Edge Events

Various edge events will be provided during the convergence, including natural fiber weaving workshops, traditional food preservation techniques sharing, demonstrations, as well as sharing of traditional perspectives on natural herbal medicine and health care. More information will be updated.

In the Convergence:

1. Taromak Ethnic Plantation and Ecological Interpretation Walk
2. Traditional Handicraft Techniques Demonstration: Shell ginger fiber weaving (Lamit Studio）
3. Traditional Handicraft Techniques Demonstration: Rattan weaving
4. Traditional Handicraft Techniques Demonstration: Paper mulberry bark cloth
5. Evening events: music nights
6. Ecological Night walks
7. In between IPC Conference and Convergence (Dec. 2 and 3), you can take time to have a city tour in Kaohsiung City or go to Taitung where the Convergence site is, to get settled down earlier. Tours/cultural/mountain hiking activities will be provided by our affiliating groups (may need to pay extra fee on site, depending on the content of the program ）- Please note that these are not official IPC activities; but provided by our affiliating organizations. Please see below for the events, and more options will be updated)

In between and post IPC Conference and Convergence edge events (Dec. 2, 3, 13, 14):

• River Tracing in Kaohsiung’s Lumusu Creek（One Day Tour,  Dec. 2,  2024 ）
• Tjuwabar Time ☾☾ ⟣ — a special time zone in eastern Taiwan. (Taitung Tjuwabar Village Cultural Tour, Dec. 3)
• Permaculture Places that Heal Urban Spaces (Dec.13-14)

After the IPC, if you are staying in Taiwan for some more time, you can visit permaculture farms or communities in other parts of Taiwan.

• Urban edible landscape: Taipei City Hakka Cultural Park (No.2, Sec. 3, Tingzhou Rd., Zhongzheng Dist., Taipei City 100, Taiwan TEL: 02-2369-1198 )
• Urban edible landscape: Taipei Garden City