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Learn how the influence of ramps has built relationships within human and nonhuman communities.
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We Will Host our 100th, Live, Permaculture Course This Year
We teach the internationally recognized 72-hr. Permaculture Design Certificate (PDC) Course… honoring the original curriculum while updating students on the amazing progress that has occurred since permaculture’s inception.
Our trainings are alive, fresh and real.
Our passion is to make each course a little better than the last.
Delivered right here at the Home of Midwest Permaculture. Stelle, IL.
Come see our practical application of permaculture over all these years.
Summer: Jun. 17-24, 2023
Fall: Sept. 16-23, 2023
We will also be co-hosting a PDC Course outside of St. Louis.
Sept. 30 – Oct 6, 2023
See Schedule
This is our full 72-hr. PDC Course taught by Bill Wilson and our teaching team, live, over Zoom. 19 Sessions over 31 days.
Fall: Oct. 17 – Nov. 16, 2023
New!
Work though the recordings of one of our full 72-hr. courses as an online feast, on your own time, for your own reasons and benefits.
And if you wish (these are optional add-ons) you can also earn your PDC Certificate and/or request a consultation on the project your are designing.
Available Immediately!
“Bill, this PDC course was the best training I have ever had! It was in-depth, practical, hopeful, and applicable everywhere.”
Lorenza A. School Administrator"An amazing month online. I learned so much more than I could have imagined through a Zoom course. And I loved getting to know everyone else in the class and seeing their exciting projects unfold. Bill and his team are amazing teachers. I have to give this course a 10 out of 10. So inspiring and loaded with useful information."
Judith W. Home Schooler of 4 (ages 5-16)“I took the online PDC in the fall of 2021 and it is easily the best online educational experience I have ever participated in. I now feel like I have resources and direction instead of just drowning in googled information with no idea of how to connect the dots and implement them into my life. No regrets. Midwest Permaculture was fantastic!”
Shane G. Union Organizer - Small Farmer“I’m so glad I took the course when I did because it has changed everything in my thinking especially about how to purchase property. I was deeply moved, inspired, and challenged by the material. I can’t stop thinking about it. The course was just a feast of new possibilities!”
Shaylyn R-G. Social Entrepreneur, Author, Mother“What a wonderful surprise. This course was one of the most inspiring, informational and useful experiences of my life. Bill and his team are exceptional teachers. I feel I got as much out of this short training as I did from my 4 years of college! Brilliant.”
Deborah M. Homesteader, HomeschoolerSecond Sunday of Every Other Month.
2:00-4:30pm central
Here are the recent projects we have been focused on.
Learn how the influence of ramps has built relationships within human and nonhuman communities.
Completely Minimize the Odors…! After doing much of the same research that many of you have probably done, and after
Here is the latest presentation and virtual tour of how our residential property has evolved over the last 15 years.
We started Midwest Permaculture in 2007 on a shoestring.
Deeply inspired by the brilliance and relevance of this life-design science we could clearly see how the application of permaculture design could solve so many of the challenges in the world today.
Though the problems of the world seem increasingly complex, the solutions remain embarrassingly simple.
Bill Mollison - A Founding Father of Permaculture
"I just took this course because my wife and I had recently purchased a plot of land to retire on and wanted some practical ideas on how to develop it. What an amazing surprise. This course was a feast of tangible and realistic ideas. Bill and his team tied the course together beautifully. Best educational experience of my life (and I've experienced a lot over my 57 years). I wish every high school child in the world could take this course. It would change the trajectory of their lives and provide the seeds for a better world."
John R. Retired Colonel - U.S. Marines