Mid-Atlantic Permaculture Convergences
2019
The 2019 Mid-Atlantic Permaculture Convergence was a large-scale skillshare and gathering of educators from Maryland, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Virginia. Various workshops and panels were held teaching a wide array of skills and ways of thinking that centered deeper engagement with the land and with our relationships to each other, weaving in intentional and unintentional opportunities for connection and collaboration.
Photos by Erin Pearlman Photography
Teaser for the 2019 Mid-Atlantic Permaculture Covergence by Guillaume Caron, featuring the musical performance by W4RP:
2020
The 2020 Mid-Atlantic Permaculture Convergence was designed for practitioners who are working to build a regional economy, share knowledge, critique the permaculture field, and grapple with the legacy of colonialism woven into how we interface with land. It was a collaborative virtual conference that brought together land stewards, dreamers, farmers, activists, educators and organizers, to envision a bioregional movement that represents the diversity of the Mid-Atlantic, honors traditional knowledge and lifeways, and enables deep collaboration between people, land, and organizations in this region.
It took place over six days, each day featuring a particular theme and selected speakers that are working to further that theme. The themes were: decolonization in the bioregion, bioregional economy, building collective knowledge, and communities of practice.
Some of the featured speakers and organizations included:
- Sha'Von Terrell, Black Church Food Security Network
- Desiree Shelley Flores, Alliance of Native Seedkeepers
- Brandon Neubauer,
Manna-hatta Fund
- Eliza Davis, Agrarian Trust
- Zachari Curtis, Dreaming Out Loud
- Raqueeb Bey, The Black Urban Gardeners and Farmers of Pittsburgh Co-op
- Bonita Ford, livinghEARTH
- Monica Ibacache, Beyond Organic Design
- Davey Stewards, The Harvest Collective
- Andrew Faust, Center for BioRegional Living
Check out the incredible work of these organizations to learn more about the role they continue to play in the Mid-Atlantic.
