PAN Fiscal Sponsorship in Action: Permaculture Apprenticeship and Cohort (PAC) Pilot Program
PAN Fiscal Sponsorship in Action: Permaculture Apprenticeship and Cohort (PAC) Pilot Program written by Stacey Doll, PAN Member This summer, through the support of the Dorr Foundation grant and fiscal sponsorship provided by the Permaculture Association of the Northeast (PAN), Root to Rise is hosting a Permaculture Apprenticeship and Cohort (PAC) Pilot Program that provides […]
NEW PAN Membership Benefits – Join now!
You asked – We listened! We have added a number of PAN Membership benefits. When would now be a good time to join and to support our work. Full list here
PAN Launches Permaculture Educators’ Pledge
The creation of The PAN Permaculture Educators’ Pledge, was a 3+ year participatory process, convened by the Permaculture Association of the Northeast (PAN formally know as PINE). This 1- page document was distilled from many meetings, conversations, convergences, phone calls, scribbled notes, retreats and late night talks around the fire as our network grappled with […]
PAN Year-End Appeal Letter
Season’s greetings permaculture friends– As you may know by now, PAN –the Permaculture Association of the Northeast– is a membership organization that relies on the support of the greater northeast permaculture network to help fund our activities throughout the region. Some of our members hail from as far south as Pennsylvania, as far west as […]
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Funding Sources for Permaculture Initiatives
Across the region PAN members are working on innovative projects on their properties, in their neighborhoods, and in their chosen communities. Moving from idea to implementation is dependent on many variables but one of the most limited is often funding. Over the past few years the PAN Board has been working closely with the New […]
T-shirt Design Contest!
Time for a new look! T-shirt contest!!! The PAN Board is launching a T-shirt contest and will be collecting submissions until February 10th (2018). Once all of the entries have been received we will ask for members to vote on the design they think reflects the organization most. If we use your design you will […]
Unconferencing – We Did!
PAN hosted its annual board, teachers and organizer’s retreat at the Omega Institute from October 8-11, 2017. This year those in attendance were the PAN board and a small, intimate group of committed network organizers from New York City to Boston. For this year’s retreat we chose to place some stronger focus on “unconferencing” which […]
Registration opens…2017 Northeast Permaculture Educators’ and Organizers’ Retreat
Basics for the 2017 Northeast Permaculture Educators’ and Organizers’ Retreat What: Networking, Co-Creation, and Fun Date/Time: Sunday, October 8 after 2 pm to Wednesday, October 11, 2017 Where: Omega Institute, Rhinebeck, NY Fees: $150 to Omega for dormitory style lodging, meals, and accommodations* plus sliding scale registration fee to PAN ($40-$90 PAN Members/$50-100 for nonmembers) […]
PAN at the Common Ground Fair!
Greetings PAN members and supporters! We hope your summer has been fruitful, productive and nourishing. PAN has been active this summer with helping to facilitate a distributed model of the summer convergence. We helped raise awareness for local convergence events in Maine, New Hampshire and New York. We staffed a table at New Hampshire permaculture […]
2017 PAN Winter Retreat Registration – Conversation on Standards
Permaculture is at a tipping point. Now that it has reached a critical mass of practitioners and has entered into many mainstream venues, conversations around standards, who is qualified to teach and certify, and what the process is to become a teacher are coming to a head. PAN has been convening teachers and organizers around this […]
PAN 2016 October Teachers Gathering: Report Back
This past October the Permaculture Association of the Northeast (PAN) organized a deep and vibrant gathering of 27 teachers from the up and down the Northeast United States and Canada at the Omega Institute in Rhinebeck, New York. We gathered over many meals, fires and facilitated spaces to support permaculture teachers to continue improving the […]