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Permaculture Networking


Networking with others in the Midwest (and beyond) who are interested in: sharing ideas, meetings, seminars, workshops, perma-projects, etc.

Anyone Near You...?

Listed below are some of Midwest Permaculture's design course graduates who are willing to act as connectors for the above activities in their (your?) area.  We have posted everyone willing to be listed, even those in the same locale. Since we all have different personalities, feel free to connect with them all and follow-up with those you feel most akin to.                  In Community... Bill & Becky Wilson


Midwest Region


(States Listed Alphabetically)

 

Illinois

Champaign/Urbana
Angie Marsh

Email: angie@paviamarsh.com

Note: I am designing an Edible Forest Garden on 1 acre.  I would love to share it at all stages with anyone interested.  Education through networking and workshops on the overall lifestyle benefits of Permaculture is my focus ...Angie

Angie Marsh

Champaign/Urbana/Mahomet
Bryan Ericson

Email: bericson@gmail.com

Note: I live close to Champaign.  I want to start a sustainability group in the area, and I'm interested in getting in touch with anyone who has an interest in permaculture or related topics.  Please don't hesitate to contact me... Bryan

Chicagoland - Evanston
Tim Baer

Email: timbaer65@yahoo.ca

Note: Country lad living in the big city...Tim

Chicagoland - North Side
Jody Luna 

Email:         jodyluna@yahoo.com
FaceBook: http://iit.facebook.com/profile.php?id=633609026

Note: I'm working on developing a permaculture backyard at a Yoga Center with a couple of other MP graduates. Check out our blog. Join us with this or other projects like it! …Jody

Chicagoland - Barrington
Kathy Krug

Email: kathykrug@sbcglobal.net

Note: I teach 6-8th grade and am working on developing a garden for my students. Also planning on starting something simple in my backyard.  Please contact me if you think we can support each other ...Kathy

Chicagoland - Woodstock
Judy Speer

Email: smwaters@intergate.com
Web:  http://environment-data.uchicago.edu/esintern/detail.cfm?jobid=425
Note: Jack and I practice and teach (introductory level) land restoration and permaculture through our nonprofit organization, Small Waters Education.  We live on the edge of a wonderful nature preserve northwest of Chicago... Judy

 

Iowa

Des Moines Area- Norwalk
Brandon Burnett

Email: brandon@thinkglobaleatlocal.com

I have a permaculture/local food oriented blog called www.ThinkGlobalEatLocal.com, am doing work with Practical Farmers of Iowa on the Food Coop, and do website design and photography.  We are gradually converting our suburban lot & home into a Permaculture system…Brandon

Dubuque
Karl Steichen

Email: k-steichen@hotmail.com

Note: (coming)

 

Michigan

Detroit Area - White Lake
Fay Hansen

Email:      talltreescommunityfarm@gmail.com
Website:  www.talltreescommunityfarm.org
Note: I'm living at Tall Trees Farm, a sustainability-education community in its very early years. Interested in education and developing a volunteer and resource network in southeast Michigan (greater Detroit metro area)... Fay

Grand Rapids Area - Holland
Thaddeus Owen

Email: owentd@yahoo.com

Note: I'm interested in increasing awareness of the concept of permaculture and in building a sustainable food production infrastructure in the Great Lakes Basin.  Would love to build a set of skill-share seminars in the Grand Rapids area too... Thaddeus

 

Ohio

Kimbolton
Matt Booth

Email:  shantahills@gmail.com

Note:  I live in southeast Ohio and am very interested in connecting with anyone around with an interest in permaculture at whatever level.  Feel free to contact me...Matt

 

Wisconsin

Ashland
John Durward

Email: jddurward@yahoo.com

Note: Long time resident up here in the north country of Wisconsin. My brother and I have some land we are intending to implement a permaculture design on to. Email anytime... John

La Crosse Area - Genoa
Nad Geraldson

Email: ridge957@yahoo.com

Note: Our family has 30 acres of bluff farmland, newly ‘permacultured’ with a few sheep and llamas. I am a plant fanatic and attempt to grow anything, always pushing the zone.  I love hearing\sharing new ideas or giving a tour.  Nad

Madison
Kate Heiber-Cobb

Email:   seventhheaven@mailbag.com

Note: I'm working in the Madison area to grow permaculture by giving presentations and working on local permaculture projects.  Please contact me if you are interested in learning more or participating in area projects... Kate

Sheboygan Falls
Dave & Suzanne Majerus

Website:   http://www.landmarklandscapesinc.com/index.html

Note: We have a 10 acre permaculture project in process in Sheboygan Falls,WI. We will happily share our permaculture experiences with all. Please contact landmarklandscapesinc.com info request page. Please specify Permaculture. Thanks... Dave & Suzanne

 


(...and beyond)


(States Listed Alphabetically)

 


California

Los Angeles
Vidya Chaitanya

Email:  vidyachaitanya@sivananda.org

Note: I have just moved to Los Angeles and am exploring creative ways of doing permaculture on my balcony and will be teaching it to the yogis at the Yoga Center that I run. I love networking and will share my enthusiasm with anyone who likes to contact me…Vidya

Mt. Shasta - Mc Cloud
Robin Singler & Aaron Beverly

Email:(Robin) scully1473@yahoo.com
         (Aaron) amb2491@earthlink.net

Note: We live in Northern California and see permaculture as a good way to live that is conscious of the problems we see in the world at large. Please contact us if you are interested in permaculture - we would love to connect with others in our area... Robin and Aaron

 

Montana

Whitefish
Kate O'Brien

Email:  kate@haystackrecords.com

Note: I’m a suburban permaculture homesteader into nutrition & preserving food for my family - interested in issues like alkaline clay soil, short growing seasons and native food sources. Excited about developing permaculture in Western Montana and I plan on giving permaculture presentations soon. 

Kate O'Brien

 

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