Weekly roundup
Hey Permies! Here’s what’s happening!
Here are epic events and PDCs to learn more about permaculture:
International Festival of Wild and Kind Ideas
Wild and Kind Ideas Conversations on Wednesdays as part of World Localization Day
Regeneration Pollination Conversations & IMAGINE Film Screening
Geoff Lawton PDC
Santa Barbara Community College PDC
This is an amazing collection of permaculturalist exploring ideas….
International Festival of Wild & Kind Ideas with Morag Gamble
Our 2026 International Permaculture Festival of Wild Ideas wrapped up on 25 May. What an ABSOLUTELY PHENOMENAL EVENT! 6 days, 40 speaks, mini-film fest, thousands of people connecting from around the world. Thank you to everyone who participated in, shared and donated to this free online event.
The live sessions are over, but all the replays can be viewed, and you can join the festival conversation hub - just click the link here:
https://permacultureeducationinstitute.org/festival-2026/
Presented as part Festival of Wild and Kind Ideas and World Localization Day hosts a series of presentations in June.
Wild and Kind Ideas Series of Conversations
This series is in collaboration with World Localization Day, founded by Helena Norberg-Hodge and also celebrating World Environment Day. This four-part online series brings together internationally respected thinkers, educators, growers, herbalists, permaculture pioneers, and storytellers for rich, podcast-style conversations with live audience participation.
3rd June, 7-8pm - David Holmgren - co-founder of Permaculture
10 June 7-8pm - Anne Stobart - Medicinal herbalist
17 June 10-11am - Emma Cutting, Urban wilding
24 June 7-8pm - Liz Zorab, Growing edible abundance
Let the conversations keep flowing, and keep myceliating beautiful conversations and actions in your local organisations and neighbourhoods. Together we can!
Speed Networking Session tomorrow May 27, 2026 at midnight our time…
Regeneration Pollination
Morag Gamble is collaborating with Regeneration Pollination to host a Regeneration Pollination Speed Networking session — the space for people who want to connect, share ideas, & spark new collaborations.
The International Festival of Wild and Kind Ideas brings together thinkers, educators, designers, artivists & doers – all inspiring connection, humanKINDness and regeneration.
If you joined the festival, join to share your wild insights and ideas with others, and if you did not make it, come learn about it first hand (and where to access the recordings!)
Also there is a screening of the film by aborginal film makers on Friday, May 29th called IMAGINE. "A GLOBAL STORY THAT REAWAKENS IMAGINATION — SHOWING YOUNG PEOPLE HOW TO TURN NOTHING INTO SOMETHING, AND INSPIRING A GENERATION TO AUTHOR THEIR OWN STORIES AND RESHAPE THE WORLD."
RSVP here below for the May 27th Regeneration Pollination Event
PDCs are available online and in person….
Permaculture Design Certifications
Permaculture Design Course Santa Barbara Community College
SBCC Fall Semester, Wed 9:30am - 12:00pm, Hybrid Aug 24-Dec 12, 2026 (Room A-162/CRN 42654)
Includes weekend field trip to local permaculture farm
Affordable, 5 college credits, International Certification Instructors: Mike Gonella and Guest Permaculture Educators To register for the course: http://www.sbcc.eduadmissions/register.php
To apply to SBCC: http://www.sbcc.edu/apply/applyGeoff Lawton’s PDC Course
Priority enrollment for the 2026 Online PDC with Geoff Lawton is now live, featuring:
1 - A $450 tuition discount
2 - Plenty of enrichment materials, and
3 - A guaranteed spot in the class.
We’ll keep Priority Enrollment open for a little over a week, then close it when we transition to worldwide enrollment, and then start the course orientation on May 29th.
Register for Geoff Lawton’s PDC at the link below….
Get involved
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That’s it for this week.
Keep showing up, keep cheering each other on — and as always, remember We Are All Part of One Global Family!
The SLO Permaculture Team
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