International Permaculture Convergence Council (IPCC)

What is the IPCC?

The International Permaculture Convergence (IPC) has been running every 2-3 years since 1984. The purpose of the IPCC is to steward the convergence providing continuity between events and providing advice to the next hosts. It is made up entirely of volunteers which include both former IPC hosts, regional permaculture network representatives and supporting members of the community. The IPCC is not a legal entity and provides no financial support, instead it is a group of people from around the world who meet regularly to volunteer towards keeping the IPC alive and aligned with the permaculture ethics.

Want to host the next IPC?

Any permaculture group can apply to host the next IPC. If you are interested then please email IP**@*********************ce.org and we can share more information on how to prepare an application. Potential hosts would have ideally put together a high level design for how they would run the next convergence before the current one so they can present this at the current convergence and officially put their hands up as wanting to host the next one. The IPCC will then shortlist a handful of applications to present in more detail online and then evaluate them against each other. The winning host will be presented within 6 months of the previous convergence. The evaluation is weighted towards rotating between different regions, logistical feasibility, the permaculture ethics, and the application team’s experience hosting national and regional convergences.

Current IPCC Members

Padma Koppula – Host IPC 13 – India
Tierra Martinez – Host IPC 14 – Aregentina
Hui-i Chang – Host IPC 15 – Taiwan
⁨Margarethe Holzer-Dirscherl⁩ – Rep. Permakultur-Akademie im Alpenraum, Austria
María Páez⁩ – Rep. Permaculture UK
Trish Allen – Rep. Permaculture Permaculture in New Zealand
Aimee Fenech – Rep. International Permaculture Collab (Spain)
Michael Commons – Rep. IPC 16 – Thailand
Finlay Stevens-Hunt – Co-ordinator (Sweden)

IPC History

The previous International Permaculture Convergences have taken place in the following countries.

IPC1 Rowlands, New South Wales, Australia, 1984
IPC2 Breitenbush Hot Springs & Olympia in the NW of the USA, 1986
IPC3 Kaiwaka, New Zealand, 1988
IPC4 Nepal, 1991
IPC5 Copenhagen, Denmark and Gerlesborg, Sweden, 1993
IPC6 Perth, Australia, 1996
IPC7 Croatia organized in cooperation with Danish Association/European Permaculture Institute, 2005
IPC8 Brasil, Permacultura America Latina, 2007
IPC9 Malawi, 2009
IPC10 Jordan, 2011
IPC11 Cuba, 2013
IPC12 UK, 2015
IPC13 India, 2017
IPC14 Argentina, 2022
IPC15 Taiwan, 2024

IPCC History

The IPCC (International PermacultureConvergenceCouncil) was foundedbytheIPC-Support Group, whichwas createdat theIPC in Motovun, Croatia, Europe in 2005. Idea and development of the IPCC emerged from an intensive work period between the IPC in Cuba and the IPC in the UK (2013-2015) done by the FIPC (Friends of International Permaculture Convergences).

The IPCC was confirmed in September 2015, at the IPC-Convergence in the UK.

IPC-Council Objectives

• Aims for stability, consistency, quality and progression of the IPC’s development as important worldwide permaculture gatherings.
• The International Convergences use different forms and formats, will have different focuses and will cover different needs, which might change and adapt over time.
• The International Convergences will facilitate actions, discussions, workshops, and demonstrations according to the core permaculture ethics: earth care, people care and fair share