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Building a Jean Pain Style Compost Pile

This past Sunday the Chicagoland Permaculture Meetup and Living Off The Grid Meetup joined forces to build a compost pile that would provide heat for the grow beds of a greenhouse.

Some of the last loads of compost to go on the pile
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"I am grateful for the clarity and fire this course lit in me. It is like armor in these strange times."
2020 PDC Graduate

Covid-19: We're Sorry, but all of our 2020 Courses are Canceled!
Probably like you we never saw this coming regardless, we will continue to make progress on our own local projects which you can follow by checking in on our blog, Instagram or Facebook.

You can start your PDC course now anyway!
All of our courses begin with the Foundations of Permaculture Webinar Series. Study now and take the onsite portion in 2021.

Why Take the PDC Course?
Floods, Droughts, Storms and Pandemics Are Likely on the Rise.
We Can All Be Part of the Solution.
The PDC Course lays out tools, paths and skills we as humans can use to work with each other and nature to minimize global disruptions while also improving the health of all life on this planet. This training is all about being the change that brings us toward real and lasting solutions.

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"Permaculture looks at life squarely in the face and simply asks the questions;
What is?
How do things really work?
There are no sacred cows. Permaculture explores multiple ways that we as humans can create real abundance, security and health for ourselves and the natural world... while similtaneously leaving the planet in much better condition because we were here.
It is honest.
It is realistic.
It is powerful."
- Bill Wilson

Lead Designer and Instructor for Midwest Permaculture