Permaculture is at a tipping point. Now that it has reached a critical mass of practitioners and has entered into many mainstream venues, conversations around standards, who is qualified to teach and certify, and what the process is to become a teacher are coming to a head. PAN has been convening teachers and organizers around this […]
This past October the Permaculture Association of the Northeast (PAN) organized a deep and vibrant gathering of 27 teachers from the up and down the Northeast United States and Canada at the Omega Institute in Rhinebeck, New York. We gathered over many meals, fires and facilitated spaces to support permaculture teachers to continue improving the […]
The decision to hold a membership drive grew from community goals, discussions and cooperative decision making. For over 5 years, PINE has been asking, listening and recording these goals via convergences and sub-regional discussions. In February of 2014, the PINE Board expanded its annual retreat to include Working Group members, eager to work together to turn our […]
PAN has heard for a few years now that what the northeast network needs is a training in how to make our permaculture courses and events more relevant to communities of color. As it stands now, the demographics of our network are fairly homogeneous, and that is understandably how the permaculture movement has started. PAN […]
Registration is now open for the October Professional Development Retreat. Space is limited to 30 participants. Sign up today to hold your spot. Day 1: Social Justice & Diversity Training with Relational Uprising Day 2: Creating Community PDC Quality/Standards Day 3: Peer to Peer Cross Training We are so excited to host trainers Lucien Demaris […]
