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Welcome to our new subscribers. Here is your brief January NW Permaculture Newsletter, with a few announcements about tomorrow’s Community Meeting and this weeks Permaculture Speaker (Tuesday) and next month’s gathering.
Community Meeting Monday (morning) Want to listen or share about what’s happening in your part of the world? Join our Zoom Circle tomorrow, Monday January 23rd at 9am to 10:00 ish for a pulse on what's in our backyards and lives. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/3903090360 id: 390 309 0360 pw: 706622 dial in: +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma) ?One tap mobile +13462487799,,8228795259# US (Houston) February Restoration WorkParty & Pizza Party Starting in February we will be having a series of events at Beloved Bell’s Mountain to help prepare for our fall gathering. Before we can bring a large group of people to the landscape, we have a responsibility to make sure the current non-human residents are taken care of.
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Thanks for your interest in NW Permaculture Convergence.
Hope to gather together with you soon, Julie, Shaelee and the NWPCC Team info@northwestpermaculture.org
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Happy Holidays,
Remember to make the most of your season relaxing into what you love. Sharing gratitude for this year. Wasn't 2022 a great year to build community connections, cross pollinate and become Self-Aware as a collective? We are looking forward to an amazing 2023, but before the year ends, please join us on Dec 29th! Just a short note here this time:
December Permaculture Speaker Join Us This Thursday! Topic: Testing Notions of Resilience Who: Mark Lakeman of City Repair Where & When: Dec 29, 7pm PST NW Permaculture Zoom Room. Description: This is no time for small plans! First though, prior to the pandemic, City Repair had successfully completed more than 1,000 permaculture based community projects in Portland, Oregon. As the pandemic ensued, our social and technical systems struggled until we nearly collapsed. Not entirely though, and we are still standing. Come hear the big news of what we have planned for a more ambitious year than ever before! Audience dialogue invited during and after this talk. NWPCC Zoom Meeting ID: 822 879 5259 Passcode: 706622 → Find the link, read more about Mark and Register here. (no charge) Convergence 2023 News Sept 29 2023 - Save the date! Add us to your calendar - link here and let us know (reply to this) if you want to be invited as a guest for updates (from our Google Calendar). Our 2023 Convergence will be hosted by Beloved on Bells Mountain, 40 min NE of Portland near Battleground, WA. Our theme is leaning into how we can address harm and help bring about deep healing and restoration on all levels, ecologically, organizationally, socially. Open Eyes - Open Heart The convergence will be more centered on projects, participatory experiences and learning together as workshop space will be limited. What do you want to see? What matters most to you at our events? We heard some answers, some surprising answers, from those of you who have come to our monthly community meetings. Next year we’ll send you a survey! Volunteers & Intern’s Needed! Thank you to those who responded! We DO need your help. With a volunteer board of 2 active people, it's a challenge to get things done. We're excited to help you step in and are getting organized to have you help us. Take action and contact us now so we can hit the new year dancing! Find us on Slack here to collaborate. Call or text us to leave a message to set a time to talk. Our New GVoice # 360-389-2721 (will go to both of us) or ... Julie - 858-848-7047 Shaelee - 360-670-1041 Thank you! Community Announcements & Event Details: Upcoming soon:
Thanks for reading y/our NW Permaculture Convergence Newsletter. See you next year 2023! Julie, Shaelee and the NWPCC Team info@northwestpermaculture.org Happy Holidays and a Joyous Winter to you!
