10TH EUROPEAN PERMACULTURE CONVERGENCE

Dates: August 17-22 2010 (arrival on the 16th of August in the evening or the 17th in the early
morning, departure on the 22nd of August in the evening, or the 23rd in the morning)

Location: Nethen (Grez-Doiceau), Belgium

Dear permaculture friends,

We would like to invite you to the 10th European Permaculture Convergence (EUPC 10)
taking place on August 17th – 22th 2010 in Nethen (Grez-Doiceau), Belgium.

Grez-Doiceau is located in Walloon Brabant, about 30 km from Brussels, on the language

border between the Flemish and Walloon parts. Citizens living in this village (Nethen is a
village, part of a group of villages for whom the general name is Grez-Doiceau) have started a
Transition town process this year. So they naturally offered to host the Permaculture Festival
and the European Convergence this year.

After a successful Permaculture festival last year, organized in Sambourg (Burgundy - France)
by the non-profit organisation Brin de Paille, a Belgian team proposed to organise this year’s
festival in Belgium. It seemed interesting to combine the convergence and the festival. So
we’re going to offer the people who attend EUPC 10:
• Three days ( limited to those who have completed a full certified 72 hour design
course ) to discuss and think about institutional and organisational aspects of the
permaculture movement in Europe
• Three days of festival where, amongst fellow permaculture people, you can choose
between lectures, workshops, project presentations … You are also most welcome to
present your own projects, or give lectures or workshops.

The Festival will take place in the fields of an organic producer in Nethen. Workshops and
sessions of the Convergence will take place in the village school.

EUPC 10 - www.festivalpermaculture.be
convergence@festivalpermaculture.be
+ 32 10 61 51 70
EUPC 10 program:

1. The Diploma process and the Education project (Discussion with facilitation or / and
working groups - it depends how many people will join the group.)

2. The future of the permaculture movement in Europe - The situation now and the future.
Where do we want to go? What kind of networks will be needed and helpful? (Discussion
with facilitation or / and working groups - it depends how many people will join the group.)
2.1. Interesting PmC-projects in Europe – please contact us before if you would like to
present your project.

3. EUPC - European Council: Some history. What are the aims and what are the
possibilities of the Council? (Report from the Council members and discussion with
facilitation)
3.1. The election for the next Permaculture Council of Europe.

4. Transition towns (Keynote-talk): As we will stay on a place where the process to become
a Transition town just started, some people can talk about their aims and their situation. We
try to plan a conference or video-conference, and maybe a workshop.

5. Training Permaculture teachers (Keynote talk)

6. The host of the next EUPC

The following point should be seen as an example offer for an evening :

7. The report from the International Permaculture Conference in Africa (IPC9) in
November 2009 - as an offer for those who are interested - it is a power-point presentation for
about 1,5 to 2 hours

Many other activities will take place during the festival, talks, discussions, practical
workshops. If needed, we’ll provide a place to go further with the work of the convergence.
If you’re interested in giving workshops or presenting your project during the Festival, you
can find the appropriate form on our website.

Languages
There will be two main languages during EUPC 10: French and English. We will manage to
provide translators if needed in these two languages. If you don’t understand French or
English and would like another translation, you should manage yourself to find somebody
who can help you.

Tours
We’re planning a trip to visit two interesting projects in the west of Belgium: “Les Fraternités
Ouvrières” in Mouscron and the “Voedselbos” in Nokere (Waregem).

EUPC 10 - www.festivalpermaculture.be
convergence@festivalpermaculture.be
+ 32 10 61 51 70
You are invited to bring
• Suggestions for other workshops or topics during the three days Convergence or for
the festival
• Presentations of your projects (during the festival)
• Music, songs and stories to share with others around the fire in the evenings

A more detailed program will be sent to you when you make your booking.

Accommodation possibilities
1. Spacious area for camping in your own tent.
2. In local people’s home.
3. Lodge in a village nearby, a few beds, pleas contact them yourself asap if you’re
interested (www.huisvanrooi.be)

Fee (accordingly with the type of accommodation you choose)

1. 100 euros
2. 130 euros
3. 100 euros for participation to the convergence, the accommodation you have to pay by
yourself.

The fee includes the accommodation (except the third solution), meals, organisation, local trip
costs.

To register, please check our website: www.festivalpermaculture.be or send back the

registration form if you don’t have access to the internet.
You will be officially registered as soon as we get full payment for the convergence.

The payment must be made before August 1.

You can send the payment to:

our bank account:

Cense équi’voc asbl

IBAN : BE28 7320 2277 2520
BIC : CREGBEBB

Please send the payment in Euros and make sure you use the IBAN and BIC code.
Please write “EUPC 10 + your name” in the bank payment form so that we can identify who
the payer is.

If it’s not possible for you to pay this way, please contact us.

EUPC 10 - www.festivalpermaculture.be
convergence@festivalpermaculture.be
+ 32 10 61 51 70
Food:
The food will be organic, local and vegetarian/vegan. If you have a special diet, please let us
know.

Travel:
In the application form, please specify how you are travelling to Belgium so we can send you
specific travel information about getting to Nethen.

Equipment available: computer, data projector, boards and poster space for your presentations.
If you need anything else, please let us know.

Contact person:
Sabine Jaucot, convergence@festivalpermaculture.be ; phone: +32 10 61 51 70

and regional coordinators:

Hannah Thorogood (Great Britain) - hannah_thorogood@hotmail.com

Margarethe Holzer (Austria, Italy, Switzerland) - margarethe.holzer@utanet.at
Pavla Sedláčková (Czech Republic)- pavla@permakultura.cz

All the convergence information will be continuously updated on our web site at
www.festivalpermaculture.be

As usual you need the 72-hour permaculture course certificate to attend EUPC.

Any donations to support the Eastern Europe or African participants to come to EUPC 10 are
welcome.

We look forward to seeing you at the Convergence and the Festival.

With best regards,

The Belgian team

EUPC 10 - www.festivalpermaculture.be
convergence@festivalpermaculture.be
+ 32 10 61 51 70