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Permaculture Convergence PLanning Retreat Aug 17-19 for 2013 activity*
Contact Bill Roley <[email protected]>
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Hello Permaculture Elders, Designers, and Networkers
A group of us has been putting our heads and heart together and
attempting to create a collective activity for a Southern California
networking convergence and skills sharing of our talents in 2013. I
have made a work trade with the Irvine Ranch Outdoors Education Center
and excited the staff with developing permaculture programs and
educational demonstrations for our lodging, meeting spaces and cooking
facilities. More details can be supplied to those interested in
contributing energy or help to run monthly workshops over the next
year to strengthen our exposure and participant base for the convergence.
My vision is to set up participants to the convergence in an applied
educational format where many of us with expertise could lead hands-on
speaking and participatory workshops that produce something at the end
of the convergence weekend other than sitting in a chair and
absorbing. Educating our collective on skills training and sharing our
experience is the unique goal. Our SC Convergence would create a
legacy at the Irvine Ranch Outdoor Education Center when we leave that
can educate and illustrate basic ecological and technical permaculture
principles for the many school children and teachers that come to the
center during their yearly programs. Presently elementary and junior
high age students explore the many ecological demonstrations that do
exist on site. Plans for a high school age program and career work
training has been discussed with emphasis on social cultural
activities for these teenagers. Emphasis on what can be taken back to
their respective schools and communities to develop zero waste
communities has been suggested.
I propose meeting for the weekend of Aug 17-19 and develop programs
and demonstrations that many of you may want to participate, chair or
add resources to the development of these on site examples of
permculture education in action and evolution and could be use for our
convergence Build Here Now Weekend sharing.
*Southern California Participatory Permculture Workshop to plan*
*2013 Convergence*
*Objective*; Organize a design team to set agenda for 2013 Convergence
Build Coalition of teachers, designers, and planners to bring maximum
exposure to
Permculture strategies and projects in Southern California. Have a
shared dialogue and
Communion of friendly skills sharing, food, music, and planning at a
retreat at the Irvine Ranch.
Outdoor Education Center (see attached pictorial description)
Develop a contact list for a collective network of perm culture
project, designers and activities
in and around Southern California
Set up working group to create IROEC project that would be completed
at Convergence
*Who*: Permculture designers in Orange, Riverside, Los Angeles, San
Diego, and Santa
Barbara County And Baja California
*Where* Irvine Ranch Outdoors Education Center
(www.outdooreducationcenter.org <http://www.outdooreducationcenter.org/>)
2 Irvine Park /Road
Orange, Ca 92869
*When*: Aug 17-19, 2012
*Scope of Retreat Activities*
Help create the 2013 Southern Convergence and plan environmental
literate demonstrations at IROEC .as applied program using a series of
demonstration and lecturers that will illustrate permculture
principles and techniques. It is our hope to demonstrate our skills to
public school teacher training programs, the Boy Scouts of America,
projects, and their environmental Explorer Scout clubs, which will
carry on this work. A series of monthly workshops are planned to aid
exposure and marketing of the Convergence at the Center. _Potential
Opportunities_
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1. Meet and greet fellow PC Designers and establish 2013 convergence
2. Build coalition to maximize exposure of perm culture in Southern
California
3. Prepare IROED for monthly and yearly retreats
4. Develop schedule and organization of courses with available
teachers for next year.
5. Set up demonstrations of perm culture techniques that can be used
as teaching training tools for elementary, intermediate and high
schools at IROEC.
6. Suggest site specific workshops for Explorer Scout Environmental
Club job training program
7. Establish perm culture merit badge for Boy Scouts of America
*Schedule*
Friday August 17 check in 12-5 Orientation, sleeping arrangements,
weekend schedule
6 PM Tour of site and opportunities and constraint mapping
7:30 Dinner
8:30 Overview Vision
9:30 Music and movies
Saturday
Breakfast 7-8 AM
9-11 Am General Session Priorities, Themes, Focus
11-12:30 Small Group Taking Ownership
1:00-2:00 Lunch
300- 5:00 Expenses, Donations and Funding
6-8:00 Dinner
8:00 Evening Program
10:00 Star gazing, movies, music
Sunday
9:00 Breakfast
10:00 F[BR1] uture Strategic Planning
12:00 Pool Lunch and Work Parties
3-5 Closing and Task commitments
Please contact: by Aug 10, 2012 . We are open for suggestions and
feedback so as to make greatest impact and exposure for all concerned
Bill Roley,
Director
Permaculture Institute of Southern California
1027 Summit Way
Laguna Beach,CA 92651
949-494-5843 <tel:949-494-5843> office
949-413-2524 <tel:949-413-2524> cell
Bill Roley <[email protected]>
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