Please join us online through Slack, Discord, Instagram or FaceBook and especially at our monthly zoom meeting. We’d love to get to know you and connect your hearts and hands with ours this next season. Zoom This Monday ... morning: In respect of working during daylight and honoring evening rest, we are trying morning meetings for our winter get together. Please join us this Monday Dec 12 from 9-10:30 AM. First half of the meeting is for community check-in, and the second half for business. Join our Zoom here. Meeting ID: 822 879 5259 Passcode: 706622 Dial in: +1 253 215 8782 US Do you enjoy a monthly space to informally connect? Are you interested in hosting the community container to give Julie a break? Do you enjoy this organization and want to consider running for a board position this fall 2023? OR to volunteer as a 2023 ally in planning the Bell’s Mountain Convergence? Reply if you are curous and learn what it's all about! → Intern Opportunity! Get school credit! Develop professional skills! Network with amazing folks! Be supported in developing your skills. Learn what its like to put on a sustainably-minded convergence! Contact us with questions and to learn more. Speaker Series - Mark Lakeman of City Repair and Village Building Convergence will speak this month on Thursday Dec 29th 7 pm. Topic: Testing Notions of Resilience Read more here about big plans for 2023! We are still accepting proposals and nominations for speakers. Please apply (see below) and help us get more voices out there! Community Announcements & Event Details: Open Invite to Permaculture Speakers & Storytellers Interested in our ongoing monthly series? We invite presenters and story tellers, both experts and new practitioners. Read more about presenters, topics and apply here to speak - Feb thru July openings for Zoom and also our Fall Convergence. Thanks for Reading the NW Permaculture Convergence Newsletter. Hope to gather together with you soon, Julie, Shaelee and the NWPCC Team info@northwestpermaculture.org Two events coming up this week and a book recommendation: Skeeter's Botanical Book Sale - November 27, Sunday, 11 am - 4 pm At Friends of the Trees/Global Earth Repair office: 10644-B Rhody Dr., Port Hadlock wa 98339 Ness's Corner Building, Corner of Hwy 19 & Hwy 116 Books for sale on herbal medicine, permaculture, farming, agriculture, ethnobotany, botany, horticulture, social change, ecosystem restoration, etc. Mostly used books, some new. This is a fund-raiser for the Global Earth Repair Foundation.  Penny Livingston: Wednesday, Nov 30 at 7 PM Pacific Time Online, part 3 of our 9-part series on Living Permaculture Please join us! Penny Livingston-Stark is internationally recognized as a prominent permaculture teacher, designer and speaker. She holds an MS in Eco-Social Regeneration and 3 Diplomas in Permaculture Design. Penny has sat on the board of the Permaculture Institute of North America as well as the Building Appeals Board for the County of Marin and the Redwood Empire Chapter of the US Green Building Council. She has studied, taught with, hosted and learned directly from Bill Mollison and David Holmgren the co-founders of Permaculture and the developers of the Permaculture Design Certification Course curriculum. Penny co-created the Ecological Design Program and its curriculum at the San Francisco Institute of Architecture and co-created the Permaculture Program at Occidental Arts and Ecology Center.
The interview, by Jan Spencer, will tap into Penny's extensive knowledge of how Permaculture can serve as a powerful tool for ecological and social regeneration. Join us Nov 30 at 7 PM Pacific Time on Zoom at this link. ~ ~ ~ There is no charge. Meeting ID: 822 879 5259 Passcode: 706622 Dial in: +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma) One tap mobile: +12532158782,,8228795259#,,,,*706622# US Upcoming guests in December and January for the NWPCC educational series will include Mark Lakeman, co founder of City Repair and Village Building Convergence in Portland and Jason Schreiner of the Prout Institute. Check the NWPCC website for upcoming series info and more information about permaculture in the Northwest. American History from the Perspective of Those Most Impacted This week is a very loaded time in our history. Now we collectively wade through conflicting energies of family, gratitude, loneliness, grief and gluttony. May we root into gratitude for all we have, and pause to mourn what brought us here. For a full take on American History from the perspective of those most impacted (rather than the elite “winners” who generally write the books) please read “A People's History of the United States” by Howard Zinn. It reads more like a novel than a text book, and doesn’t shy away from the messier parts of our past. How can we build a better future if we dont't know where we’ve been? How can we heal from harm if we don’t acknowledge its there? Please be in contact with ways you feel this organization can step up into social regeneration projects this next season and at our fall convergence. We need your hands, heart and mind to do the work. I hope you all have a wonderful week, we look forward to seeing and hearing from you, Julie and Shaelee Northwest Permaculture Convergence November 2022 NewsletterHi NW Permaculture Fam,
