September 20-23, 2012
Seven Seeds Farm~ Williams, OR
sevenseedsfarm.com
Video of Permaculture Convergence – Don Tipping
Following Permaculture principals, how we gather and create new culture is of equal importance as how we grow our food. So please join permaculture master, Don Tipping and guest speakers at Seven Seeds Farm/Siskiyou Seeds for a special and unique event. With a 17 year cultivated living permaculture classroom as the hosting site participants will explore guiding principals and applications of generative living . Through land walks, workshops, speakers, and hands on projects, music, campfire, food, and fun, we will celebrate the abundance of life as we celebrate the Fall Equinox. In part inspired by the chautauqua movement that, to quote wiki, “brought entertainment and culture for the whole community, with speakers, teachers, musicians, entertainers, preachers and specialists of the day”
This event is intended to look at where are we, where are we going and how can we do it better TOGETHER! People who have been to events in the past here can attest to the sublime nature of how the elemental forces are coming into a delightful interplay between plant, mineral and animal realms. This event is guaranteed to stimulate your creativity and passion for the land and all things growing!
Activities include:
Permaculture Farm Tours, Cob Sauna & greenhouse Building Workshop, Water Systems Informational Tour, Hands on Animal Husbandy Demo, Live Music, Dance, Gender Alchemy Circle, Shared Community Meals , Community Council Meeting, Kids Zone, and more!
Cost:
** $ 75/person for the weekend, + one Seva shift in the kitchen
Thank you for your contribution towards the cost of the event~ and….. NO ONE will be turned away for lack of funds…
includes:camping, all activities and workshops, swimming in ponds, solar showers, potable water, 2 meals/ day
** Youth(10-18)/Elder(60+) rate:$40/person for weekend
** Kids under 10 are free
**Day only Pass: $20/day includes 2 meals
To register:
write to [email protected] please let us know you are coming, for how long, and how many will be joining you
What to know:
**No animals please
**This is a family friendly event
**Required parent supervision for children under 18
**This is an outdoor camping event~ please bring the all~weather gear you will need to be comfortable
**Community Meals are offered twice a day and will be mostly vegetarian
** No personal fires allowed- campstoves ok
** Follow signs for parking
Please come and see where the next 15 years dancing with the elements may take Seven Seeds and you!
FOLLOWUP:
The Seven Seeds Permaculture Convergence and Generative Living Gathering in Williams, OR in September was an intimate, yet potent gathering of community weaving the art of holistic living. Through hands-on skill sharing workshops including herbal tincture making, natural building projects, animal butchery, basket weaving and other hands on demonstrations, along with music, dance, community meals, stories from a Native Elder, farm tours, sweat lodge healing, and community connection time, this gathering celebrated the abundant harvest time of our collective endeavor. The ripe, sunny days barefoot in the grass and the cool starlit nights around the campfire made for a nourishing time for old friends to reconnect and new friends to align as we deepened our connection to the Earth and each other.
(contributor: Jamaica Stevens)