Peripheral LINKs Convergence
📅 Where: Online
🗺️ When: 9.-13.2.2026
A gathering for regeneration, collaboration, and transformation.
People from across Europe, especially from peripheral and rural regions of the EU, came together to connect, learn, and co-create. Through discussions, workshops, talks, and shared experiences, the Convergence empowered and connected people and organisations working for a more sustainable, caring, and regenerative future. The Convergence concentrated on enabling building connections and its topics were around different aspects of sustainability, as well as capacity building topics for small organizations, drawing from what the LINK project has taught its participants.
Thank you everyone who joined!
You can see the presentation part of the first session here.
- Watch all the recordings on Youtube.
- Read some of the presentations below.
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Presentations
You can download some of the presentations here.
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| The power of storytelling by Ana Amrein Esnaola | 715.96 KB |
| VP and European Permaculture Network by Lumia and Dominik Jais | 881.91 KB |
| Ethical Marketing by Lumia Huhdanpää-Jais | 1.3 MB |
| SEKEM Community by Annette Flintermann | 11.65 MB |
Programme
Check out the individual session descriptions here.
Each day of the Peripheral LINKs Convergence will include networking activities, talks, discussions and dialogues, and interactive sessions on a range of inspiring and relevant topics. The programme is designed to encourage exchange, learning, and collaboration throughout the week. Participation is flexible — it’s not about joining everything, but about finding your own rhythm. Space and time for rest are part of the design, including some facilitated break times, for example. The programme is updated if/when changes occur.
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| Download the programme | 144.06 KB |
What Convergence?
The Peripheral LINKs Convergence is a gathering for connection, reflection, and co-creation. It brings together people and projects from across Europe who work towards regeneration — in communities, education, food systems, and beyond.
Over five days we’ll share stories, ideas, and experiences from different regions, weaving them into a stronger network of changemakers. The convergence is a living space for dialogue and collaboration — combining talks, workshops, art, and informal moments of celebration and rest.
Our aim is simple: to strengthen the links between regenerative initiatives and to spark new ones. Together we explore how we can live and work in ways that care for the Earth, care for people, and share fairly.
Whether you are part of a local project, a teacher, designer, activist, or simply curious about regenerative culture — you’re invited to be part of the conversation.
The Peripheral LINKs Convergence is organized in co-operation with PermaTalks vol. 6.
