This Gathering is a Bioregional Activation
The Northeast Eco-Communities Convergence is a part of a larger movement to cultivate bioregional resilience and solidarity.
What is a bioregion?
A bioregion is defined by the natural ecosystems, cultural identities, and heritages of a place — rather than by political or economic boundaries.
Bioregionalism emerged as a movement in the 1970s, and today there’s a powerful resurgence of groups organizing around their bioregions — such as their watersheds, rivers, and local communities. These efforts bring people together at the intersections of environmental, social, economic, and humanitarian challenges, rather than working in isolated silos.
Bioregional organizing is a modern term for what Indigenous peoples have practiced for countless generations—and in doing this bioregional work, we remember, return, honor, and learn from Indigenous ways of living and being.
Why it Matters for the Permatours Convergence:
The Permatours Convergence is rooted in the Forests of the Northeast bioregion, drawing on its unique ecosystems, seasons, and cultural heritage. This 4-day event is a bioregional activation rooted in our shared intention to gather, celebrate, exchange knowledge, and take action as we reweave a symbiotic, earth-based culture.
The gathering is designed to bridge communities: land stewards, cultural carriers, grassroots organizers, artists, healing practitioners, scientists, technologists, & families - and to share wisdom, exchange and pool resources, and strengthen relationships. Our intention is also to honor Indigenous leadership and teachings.
Together, we will share stories, map our collective efforts, and prepare to coordinate tangible steps toward a resilient Northeast bioregion.
Deep Listening & Mapping Our Bioregional Connections
Throughout the event, we’ll host bioregional roundtables designed to cultivate deep listening, shared understanding, and relationship-building among land stewards, community organizers, project leaders, and aligned allies across the Northeast.
These Sessions are an Invitation to:
Share your story and lived experience
Name challenges and celebrate wins
Build trust and alignment with others in your bioregion
Discover opportunities for collaboration, mutual aid, and long-term ecosystem weaving
Our intention is for the roundtables to nurture presence, kinship, and clarity in how we move forward together.
Community Mapping + Needs & Offers Board
For those interested, we’ll actively map who’s at the event, what people are working on, and how we can support each other. Through an interactive board, participants will be invited to post:
Skills, tools, or knowledge they’re offering
Support, collaborators, or resources they’re seeking
Ongoing projects and initiatives worth spotlighting
This will serve as a living web of connection throughout the event—and inform a community-sourced resource library we’ll be compiling afterward to help sustain the relationships, tools, and momentum sparked during the convergence.
Keep the conversation going post event!
To support ongoing connection before, during, and after the event, we’ve created a Convergence Discord server. You can use it to:
Coordinate ride shares and logistics
Follow up on sessions or workshops
Share resources and project updates
Stay connected with people in your bioregion and beyond