Northwest Permaculture Convergence
Now is the time for Permaculture to take root and grow!
Permaculture Apprenticeship Programs 2024 in Skagit River Valley
Land based Permaculture practicum courses being held this summer on Dandelion Hearth Farm. Live and learn on 12 acres in the beautiful Skagit River Valley with experienced permaculturalist Terri Wilde.
Center for Rural Livelihood – Forestry Future Fundamentals Series
Join Abel Kloster, CRL’s Restoration Forestry Program Manager, and Matthew Hall, our former forester from 1990-2008, for a tour of our ecological forestry project.
CRL’s forest has been maintained for more than 40 years as a demonstration and research site for ecologically based forest management – articulating an alternative to methods currently applied in most of our region’s industrial forests.
SKIP: Save $1ks, Gain Skills, Earn Land
SKIP program is all about Inherit Land, Earn Permaculture and Homesteading skills, save $1000s, save years of your life, fight depression, prove yourself, find your people! Make a difference!
New Earth Etiquette Talk – June 14th 2024
June ’24 Speaker – A recorded interactive talk about evolving New Earth Manners! How we perceive goodness and beauty may have to change if we are truly aligned with new values and living according to Nature’s Intelligence. We may require a mind shift and a New Earth Etiquette.
Resilient Communities Zoom Tonight (Th 5/9/24)
Resilient Communities zoom (Thurs.) May 9th 2024 Sorry for the short notice and no expectations from anyone. I have been scrambling on a number of fronts and putting this out to y'all was a lower priority than making sure I am prepared for it. I am...
Seeking Volunteers & Board Candidates
We are taking applications for volunteers and Board of Director candidates. More skills and support are needed to run this organization. Discover more under our About > Board Elections. We also are looking for more volunteers, who will work for a time (6-12 months)...
Community Connection & Collaboration Team aka Calendar and Event Update Zoom Speaker Series
Join and build a team to spread Permaculture in Cascades, to connect all our events and build capacity and resources in a collaborative live interview series and calendar. Leave your comments.
The Resilient Communities Project is Launching!
Communities Many know that our fossil-fuel-powered way of life is destroying the social, economic, and environmental conditions we depend upon for our survival. But fewer know that, despite high hopes, renewable energy technologies cannot and will not save us because...
Washington is Losing Farms and Food Producing Land. Does Anyone Care?
Between 2017 and 2022, our state lost 3,717 farms and ranches. It also lost more than 102,000 food-producing acres. To put these numbers in perspective, Washington lost a total of 3,456 farms in the previous decade.
A panel of farmers at your 2024 convergence might just be the ticket to bring this crisis to our attention, and to deepen our understanding of the importance of farmers in our communities and bioregions.
These folks know. We don’t. They are also being eliminated in Europe to “reduce carbon” in the name of climate change. Perhaps we can stand in solidarity with them, create an alliance and help educate in regenerative farming. Read original article here.
Zoom Seminar Series in May: a Primer for Paradigm Shift
Jan Spencer will conduct four online seminars in May on his “Primer For Paradigm Shift”. The seminar series will be on four successive Saturdays, May 4th, 11th, 18th, and 25th, from 9 AM to Noon Pacific Time. You can join the seminar online or find out more...