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Redesigning Our Lives,  as if Caring for the Planet Mattered...
Text Box: The October 2006 Permaculture Design Course is what inspired the creation of Midwest Permaculture. The presentation below will give you a good idea of: What is taught in a permaculture design course. What our courses are like. What our students thought of their training. Click here for Pictorial Presentation of our 2006 Course

(Please Note:  This is a large PowerPoint file and will take a minute or more to download.  Once the presentation is loaded you may click anywhere on a picture to advance to the next slide.

If you do not have a PowerPoint viewer on your computer you may click here for a free downloadable program.  It is a relatively small file.

Graduates of  the Stelle 2006 Permaculture Design Course
Text Box: Here is a great 5 minute video that demonstrates what permaculture can do. It is free and immediately available to download now. Click on the picture (right) of Geoff Lawton. (It takes a couple of minutes to download.) Geoff teaches with Bill Mollison and does design projects all over the world, It was Geoff who certified Mark Shepard with PI Instructor status after learning about the permaculture work he was undertaking on his Wisconsin farm. Text Box: Text Box: Text Box:

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Best ‘Introductory’ Books

There are some good books out there on the subject of permaculture but these two titles continue to be our favorites—the “Intro” because it was written by Bill Mollison himself and “Gaia’s Garden” because of the clarity, simplicity and appropriateness of the examples that Toby  Hemenway gives that relate to the Midwest-temperate-climate zone.  The books are available widely and we sell them at all the events we participate in.  We intend to have them for sale on this website by March 1st.
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Best ‘Advanced’ Texts

Bill Mollison’s “A Designers Manual” is still considered the bible of permaculture.  Mark and Wayne’s books are just about worn-out from use.  Recently, another pair of books has been released that Mark believes are the definitive for laying out permaculture plant guilds.  Both these books are a bit more difficult to locate and cost more.  Again, we sell them at all the events we participate in. 

We intend to have them for sale over this website by March 1st.
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Introduction to Permaculture

By Bill Mollison

Gaia’s Garden

By Toby Hemenway

Edible Forest Gardens

By Dave Jacke

A Designers Manual

By Bill Mollison

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