We are very pleased to announce: The Inland Northwest Permaculture Guild's 2014 Convergence: "Back to the Roots" at the Beautiful Heartsong Retreat Center 7034 Hwy 291, Tumtum, WA (between mile markers 24 and 25) Four days of Fun, Interconnection and Love of the Earth! Thursday through Sunday, Sept. 11, 12, 13, and 14. Read all about it >>> >>> Register Now! <<< (Please pre-register as we need to know the number of people attending)

An Epic Opportunity   EVERY PERMACULTURIST IN NORTH AMERICA IS INVITED! Old and young, Experienced and newcomer!!   Transforming the landscape, culture and economy.,,,,,, Homes, Neighborhoods, Communities . Go to our website for information on sponsorships, presenting, roundtables, worktrade, action teams and the Permaculture Exposition.   www.northamericanpermaculture.org   This very first North American Permaculture Convergence offers a special opportunity to meet up to 1,000 permaculture movers and shakers from across North America to share our successes and strategize how to create a permaculture future.   People will have different reasons for attending NAPC. For me, I view NAPC as a tremendous networking opportunity to meet permaculture movers and shakers from across the continent. As one of the permaculture movement’s historians I am also excited to use NAPC as an opportunity to collect more permaculture history.   The permaculture movement in North America is huge and growing fast!   The following list gives you an idea who the NAPC is inviting:   The following incomplete list gives you some idea of permaculture’s scope in North America.  This is just the beginning of a North American Permaculture Directory that Michael Pilarski is working on which will be expanded at the NAPC with everyone’s help. The eventual directory will be much expanded from what you see here and will include city, website, contact info, and names of people involved. Inclusion in the following list is not meant to be an endorsement, nor is absence meant to be a slight.  This is just what I could pull together at the moment.   [DRAFT, Version 1, June 14, 2014]     NORTH AMERICAN or NATIONAL PERMACULTURE ORGANIZATIONS/NETWORKS   Gaia University [NAPC SPONSOR] Indigenous Permaculture Program MesoAmerican Permaculture Institute Permaculture Activist Magazine Permaculture Canada Permaculture Credit Union Permaculture ibiblio Permaculture Institute, USA Permaculture Institute of North America [NAPC SPONSOR] Permaculture Research Institute, USA Permaculture Research Institute, USA, Cold Climate  [NAPC SPONSOR] Permies.com   PERMACULTURE CONVERGENCES IN NORTH AMERICA   Arizona Permaculture Convergence Baja California Permaculture Convergence Bay Area Regional Annual Permaculture Convergence Colorado Permaculture Convergence Eastern Ontario Permaculture Convergence Florida Permaculture Convergence Midwest Permaculture Convergence Inland Northwest Permaculture Convergence Local Food Enterprise (LiFE) Summit Michigan Permaculture Convergence North American Permaculture Convergence Northeast Permaculture Convergence Northern California Permaculture Convergence Northwest Permaculture Convergence Quebec Permaculture Convergence San Diego Permaculture Convergence Southeast Permaculture Convergence Southeast Portland Permaculture Convergence Southern California Permaculture Convergence South West Permaculture Convergence Village Building Convergence West Coast Women's Permaculture Gathering Western Canada Permaculture Convergence Wisconsin Permaculture Convergence   REGIONAL PERMACULTURE ORGANIZATIONS Asheville Permaculture Guild Austin Permaculture Guild Arizona Permaculture Network Ark Valley Permaculture Bay Area California Permaculture Bloomington (Indiana) Permaculture Guild Blue Ridge Permaculture Network Boise Permaculture Guild Central Coast California Permaculture Guild Colorado Permaculture Guild Columbia Basin Permaculture Guild East Bay Permaculture Eugene Permaculture Guild Fingerlakes N.Y. Permaculture Network Florida Permaculture Association Great Lakes Permaculture Network Great Lakes Permaculture Portal Inland Northwest Permaculture Guild [NAPC SPONSOR] Lakeshore Permaculture Guild Los Angeles Permaculture Guild Madison Area Permaculture Guild Marin Permaculture Guild Michigan Permaculture Community Montreal Permaculture Guild North Fork Valley Permaculture Northeastern Permaculture Network Northern Alberta Permaculture Institute Northern Michigan Regional Permaculture Okanogan Permaculture Club Permaculture Community Action Worknet Permaculture Drylands Institute Permaculture Hudson Valley Permaculture group for Southern Oregon / Northern California Permaculture Institute of Eastern Ontario Permaculture Institute of the Northeast Permaculture Ottawa Phoenix Permaculture Guild Seattle Permaculture Guild Siskiyou Permaculture Resources Group Pike’s Peak Permaculture Pittsburgh Permaculture San Diego Permaculture Guild South Coast Permaculture Guild Santa Barbara Permaculture Network Santa Cruz Permaculture Guild Sierra Permaculture South Coast Permaculture Guild Southern California Permaculture Guild Sonoma County Permaculture Sonoran Permaculture Spokane Permaculture Guild Susquehana Permaculture