International Permaculture Festival of Ideas

May 4 – 11, 2024 • free & online

An 8-day online festival featuring 35 inspiring speakers from 6 continents. This event is hosted by Permaculture Education Institute founder Morag Gamble.

TALKS • FILMS • IDEAS • DESIGNS • ART • MUSIC • BOOKS • POETRY • STORYTELLING • CONVERSATION

Myceliating permaculture possibilities

Permaculture is one of the most practical and hopeful education and design movements myceliating the world today. In celebration of International Permaculture Day (May 5) lets gather together and imagine more positive permaculture futures.

Access recordings of all festival conversations and be inspired.

Fair share contribution

This event is free but let’s uplift refugee and village permaculture programs. If everyone contributes $25 (or more!) we can make a huge difference. All donations are sent 100%.

Meet thinkers, educators, designers, artivists & doers, all engaged in & inspiring permaculture

The 2024 International Permaculture Festival of Ideas was a fabulous full week of food for our head, hearts and hands. From an incredible guest list of 35 inspiring speakers.

Morag Gamble with Fritjof Capra

FRITJOF CAPRA

Principles of Life

Morag Gamble with Daniel Christian Wahl

DANIEL CHRISTIAN WAHL

Bioregional Regeneration

Morag Gamble with Andrew Millison

JEREMY LENT

Ecological Civilization

Morag Gamble with Keibo Oiwa

KEIBO OIWA

Slow Living

Morag Gamble with Dominique Chen

DOMINIQUE CHEN

Growing on Country

Morag Gamble with Cate McQuillen

CATE MCQUILLEN

Media, Music and Artivism

Morag Gamble with Antionette and Jordon

ANTIONETTE WILSON AND JORDON OSMOND

Film Screening: City Food Commons

Morag Gamble with Keibo Oiwa

MORGAN PHILLIPS

Education Revolution

Morag Gamble with Charlie and Brenna

CHARLIE MGEE AND BRENNA QUINLAN

Media, Music, and Artivism

Morag Gamble with Ansima Casinga Rolande

ANSIMA CASINGA ROLANDE

Fair Share Permaculture

Morag Gamble with Ansima Casinga Rolande

HAFASHA JANVIER

Fair Share Permaculture

Morag Gamble with Nora Bateson

NORA BATESON

Global Conversation

Morag Gamble with Satish Kumar

SATISH KUMAR

Radical Love

Morag Gamble

MORAG GAMBLE

Global Conversations

Phoebe Tickell smiling outside

PHOEBE TICKELL

Moral Imagination

Morag Gamble with Nessie Reid

NESSIE REID

Peace and Food

Morag Gamble with Liz Zorab

LIZ ZORAB

Being Grounded

Morag Gamble with Dominique Chen

MONICA IBACACHE

High School Permaculture Design Course

Morag Gamble with Mattias Olsson

MATTIAS OLSON

Film Screening: Imprint

Morag Gamble with Nakafeero Brenda

NAKAFEERO BRENDA

Fair Share Permaculture

Morag Gamble with Maia Raymond

MAIA RAYMOND

 

Morag Gamble with Dave Meagher

DAVE MEAGHER

Film Screening: Reading Landscape

Lyla June Johnston

LYLA JUNE JOHNSTON

Non-extractivist Learning

Morag Gamble with David Holmgren

DAVID HOLMGREN

Film Screening: Reading Landscape

Morag with Helena Norberg-Hodge

HELENA NORBERG-HODGE

Local Futures

Morag Gamble with Andrew Millison

ANDREW MILLISON

Film Screening and Discussion

Morag Gamble with Andrew Millison

MANISH JAIN

Re-imagining Education

Morag with Marina O'Connell

MARINA O’CONNELL

Regenerative Food Education

Morag Gamble with Ousmane Pame

OUSMANE PAME

Regenerating the Sahel

Morag Gamble with John Feldman

JOHN FELDMAN

Film Screening: Regenerating Life

Morag Gamble with Dirt Girl

DIRT GIRL

Media, Music, and Artivism

Morag Gamble with Bemeriki Bisimwa Dusabe

BEMERIKI BISIMWA DUSABE

Fair Share Permaculture

Morag Gamble with Dave Meagher

DR. AMELIE VANDERSTOCK

Cross-pollinating Music and Ecology

Festival Days: May 4 – 11, 2024

cost to participate

speakers

continents where participants joining from

days of fabulous free content & conversation

% of your donations sent to locally-adapted & locally-led permaculture in refugee camps & villages in East Africa

This inaugural event is proudly brought to you free of charge, thanks to support from the Permaculture Education Institute.

Watch films. Meet the filmmakers.

Sharing ideas and stories through film informs, lifts our spirits and inspires action. The International Permaculture Festival of Ideas included five film screenings, followed by live Q&As with the filmmakers. Links to the available films found in Festival Playlist.

Listen to the Sense-Making in a Changing World podcast

Reading Landscape

May 4 & 5

After the first screening, meet and talk with David Holmgren & the film maker, Dave Meagher, Australia.

Morag Gamble and her family - Our Permaculture Life

Imprint

May 6

After the screening, meet and talk with the film maker, Mattias Olsson of Campfire Stories, Sweden.

Morag at computer, preparing a free permaculture masterclass

Regenerating Life

May 8: 2 screenings

After the second screening, meet and talk with the film maker, John Feldman of Hummingbird Films, USA.

Morag at computer, preparing a free permaculture masterclass

How Farmers Reshaped a Region and Solved Drought

May 10

After the screening, meet and talk with the film maker, Andrew Millison, USA

Morag Gamble and her family - Our Permaculture Life

The City Food Forest

May 11

After the screening, meet and talk with the film makers Antionette Wilson and Jordan Osmond of Happen Films, NZ

Program for the 2024 International Permaculture Festival of Ideas May 4-11

Your festival host: Morag Gamble

Morag Gamble is an acclaimed permaculture educator, speaker, designer, writer, filmmaker, podcaster and humanitarian – founder of the Permaculture Education Institute and the Permaculture Educators Program.

In all of her work, Morag explores how we can live more peacefully and simply so that we may thrive together on this beautiful blue planet.

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