In October we held a wonderful community retreat and lent support to the Earth Repair Summit, check out more on our story page. Looking ahead we’re stoked on the fall 2023 gathering in SW Washington and our speaker series. Up next is Penny Livingston on November 30th, 7pm in our zoom room. Do you have a speaker to recommend? Please let us know and share this link with them. Peace or Bust! Leaning into Zone 0 Social Permaculture Our relationships with each other matter, and impact our capacity to care for the earth and be agents of healing. Team NW Permaculture believes this organization has a responsibility to invite input from often unheard voices, at events and in our innerworkings. As leaders in the regenerative movement, we have an awesome opportunity to lean into the permaculture design principles of people and earth care; self-regulation, feedback and slow-small solutions. What harm has been done in the name of Permaculture? By this organization and our partners specifically? With awareness and an openness to change we can learn from the past and build something better. So the big question we invite you to untangle and weave into a tapestry of light with us: How can we address historical harms so that we can move toward greater integrity and healing? Let's show the world how organizations can fearlessly, joyfully demonstrate what it looks like to hold ourselves accountable and work to heal and restore our relationships with each other and the land. For relational land nurturing, here is a 13 min video by Lyla June about 3 indigenous land management practices, and how humans can restore the balance and once again become a Keystone species that supports all life, all our relations. "Hózhǫ́ is the joy of being a part of the beauty of all creation. When we understand that humanity is an expression of the Earth's beauty, we understand that we too belong. Hózhǫ́ understands that we have an ecological role. Hózhǫ́ understands that our Mother Earth needs us." For our hearts, it starts with listening. Do you have something to share? Please be in touch. Fall 2023 Convergence is On in SW Washington! When: Sept or October Help choose the date here Where: Bells Mountain near Battleground Washington, 40 min NE of Portland. What: A ceremonial healing and restoring of land and Nature, with song, dance and grief work as well as sharing food preparation. Bringing the community together with a focus on food regeneratively grown and cared for, focusing on relational culture with all our kin (people-animal-plant-mineral-spirit) and being empowered to belong and release our gifts, our medicine into the world. Review: Here is the talk we showed at the Fall Retreat of Elliott, Mark, Julie and Shaelee Want to be a part? Join us! NW Permaculture Convergence Meetup Nov 15th 6:30-7:15 Community Discussion: retreat reflections, check-ins 7:15- 8pm Board Business: Agenda and Next Steps Join us on Zoom at this link. Meeting ID: 822 879 5259 Passcode: 706622 Dial in: +1 253 215 8782 US One tap mobile: +12532158782,,8228795259#,,,,*706622# US For more information on whats been going on, check out our Story Page at NorthwestPermaculture.org for updates on:
Thank you for the time and care! We hope to hear from you, Julie and Shaelee Northwest Permaculture Convergence In October we held a wonderful community retreat in Sequim WA. Fusion dancing in the forest, planning the future of this organization, hearing about Permaculturalists Emergence Preparedness and plans for 2023 gatherings in SW Washington next fall. We toured Shaelee's farm, cooked, camped and circled together. We had an online Zoom to stream our live circle to for some of it, with interactions between both live and online circles. Thank You David Ahlgren for being Zoom host. We hope to see the recorded circles and presentations on our YouTube channel soon.
Thank you soooo much! Thank you so much Ben Tyler for being our tech media guy! Thank you Sylvan Bonin for making sure we were fed! Thank you Russ and Kameron for the amazing outdoor kitchen (Images below). thankts for the outdoor hot shower Russ. thank you Amir for picking up the sails for our awnings. Thank you Brian and Winnie for helping with all kinds of things, one being our quick compost toilet! Thank you Jenny and Ethan for coming early and staying late and everything you helped us with! Thank you Ravi Logan for the Presentation on Scenerio planning for permaculturelists and for being the fire tender and finding Ben to help. Thank you Dawn for making campsites in the forest floor and for all you did. Thank you to Binah and Kaverii for helping plan and schedule. Thank you to all my friends for coming! What a summer! Images and Video Retreat images and video here. There are more retreat circle recordings coming - a link to our YouTube channel will be here soon. And here is the video of the talk we showed at the retreat with Elliot, Mark, Julie and Shaelee planning Fall 2023 in SW Washington 40 min. from Portland. Below is our Outdoor Kitchen. Speaker series info - a monthly offering by NWPCC
Zoom at this link Meeting ID: 822 879 5259 Passcode: 706622 Dial in: +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma) The Northwest Permaculture Convergence invites you to the next in its series of online presentations and interviews. Wednesday, Nov 30 at 7 PM Pacific Time. We are excited to host Penny Livingston-Stark for a live Zoom interview. Please join us. See further below for upcoming and previous speakers. Penny Livingston-Stark is internationally recognized as a prominent permaculture teacher, designer and speaker. She holds an MS in Eco-Social Regeneration and 3 Diplomas in Permaculture Design. Penny has sat on the board of the Permaculture Institute of North America as well as the Building Appeals Board for the County of Marin and the Redwood Empire Chapter of the US Green Building Council. She has studied, taught with, hosted and learned directly from Bill Mollison and David Holmgren the co-founders of Permaculture and the developers of the Permaculture Design Certification Course curriculum. Penny co-created the Ecological Design Program and its curriculum at the San Francisco Institute of Architecture and co-created the Permaculture Program at Occidental Arts and Ecology Center. The interview, by Jan Spencer, will tap into Penny's extensive knowledge of how Permaculture can serve as a powerful tool for ecological and social regeneration.Join us Nov 30 at 7 PM Pacific Time on Zoom at this link. ~ ~ ~ There is no charge. Meeting ID: 822 879 5259 Passcode: 706622 Dial in: +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma) One tap mobile: +12532158782,,8228795259#,,,,*706622# US Upcoming guests in December and January for the NWPCC educational series will include Mark Lakeman, co