Northwest Permaculture Convergence

One Green World is excited to announce that we are a sponsor at this years Show. OGWs very own Phil Gouy will be speaking as well as many others.

This year’s Northwest Permaculture Convergence will feature a Permaculture Fruit & Nut Show which will include a display of a wide diversity of fruits and nuts grown in the Pacific Northwest. We will have a lot of unusual fruits and nuts not commonly seen. A multitude of unusual species and varieties. We are checking into tastings, plant sales and more.

There will be excellent workshops at every workshop period on Saturday and Sunday. Convergence participants include some of the Northwest’s most illustrious fruit enthusiasts.

Current event tracks as follows but check event website for most up to date information

So far a number of NWPCC 2016 Tracks have emerged.
Fruit & Nut Track
International Development & Permaculture Track
Natural Health Track
Permaculture Pioneers Reunion Track
Decolonizing Permaculture and Anti-Oppression Track
Artisanal skills as found at the Skillshare Village
Updates will be posted on the website.

Tracks at the Medicinal Herb Growing & Marketing Conference (MHG&MC)
Medium- to Large-Scale Herb Farming.
Small-Scale Herb Farming.
Cottage Industry Herb Growing.
Medicinal Plants in Polycultures and Permaculture.
Specific Crops.
East Asian Medicinal Plants.
Ayurvedic Medicinal Plants.
Native American Perspectives.
Wildcrafting.
Herbs for Essential Oil Distillation.
Herbs used in Beverages.
Herbs used in Body Care Products.
Herb Gardens in Public Spaces.
Radical Herbology.
Marketing.
Cooperatives.
Community Supported Herbalism – Herbal CSAs.
Regulations, Legalities, GAP, GACP, GMP. Re-coding.
The Uses of Herbs.
All of these tracks happened to one extent or another, ranging from robust to weak, but something happened in all of them.

Working Groups at the North American Permaculture Convergence
The Working Groups were one of the most dynamic parts of NAPC.  They formed at the Friday morning opening circle.  Some groups met only once but most of them met multiple times. Some involved up to 50 people and others were small.  At the closing circle, a representative from most of the working groups gave a brief report.  This was captured on video and can be watched on the NAPC website.

Here is a list of the NAPC Working Groups
People of Color and Allies Caucus
Permaculture design course standards.
International permaculture.
Further Developing the Pattern Language for Women in Permaculture.
Elders circle.
Permaculture History for North America.
Decolonizing permaculture:
North American permaculture communication systems.  ??
Financial permaculture.
Permaculture and government interface.
Permaculture for catastrophe/disaster.
Permaculture internships/mentoring/wwoofers network.
Permaculture Outreach and Promotion (POP!).
Teaching permaculture to children.
LGBT Caucus.
Permaculture and art.