back on cars,
wisdom of the world's great spiritual traditions, what might a preferred future look like?, what might a one earth/fair share lifestyle look like? putting mainstream assets to more radical purpose and more. 
2] Site tour of Jan's suburban property in Eugene [Thanks Raintree Nursery]   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsO4K1gG2Ao
One of the most permaculture dense 1/4 acre suburban properties in the world
3] Links to podcasts, you tube presentations, suburban permaculture
suburbanpermaculture.org  check the "media" tab drop down menu
This is not a permaculture class but builds on permaculture ideals and values. The ideal, to create/expand alternatives to capitalism and the consumer culture. Please forward this message.  Thanks!      -Jan Spenser

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Thank you for reading!
Team NW Permaculture ​

What We DoWe host annual convergences, which are a blend of work party, conference and festival; an all-in-one experience crafted in collaboration with PNW-based hosts who want to partner with NWPCC. 
​Convergences are diverse just like our PNW region; however, there common elements like intentional engagement with indigenous community, welcoming ceremony, shared meals, camping, live music, discussions, presentations and hands-on projects over an extended weekend. 
We ever-refine our design for peaceful and synergistic productivity that embodies the permaculture ethics of fair share, earth care, and people care to maximize cultural exchange, learning and friendship building.

Ways to ParticipateThe NWPCC organizing team wishes to increase the number of gatherings we help facilitate across the PNW region in the coming years by encouraging self-led micro-convergences. These small gatherings would contribute to accessibility, relationship links, skill development, knowledge documentation, and awareness of  what’s happening in our region.
Are you interested in hosting a micro-convergence? Do you have a skill to share and are open to teaching others? Do you have a project that would be great for a work party?
Just in case you are wondering… micro-convergences would be an addition to regional offerings. The annual big convergence would still take place in the fall, and offer a large mosaic of Northwest Permaculture where we can celebrate and learn from each other.
How You Can Help
Message the board and our community through SLACK and Discord, or join in on one of our zoom meetups. Login information is at https://www.northwestpermaculture.org/

August, 8, 2020 - Newsletter
Hello Friends!

I hope the influence of permaculture principles in your lives has made this wild year feel like an opportunity for much positive change!  In that spirit, we see “the problem is the solution” as a way to live out our 2020 theme Cultivate Community better that we could have ever dreamed of last fall.

Cultivate CommunityWe are happy to say, the convergence is still on for September! We’re stoked for the opportunity to highlight good work from across Cascadia, with a digital piece allowing us to spread ideas for sustainable culture beyond our borders.  Rather than clustering hundreds of people in one spot, we invite you all to host workshops and small gatherings within your “quarantine bubble” community, while we share all our offerings and stay connected online.   In that spirit, we invite those from similar ecologies like parts of Chile, Western Europe, South Africa, Tazmania, and elsewhere in America to participate.  Cultivate connections! 

Our keynotes and opening/closing circles will be the big zoom parties- where we all gather “face to face” and pass around the speaker microphone to workshop leads and elders in our community.  The rest of the time, we encourage you to think about what kind of workshop you could offer.  Would it be a farm tour? Teaching on your passion? Perhaps you want to share how korean natural farming works, how to build and sharpen a scythe, explain tools to activate social permaculture systems or make a wild sauerkraut from late season harvests.  So many good ideas are under our umbrella, and I know you have some amazing special knowledge or a story that could be an inspiration to a world that needs some hope.  We’re in this together!
 Stretch the BenefitWe envision musicians and artists helping us through the night with a sound lab of permaculture bands, playlists and suggested podcasts to explore.   Our children's program offers a downloadable coloring book explaining the design principles and ethics, with linked videos explaining the principles fun DIY projects to explore anytime.  Our unique format allows us to stretch the bounds of our normal 9am to 9pm weekend format and potentially carry on the messages past the convergence through recorded sessions for post-posting on our website. Please submit what you’d like to share.  
 Inclusive by DesignWe are happy to present a super low $20 ticket price for 2020, have scholarships available, and offer all our presenters a platform to promote their projects and get direct donations from participants.   This convergence is an amazing chance to share what works with each-other and explore the new mainstream flowing with Fair-Share, Earth-Care and People-Care.  Let's do it!

Permaculturally Inspired,
Shaelee 
President Northwest Permaculture Convergence