founder of City Repair in Portland and Jason Schreiner of the Prout Institute. Check the NWPCC website for upcoming series dates and more information about permaculture in the Northwest Speaker Series page here. The NWPCC hosted Ole Ersson, of Kailash Eco Village, Skeeter Pilarski of Friends of Trees and Jan Spencer of Suburbanpermaculture in October. Ole described how he and his partner Maitri, turned the run down 'meth" apartment complex in Portland into a thriving, 55 resident, eco village. Urban social, economic and environmental restoration! Find out more at www.kailashecovillage.org Michael, Skeeter Pilarski has a long and rich history of activism in the Northwest - teaching PDCs and organizing events. The Barter Fair, PC Convergences, Global Earth Repair Summit and others. Find out more at www.friendsofthetrees.net Jan Spencer spoke about creating a preferred future. His current project is a primer for paradigm shift - initiate purposeful conversations - why, where, how, content, examples that already point the way. More at www.suburbanpermaculture.org Taking applications here for Presenters and Story Tellers to be part of the series. Register for updates on our speaker series here. An Earth Regeneration Map to Save The Future The Big Global Map of Eco-Restoration. (A Global Earth Repair Summit 2022 Presentation)
The Earth’s biosphere is undergoing catastrophic changes. The interconnected events producing these changes include climate destabilization, biodiversity loss, food and water shortages, and infectious vectors, among others. The Ecorestoration Alliance (ERA), headquartered in Rochester, NY, is an organization that firmly believes that the only mitigating solution is a rewilding of millions of hectares of degraded land areas. Local restoration and rehabilitation efforts are already enhancing biodiversity, re-introducing short water cycles, and sequestering carbon. These efforts must be realized on a global scale if we are to avoid the worst consequences of biological collapse. To this end, the ERA has produced The Big Map to Save the Future, a GIS product that highlights hundreds of locations where these rejuvenating activities are taking place. By clicking on each red dot, the user is presented with an inspirational story of how and why each landowner began his/her project, what barriers (s)he encountered, and what the final outcome was. Optionally, but desirably, the landowner can digitize their site boundary with an easy-to-use polygon tool. ERA’s hope is that these stories will inspire others to follow suit, to create a global network of life-saving restoration heroes. Further details can be obtained from Charles Shore at cshore11@hotmail.com. From an email to Global Earth Repair Summit: … we are developing a Big Map to Save the Future. We are focusing on inspirational stories about ecorestoration and related attempts to save the biosphere. ERA sends out a short survey, and uses social media, to bring your stories to life on the Big Map. We also request that interested landowners either digitize a site boundary or provide us a drawing of the boundary. Perhaps you [or the NWPCC Newsletter readers] could provide us with the names of NW practitioners who would be interested in sharing their information. I’d like to contact [land projects for the map]. Global Earth Repair Summit Recap 2022 This was the 2nd GERF event, the first being in WA Olympic Penninsula in 2019. This is the first global event for Global Earth Repair Foundation. Micheal “Skeeter” Pilarski and team made something really awesome happen! I loved all the indigenous circles and also the Open Space Unconferencing to engage everyone. Read more at the Global Earth Repair Foundation website. Now recovering from all the organizing, Skeeter tells me he is doing “Horticultural Therapy”, tending his herb gardens, gathering seeds, etc while also getting ready for a report on the Summit for COP27, a listing all the N American, Africa, Latin America & Europe events with links to the recordings.
 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.
Volunteer & Help: These last open spots to attend live with us need to be for volunteers:
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. Global Earth Repair  Register here for the Global Earth Repair Summit.
The earth is calling us to get together and achieve collective consciousness. "Its not about an event. Its about growing our shared intention to work together." ~ John D. Liu No-one turned away for lack of funds. Please donate what you can. Pitch in some help too. Help Needed:
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. Hi friends! We welcome you to join in Northwest Permaculture gatherings this fall! Join us and register free for the fall community campout. Oct 14-16, Fall Retreat in Sequim WA at Goodness Tea Farm (15th online option). There is limited onsite parking, limitless opportunity to join in through zoom or parking/hiking in through nearby trails and carpools. Please register by Oct 5-8th here - spaces limited. View the Draft Schedule Here Want to help? Here's our Volunteer Form if you want to help make this great! Thanks.  Fall Happenings...
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Reminder: Community Meeting May 12, 2022 @ 7pm
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
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!
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.
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.
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:
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)
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
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)
The Sahale Shindig
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.
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
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!
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
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
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