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Permaculture is about… designing ways in which we as humans can live abundantly well on our planet while ALSO leaving it in better condition than we found it. Permaculture design is exemplified when there is a convergence of common sense, indigenous wisdom and appropriate technology. The objective is to design livable systems for people and planet that support and mimic nature’s own ability to create real abundance with minimal work on our part. Permaculture is grounded in a respectful approach to others, to all of life, and to future generations More about Permaculture…
Midwest Permaculture is about… making permaculture understood, relevant and available to others. More about the Permaculture Design Certificate (PDC) Course…
 Bill Wilson |
Welcome… We started Midwest Permaculture in 2006 on a shoestring, inspired by the brilliance and relevance of permaculture designing & thinking. We are now teaching & designing while guiding Midwest Permaculture full time. We have combined our work with our life. Our primary objective? - To make permaculture understandable, relevant and useful to those living in the cities, the suburbs or on small parcels of land. We are delighted that you are looking into this subject. You will not be sorry. Permaculture is the real thing. |
 Becky Wilson |
Though we deliver a variety of permaculture educational trainings, our recognized
Permaculture Design Certificate (PDC) Courses are our key events.
Below are examples of some of our recent PDC Courses.
(Click on photo to view a picture summary of the training.)
 The National Arbor Day Foundation‘s Farm and Lied Lodge – Nebraska City, NE I |
 University of Wisconsin – River Falls – 2012 — Next Training June 13-20, 2013 I |
 Combined Earth Building and PDC Course at Cal-Earth — Next Training Oct. 7-18, 2013 I |
 We deliver a handful of trainings each year here at Midwest Permaculture in Stelle, IL |
View our Schedule of all Trainings
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Bill and Becky, a huge thank you for such an amazing PDC course. I have returned to London feeling so happy and refreshed. I have already started a deck garden, new window boxes and signed up to be a member of our local Permaculture group:) Thank you, Susan - (London) (Our students come from all over the US, some international as well.) |
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Permaculture Design Certificate (PDC) Course In a full PDC course, all of the basic principles and ideas behind a permaculture approach to designing or living are covered to meet Bill Mollison’s (co-founder of permaculture) requirements for a certificate of completion. Therefore, it matters little where you live or where you take a design course. You should be exposed to the fundamentals of permaculture thinking which will allow you to create positive living designs for just about any location or situation on the planet. The fundamentals, the principles, and how one applies these to every-day living are the key to understanding permaculture at a useful level. We use lectures, design exercises, hands-on experiences, videos and open-frank discussions to help our students anchor their own understanding of this life changing approach to designing an authentic way of living on this planet. It’s not just about our gardens or homes. It is about the whole picture. The education you receive from a Midwest Permaculture PDC will be universally applicable, practical, inspiring, and we trust, memorable. |
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“Bill and Becky,
Thank you for giving us the language. I am seeing the world through a new lens.” Keren T. (31) – Environmental Educator – (W. Virginia) |
A Midwest Permaculture PDC Grad Student, Teaching Villagers in Africa
Grant and Paige Shadden are Midwest Permaculture PDC grad students and have taken their new skills and understanding of productive living systems to Africa where they have been volunteering.
See Grant and Paige’s Blog Posts of Their Work
Here is the Latest Post From our Growing Blog:
Permaculture Internship Program – Update 1, 2013
Hayden and Mary-Kate moving the chicken tractors along. Wherever this goes, a rich layer of chicken ‘compost’ is left in its wake for any young trees or shrubs to be planted behind it.
We have a few seats remaining in our upcoming Internship Sessions
During their first 8-days, our interns immersed themselves in:
- Spring gardening bed prep and harvested early perennials.
- Beehive inspections and maintenance
- Field trip to Univ. of Illinois Woody Ag Research Site
- Harvested wild edibles and used in community meal.
- Laying out and planting of the first linear food forest for the CSC permaculture design. (see below)
- …and today they learned how to ‘harvest’ chickens. (read more…)
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“Though the problems of the world are increasingly complex, Bill Mollison – Permaculture’s Co-founder - Australia |
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We extend our gratitude to Bill Mollison and David Holmgren for their gift of…
“Permaculture”
Their lifetime of work and inspiration is greatly supporting the path toward
a sustainable and compassionate world.
 Bill Mollison
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 Permaculture Ouroboros |
 David Holmgren |