APC 2021 PROGRAMME - Australasian Permaculture Convergence

The programme includes talks and workshops covering topics relevant to the three ethics of Permaculture, which are Earth Care, People Care and Fair Share. We feel it is important to explore the bigger picture of what true sustainability entails. Earth Care is obviously essential, however without People Care and nurturing healthy, sustainable relating, the task of coming together and working as a community can be greatly hindered. Finally, if attention and conscious intention isn’t given to the economic sustainability of communities, and the distribution of resources isn’t equitable, then a community will struggle to be truly sustainable in the long term.

As well as thought-provoking keynote speakers, the daytime workshops will each be 90 minutes long to allow for more participation and hands-on activities. There will also be 10-minute presentations or project reports and a project poster display area to share your projects with everyone at the Convergence.

PROGRAM SUBJECT TO CHANGE

Sunday 11 April
Time	Event
8.00am – 12.30pm	Permaculture & Community Gardens Festival at Northey Street City Farm
1.00pm – 2.00pm	Bus to Venue
2.00pm – 6.30pm	Registration
6.30pm – 7.30pm	Dinner
7.30pm – 8.30pm	Welcome Activity
8.30pm – 10.00pm	Fireside Gathering
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Monday 12 April
Time	Event
7.00am – 7.30am	Yoga and Meditation : Melissa Chambers
7.30am – 8.30am	Breakfast
8.30am – 8.50am	Welcome to Country : Tribal Experiences
8.50am – 9.00am	Move to Workshops
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9.00am – 10.30am	Workshops 1
	Appropriate Technology for Resilience : Tim Barker
	Marine Permaculture: Design Principles for Humanity’s Ocean Future: Scott Spillias & Brian von Herzen
	PGL KIndilan Site Bushwalk: Ko Oishi

10.30am – 11.00am	Morning Tea
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11.00am – 12.30pm	Workshops 2
	Successional Agroforestry – an Exploration of Humid Tropical & Subtropical Systems : Bunya Halasz
	Sensing Place – hearing trees and rivers : Charlie Brennan
	A Permaculture Language : Nick Radford
	Decolonising Food Yarn : Jacob Birch & Gerry Turpin
	Designing Permaculture Jobs : Virginia Solomon
12.30pm – 1.30pm	Lunch
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1.30pm – 2.30pm	Keynote : Starhawk Earth Activist Training (Due to Coronavirus travel restrictions we expect that this will be a virtual presentation.)
2.30pm – 3.00pm	Starhawk Question Time

3.00pm – 3.30pm	Afternoon Tea
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3.30pm – 5.00pm	Workshops 3
	Permaculture on a Plate : Sharon Gibson
	Queering Permaculture and what that means for a decolonised future: Guy Ritani & Toad Dell
	Inspiring NextGen Earth Stewards : Carly Garner
	BOOK LAUNCHES
	Dynamic Teaching and Facilitation – The Foundations : Robin Clayfield
	Aussie St. Picture Book : Beck Lowe & David Holmgren


