International News > > The International Permaculture Convergence 9 (IPC 9) will be held in Southern Africa in 2009 hosted by a network of organisations from Zimbabwe, South Africa and Malawi. We will be sponsoring an African delegate to attend the event and are proposing to sponsor Aaron Kalala Karumba to attend. He lives and works in Democratic Republic of Congo near the Rwanda border. This area has recently seen the end of a conflict which had destroyed much of the infrastructure and social structures in the area. Aaron attended Geoff Lawton’s PDC in Tanzania last year and has been working to develop projects to support rural communities since then. We would also like to sponsor another delegate from Africa and are working with groups there to identify a candidate. more...
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News > > Permaculture Convergence 2008 was a great success!
300 people gathered next to the rising waters of the river in the beautiful Wharfe valley, Yorkshire. We shared skills in over 60 workshops about many different aspects of permaculture, learned about Cuban urban agriculture, and had a generally wonderful time. Thank you to everyone who completed our online evaluation survey - the results will help us to learn from the event and feed them back into the next.

News > > About this website...
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