We invite you to add your thoughts as a comment this post.Joint press release from the Permaculture Association and Permaculture Magazine

Facilitated by John Button, Francesca Simonetti and Marguerite Kahrl, mentoring by Rosemary Morrow with guests presenters for specific themes.Course convener, Accademia Italiana di Permacultura Held as an edge event to the European Permaculture Convergence (EUPC), Bolsena, Italy

August 22nd to September 4th, 2016

Permaculture – linking people and place

This internationally-certified Permaculture Design Course introduces the remarkable potential of Permaculture to address a broad range of issues, m

By Ryan Sandford-Blackburn, Strategic Communications Coordinator, Permaculture Association BritainSo far we have 82 people coming from across Europe (Germany, Sweden, Slovenia, Ireland, France, Belgium, Denmark, Austria, Italy, Spain, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Serbia, Switzerland, Hungary and Portugal)! We have the Conference programme online and are really pleased and excited!

Save the date: 7th to 11th September 2016EUROPEAN CONVERGENCE EUPC 2016Location: Bolsena (VT, Italy), Bolsena lake.Organiser: Accademia italiana di permacultura organizes and designs all this.Side events: Probably we consider the possibility to do also a PDC course before the EUPC and in parallel or just after a TEACHERS Training Course.

Permaculture: A Living Community

The topic of E

The proposed Principles and Structures of the EuPN contain details of the following aspects:

Three principles:

1. Self-government / sovereignty
2. Free agreements
3. Transparency

Structure, Governance and Decision-making

• Purpose, Organisational design principle and Structure (Working groups, Country representatives)
• Governance
• Decision-making (within working groups, at the European Permaculture Convergence)