5.00pm – 5.30pm	Feedback / Wrap-up Session
5.30pm – 6.30pm	Free time
6.30pm – 7.30pm	Dinner
7.30pm – 8.30pm	10 minute reports
8.30pm – 10.00pm	SOLUA (bossa nova, jazz, & afro-Caribbean fusion music)
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Tuesday 13 April
Time	Event
7.00am – 7.30am	Yoga and Meditation : Melissa Chambers
7.30am – 8.30am	Breakfast
8.30am – 8.50am	Introduction to the Day
8.50am – 9.00am	Move to Workshops
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9.00am – 10.30am	Workshops 1
	Global Ecovillage Network (GEN) and Permaculture Principles : Shane Sylvanspring & Trudy Juriansz
	Growing Community – Abundant Tools for Dynamic Groups, Effective Collaboration and Empowered Action : Robin Clayfield
	Retrosuburbia 101 : Beck Lowe
	Northey Street City Farm – 25 years of design, exploring opportunities & constraints:Ko Oishi
10.30am – 11.00am	Morning Tea
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11.00am – 12.30pm	Workshops 2
	Design Elements of a Functioning Biodigester in Australia : Tom Kendall
	Ferment your Food : Elisabeth Fekonia
	Sociocracy: Shared Leadership for Positive Impact : Erin Young
	Designing a Chinese Village with Permaculture : Shaoying Wang & April Sampson-Kelly
	Retrosuburbia Q & A : Beck Lowe & David Holmgren
12.30pm – 1.30pm	Lunch
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1.30pm – 3.00pm	Workshops 3
	Interconnected Systems on a Working Permaculture Farm : Tom Kendall
	Permayouth (Permaculture Youth Club) Forum: Maia Raymond & Global Permayouth
	Working with First Nations Custodians- a Discourse for Permaculture Leaders :Mark Jones & Billa Lauiti-Kolkr
	Permaculture in Kenya: Volunteering on a dryland permaculture farm: Barb Ford
3.00pm – 3.30pm	Afternoon Tea
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3.30pm – 4.30pm	Keynote : David Holmgren Fire in Permaculture Systems
4.30pm – 5.00pm	David Holmgren Question Time
5.00pm – 5.30pm	Permaculture Australia Annual General Meeting OR Feedback Wrap-up Session
5.30pm – 6.30pm	Free time
6.30pm – 7.30pm	Dinner
7.30pm – 8.30pm	Select location of next APC. Permaculture Australia Awards Ceremony
8.30pm – 10.00pm	Get your limit on– a musical adventure : Katy Bates
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Wednesday 14 April
Time	Event
7.00am – 7.30am	Mindfulness of Breathing (in all you do) : Norman Smith
7.30am – 8.30am	Breakfast
8.30am – 8.50am	Introduction to the Day
8.50am – 9.00am	Move to Workshops
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9.00am – 10.30am	Workshops 1
	Inviting Nature to Dinner- How to Grow Food and Support the Little Guys : Dick Copeman & Helen Schwencke
	Permaculture Education Futures : Morag Gamble
	Risk Management for Permaculture Projects : Lizzy Smith
	Empowering Bioregional Food Sovereignty : Robina McCurdy ( via Zoom)
10.30am – 11.00am	Morning Tea
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11.00am – 12.30pm	Workshops 2
	Bush Medicine Walk : Andrew Pengelly
	Outcomes from teaching Permaculture in 10 refugee camps: Rowe Morrow & friends
	Trees, their needs, and the myths of dynamic accumulators: Michael Wardle
	Fostering Earth Care in folks of all ages : Emma Brindal
	Permaculturing our Permaculture: A case study : Megan McGowan
12.30pm – 1.30pm	Lunch
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1.30pm – 3.00pm	Workshops 3
	Hidden permaculture in hospitality & why you don’t know about it: Victoria Holder
	Permaculture your wardrobe: Jane Milburn
	Lessons from a mature food forest :April Sampson-Kelly
	Imagined Futures: The role of imagining in creating the world we want:Linda Woodrow
3.00 pm – 3.30 pm	Afternoon Tea
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3.30 pm – 4.30 pm	Keynote : Robyn Francis Fair Share in the Anthropocene
4.30pm – 5.00pm	Robyn Francis Question Time
5.00pm – 5.30pm	Feedback / Wrap-up session
5.30pm – 6.30pm	Free time
6.30pm – 7.30pm	Dinner
7.30pm – 8.30pm	10 minute reports
8.30pm – 10.00pm	Quiz Night : Beck Lowe & team
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Thursday 15 April
Time	Event
7.00am – 7.30am	Yoga and Meditation : Carissa Taramoeroa
7.30am – 8.30am	Breakfast
8.30am – 8.50am	Introduction to the Day
8.50am – 9.00am	Move to Workshops
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9.00am – 10.30am	Workshops 1
	Speaking up with Permaculture : Morag Gamble, Rowe Morrow & team
	Responding & adapting to climate change – a Permaculture perspective : Dick Copeman
	Permafund – microgrants for community projects worldwide : Jed Walker & Permafund team
	Fodder Trees in Permaculture: Andrew Curr
10.30am – 11.00am	Morning Tea
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11.00am – 12.30pm	Keynote : David Holmgren Permaculture and the Climate Emergency in the Australian Context
	Closing Ceremony : Robyn Clayfield
12.30pm – 1.30pm	Lunch
1.30pm – 3.00pm	Pack Up