International Permaculture Convergences
‘IPC’ stands for International Permaculture Convergence, it is a gathering of practitioners of permaculture from around the world, people who are working with nature to design a better world. IPCs started back in 1984 in Australia, and is the key global meeting point for the international permaculture network.
History of IPCs
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 and FIPC
At the 7th International Permaculture Convergence in Croatia in 2005, it was determined that an IPC Support Group would be beneficial. In 2013 this was evolved into two parallel, but distinct organizations – Friends of IPC (FIPC), a non-profit based in USA with 3 board members ; and the International Permaculture Convergence Council (IPCC) with members from different continents and world regions.
At the 12th IPC in UK, in 2015, FIPC and IPCC were formally approved as the international bodies of the IPC tasked to choose the next hosts as well. FIPC has been supporting IPCs until 2021.
FIPC’s specific mission was to augment the funds needed for convening the IPC events, with a special focus on scholarship funding for delegates traveling from all parts of the world to attend. We thank very much its members for their commitment and the work they have been doing for previous IPCs: Mugove Walter Nyika (Zambia), Marcia Amidon (USA), Wesley Roe (USA), Margie Bushman (USA), Tedrowe Bonner (USA).