The Permaculture Guild of Houston The St. Petersburg (Florida) Permaculture Guild Urban Permaculture Guild Urban Permaculture Guild, Oakland Urban Permaculture Institute of the Southeast Vancouver BC Permaculture Network + Transition Town groups across the country   PERMACULTURE BUSINESSES, FARMS & SERVICES Abundance Permaculture Ananda Permaculture Project Aprovecho Arcadia Commons Badgersett Research Farm Barking Frogs Permaculture Center Barrett Ecological Services Blue Heron Nursery Big Sky Permaculture Broken Ground Permaculture Bullock Brothers Homestead Camden Center for Environmental Transformation Cascadia Permaculture Institute, Cedar Creek Permaculture (Hastings, MI) Center for Bioregional Living Center for Deep Ecology Central Rocky Mountain Permaculture Institute Chatham-Kent Permaculture Chelsea Green Publishing Cincinnati Permaculture Guild City of Angels Permaculture Academy Cloudview EcoFarms Cob Cottage Co. Dancing Green Divine Earth Garden Project Dreamtime Village, (WI) Druid’s Grove Permaculture Dynamics Ecological Design Earth Learning Earth Magic Permaculture EarthFlow Design Works, EcoEdge Design Ltd. Eco-Living Ecological Gardens Ecology Retreat Center Edible Organic Design Elfin Permaculture Enright Ridge Urban Ecovillage Everdale Learning Centre Falls Brook Centre Flowering Tree Permaculture Institute Forest Agriculture Enterprises Friends of the Trees Society Gentle Harvest Global Permaculture Design Group Green Mountain Permaculture Grow Permaculture Harmony Park Healing Tree Farm Heathcote Community Herbn’ Wisdom High Altitude Permaculture Holistic Solutions Holzer AgroEcology Inside Edge Design Island Mountain Institute Institute for Sustainable Living, Art & Natural Design Kamiah Permaculture Keyline Vermont Kinstone Academy (Fountain City, WI) [NAPC SPONSOR] Kliewerks Kootenay Permaculture Institute, BC Liberation Permaculture Linnaea Farm Little Artshram Living Mandala Lost Valley Intentional Community & Educational Center Midwest Permaculture Mindful Generations Mobile Design Lab Moose Pond Arts New Forest Farm New York Permaculture Exchange Oasis Design Oakhaven: A Permaculture Center Occidental Arts & Ecology Center OM Valley Permaculture Design/Consultation Real Earth Pacific Permaculture Palouse Permaculture Patricia Michael Design Pattern Literacy Peak Moment Television Perennial Solutions Permaculture Design & Implementation Permaculture Now Permaculture Project GTA (Greater Toronto Area) Permaculture Project LLC Permaculture TV Prospect Rock Permaculture Punk Rock Permaculture Quail Springs Learning Oasis & Permaculture Farm Radix Center Rain Water Harvesting Real Eyes Permaculture Homestead Regenerative Design Group Regenerative Design Institute Resilience Hub Resilience Planning Sacred Permaculture Salamander Springs Farm Sandy Bar Ranch & Nursery Urban Permaculture Design Seventh Generation Siskiyou Permaculture Resources Group Soul Springs Permaculture Spiral Gardens Starhawk Sustainable Living Network Sustainable Living Systems Terra Phoenix Design The Farm Ecovillage Training Center The Garden Muse The Permaculture Podcast with Scott Mann The Rhizome Collective This-Land.org Three Sisters Farm TreeYo Permaculture UMass Permaculture Garden Verge Permaculture Inc. WE-Design Whole Systems Design Wildcraft Permaculture Wild Thyme Farm Willow Way Permaculture Yankee Permaculture + all the universities and colleges with permaculture programs   There are various PC directories on-line such as the Permaculture Activist’s Global Directory , PRI Global’s directory, WiserEarth, etc. and we will list and review them in our next edition.   Representatives of many of these organizations, networks and businesses will be attending NAPC. YOU ARE ALL INVITED TO BE NAPC SPONSORS! Support the movement!

Thanks to everyone who came to the 2013 Inland Northwest Permaculture Convergence. See you at Heartsong!

NEW! Videos from Michael Pilarski's 2013 Missoula Permaculture Design Course

The 2nd Annual Inland Northwest Permaculture Conference (INPC2) in Missoula, Montana, has come and gone. It's hard to believe. It was a great success with nearly 50 presenters, oodles of workshops, field trips, panel discussions, shared meals, a conta dance and friendships renewed and initiated.

Many thanks to our conference organizing team for the countless hours put in, and to our conference sponsors, our work trade crew, our slate of presenters, our trade show tablers, the University of Montana, the University Center Kitchen Crew, the Celtic Knots string band and anyone else who helped make it all happen.

You can see the presenters and their workshops, plus other information from both the 2011 and the 2012 conferences under the "Past Conferences" tab in the menu bar.

There are also some conference photos in the galleries. You can add you own photos of the conference, photos of your Permaculture projects and the like. Click "Share Photos" under the Galleries tab.

The 2011 Spokane Permaculture Conference:
The Inland Northwest Permaculture Guild Kicks it Off
Right with a Gem of a Gathering at Spokane Falls Community College.

See more pictures HERE

The 2011 INPG Conference at-a-glance