IPEN became active to enhance and accelerate the development of permaculture education internationally (not to seek to regulate, control or manage it).
IPEN aims to make small changes for the greatest possible effect.
The idea for IPEN emerged at the 12th International Permaculture Convergence (IPC) 2015 in London, when experienced permaculture educators from across the world considered the question of how to increase the coherence and effectiveness of permaculture education globally. Workshops at the 13th IPC in India in 2017 supported and confirmed the need for IPEN.
The intention of this website is that Tutors and Learners can benefit from better access to a wide range of high quality learning resources for teaching and learning. Where permaculture is less established, pioneers will benefit from better support and examples of how pioneers have succeeded elsewhere.
IPEN is extremely grateful for the support of the Lush Spring Prize for social and environmental regeneration (IPEN was a 2018 Young Project Category Award winner) and the Ecoforest Garden Trust, which provided initial seed funding to help get IPEN started.
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