Comments on: Permaculture Convergence at All Together Now http://www.catalystnow.org/permaculture-convergence-at-all-together-now/ Helping You Create Ecoharmony Sat, 31 Jul 2010 14:16:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Simha Bode http://www.catalystnow.org/permaculture-convergence-at-all-together-now/comment-page-1/#comment-976 Simha Bode Mon, 19 Jul 2010 16:28:41 +0000 http://www.catalystnow.org/?p=602#comment-976 Yes! My wife and I attended... We just finished our first PDC - Permaculture Design Course at Rock Point in Burlington, and the NE PC convergence was a week after our course ended so we headed to Maine to check it out. As a newcomer to PC I am inspired by all that it offers, a more sustainable life unified with natural ecosystems, food security, community, and all the rest! The weekend was great, beautiful people filled with light and love and workshops galore. Now my constructive criticism... I hope it's constructive. A trend I am recognizing in my PC 'learning' experience came very clear over the weekend. It is linked with this old paradigm of mechanized time.... Too Much to explore, Too little time... Hmmmm. YES! This sums up my PC learning experience.. I had a lot of talks with various PC community people about this after the convergence. During my PC design course I wanted to soak in this wide spectrum of All that is possible, yet when I walked away from it, I found that the Design Process, which is the basis and foundation of PC was blury and fuzzy in my mind. TIME! The convergence was a mirror of the same, the workshops where 1-2 hours long, stacked 6 or 7 deep. my other point, I felt like the group element was not utilized to its full potential. One Idea I had for a group event: we could have gathered in groups representing our bio-regions out in the field in our corresponding locations (micro-map). Then we could hold a meeting, the person who has something to share with the surrounding bio-regions could stand up and speak, as to what is going on, what is needed etc. (The group element needs more recognition) The other suggestion, take documenting the convergence as a critical component (we are in the digital age). The meetings at the end especially need to be recorded for future reference. I will leave it at that. I love that these events and people exist, I only wish to see them flourish and achieve their goals! Peace, Bode Yes! My wife and I attended… We just finished our first PDC - Permaculture Design Course at Rock Point in Burlington, and the NE PC convergence was a week after our course ended so we headed to Maine to check it out. As a newcomer to PC I am inspired by all that it offers, a more sustainable life unified with natural ecosystems, food security, community, and all the rest! The weekend was great, beautiful people filled with light and love and workshops galore. Now my constructive criticism… I hope it’s constructive. A trend I am recognizing in my PC ‘learning’ experience came very clear over the weekend. It is linked with this old paradigm of mechanized time…. Too Much to explore, Too little time… Hmmmm. YES! This sums up my PC learning experience.. I had a lot of talks with various PC community people about this after the convergence. During my PC design course I wanted to soak in this wide spectrum of All that is possible, yet when I walked away from it, I found that the Design Process, which is the basis and foundation of PC was blury and fuzzy in my mind. TIME! The convergence was a mirror of the same, the workshops where 1-2 hours long, stacked 6 or 7 deep. my other point, I felt like the group element was not utilized to its full potential. One Idea I had for a group event: we could have gathered in groups representing our bio-regions out in the field in our corresponding locations (micro-map). Then we could hold a meeting, the person who has something to share with the surrounding bio-regions could stand up and speak, as to what is going on, what is needed etc. (The group element needs more recognition) The other suggestion, take documenting the convergence as a critical component (we are in the digital age). The meetings at the end especially need to be recorded for future reference. I will leave it at that. I love that these events and people exist, I only wish to see them flourish and achieve their goals! Peace, Bode

]]> By: Alec http://www.catalystnow.org/permaculture-convergence-at-all-together-now/comment-page-1/#comment-948 Alec Thu, 06 Aug 2009 19:13:08 +0000 http://www.catalystnow.org/?p=602#comment-948 The <a href="http://northeasternpermaculture.wikispaces.com/" target="new" rel="nofollow">Northeast Permaculture Wiki</a> says 250 people attended. The Northeast Permaculture Wiki says 250 people attended.

]]> By: Darienne http://www.catalystnow.org/permaculture-convergence-at-all-together-now/comment-page-1/#comment-941 Darienne Tue, 28 Jul 2009 15:30:45 +0000 http://www.catalystnow.org/?p=602#comment-941 Hmmm.... I could've swore that my grandmother got a permaculture done last week at the salon... heheh, yeah. No. Do you know how large the group was at the NPC? Hmmm…. I could’ve swore that my grandmother got a permaculture done last week at the salon… heheh, yeah. No.

Do you know how large the group was at the NPC?

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