Welcome to Midwest Permaculture…

Permaculture is about… gaining clarity in how we as humans can live abundantly, while leaving the planet in better condition then when we arrived on it.
Midwest Permaculture is about… sorting through the world of permaculture information and ideas to deliver the essential, useful, and practical nuggets to our students.

  

Bill Wilson

 

 

As of the end of 2011, we have hosted our 29th PDC Course. 

We started Midwest Permaculture 5 years ago on a shoestring, inspired by the brilliance, relevance and possibilities of permaculture design & thinking.

By applying permaculture ethics and principles to our own work, we have been able to slowly grow this educational venture.  Our primary objective?  To make permaculture thinking understandable, relevant and useful to others. 

We are delighted that you are looking into this subject. You won’t be sorry. Permaculture is the real thing…!

Becky and Bill Wilson – Jan. 2012

Becky Wilson

 

  

 The Full 72-hour Permaculture Design Certificate (PDC) Courses

  UPCOMING PDC TRAINING SCHEDULE 2012
Dates Location Information – Links
Jan. 28-Feb. 4 Midwest Permaculture – Stelle, IL   (Closed-Full) Stelle Winter – Full Design Course 
March 25-31 Arbor Day Farm, Nebraska 7-Day PDC Hosted at Lied Lodge
June 7-14 University of Wis. – River Falls, WI 8-Day PDC Hosted on Campus
June 23-30 Midwest Permaculture – Stelle, IL 8-day PDC at MWP
July 17-27 Midwest Permaculture – Stelle, IL 11 Days – (6-Day Hands-on and/or
         (6-day + 5-day = A Full PDC Course)                    5-day PDC Completion Training)
Sept. 22-29 Midwest Permaculture – Stelle, IL 8-day PDC at MWP
Oct. (Dates TBA) TBA Coming Soon
Nov. 4-11 Sivananda Yoga Ashram – Grass Valley, CA 8-day Full PDC Course – Yoga Available
  Please Check Back – Possibly More to Post  
   
- – A Few Past Training Photos – -
Nov. 2011 Ca-Earth, Hesperia, CA Photo Summary
March 2011 River Falls, WI Photo Summary
Feb. 2011 MWP Home – Stelle, IL Photo Summary

 “Bill, this course was the best professional development training I have ever had!  
It was in-depth, practical, hopeful, and applicable everywhere.”  
Lorenza A. –  60 – School Administrator – PDC Course Graduate

 

 6-Day “Hands-on” Permaculture Trainings

May 2011 Hands-on Training

6-DAY HANDS-ON TRAINING SCHEDULE 2012

Dates Location Information – Links
June.7-12 Midwest Permaculture, Stelle,IL Standard
July.17-22 Midwest Permaculture, Stelle,IL Family-Friendly

The July, Family Friendly Training is followed immediately by the 5-day PDC Completion Course for those wishing to earn their PDC Certificate.

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Photo Summary

May 2011 Hands-on Photo Summary
Aug. 2011 Hands-on, Family-friendly Photo Summary

“Doing this hands-on training really allowed me to fully understand
the permaculture concepts. “
Gina H. – College Professor

 

 Essential Permaculture 2-Day (weekend) Trainings

  UPCOMING 2012 SCHEDULE
Dates Location Information – Links
Feb.18-19 Omaha, NE  Our Second Training Here

Please Check Back – More Coming
   
- – A Few Past Training Photos – -
Feb. 2011 Omaha, NE  Photo Summary
Oct. 2011 Chicago, IL Photo Summary

 ”A wonderful and powerful weekend.  I learned more in two days with Bill and Becky than I did during
a whole semester in college. Very informative. Very hopeful. Very useful.”
Emma S. – (24) College Grad. Student

 

 Talks and Seminars 

 
             UPCOMING 2012 SCHEDULE
Dates Location Information – Links
Feb. 15  Springfield, IL  Bill W. delivers Keynote at Illinois Symposium on Composting   
Mar. 17  University of Illinois
Chicago, IL		 3 Hour Intro to Permaculture seminar at FamilyFarmed Expo

 ”Bill, I came to your talk to learn a little bit about permaculture.  I came away looking at the world through a whole new lens. I am thinking about permaculture all the time now.  Thank you so much.  Loved it.”
Lynette S. – (36) Architect 

 

Picture Summaries of Some or our Past Trainings

Purdue University

 

 

National Guardsmen at
PDC in Michigan 

 

 

California Institute of
Earth Art and Architecture
Cal-Earth 

 

Detroit Urban Training

 


Sivananda Ashram
Yoga Farm 

 

Family Friendly
Training at
Midwest Permaculture

 

 

UW-River Falls 

 

 

Detroit Charter School

 

 

 

Our Final PDC Course for 2011 – Hosted at Cal-Earth

Click Here for a Picture Summary of this Training

 

“Bill and Becky,
Thank you for giving us the language.
Thank you for teaching us to see.”
Keren T. (31) – Environmental Educator

 

“Though the problems of the world are increasingly complex,
the solutions remain embarrassingly simple.”

Bill Mollison – Permaculture’s Co-founder - Australia

Bill Mollison
 

 

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

Bill Mollison
Permaculture Ouroboros

Permaculture Ouroboros
David Holmgren

David Holmgren