What is permaculture?
“Permaculture is a design system based on ethics and principles which can be used to establish, design, manage and improve all efforts made by individuals, households and communities towards a sustainable future.” - David Holmgren, co-creator of permaculture.

The goal of permaculture is to care for the earth and each other by creating harmonious and mutually beneficial relationships through observation of and working with the existing patterns of nature. It can be applied in gardens, technology, businesses, homes, communities, groups, or any other designable system.

The Chicagoland Permaculture Meetup is one such group that is applying permaculture design to its own development. We see this group as an evolving resource to help facilitate the application of permaculture, it’s principles, and connection with others who wish to be involved with permaculture in the Chicagoland region.

Our Sunday Monthly Meetups give us a social context and allow the group to plan further activities that specifically reflect the needs and desires of the group. Some examples are site visits, study groups, field trips, workshops, or whatever else you can dream up.

Check out our calendar for upcoming and past events. We invite you to join us at any of our upcoming events, where you can meet other permaculturalists, get a bite to eat, and share in the learning. In the end we feel that simply learning about permaculture increases awareness of our world’s connectedness and is a step towards sustainability.

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Recent Meetups

  • Saturday at 9:00 AM, 9 Permaculturalists attended

    Permaculture Design in City Gardens

    They rated it 4.50 4.503 (3 ratings)

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    Great refresher intro course and really awesome to learn about IK and the projects in the neighborhood!

    —Kira

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    It was very informative. Touched important basics in permaculture design fit for the city.

    —Talia Minor

  • Friday at 7:00 PM, 4 Permaculturalists attended

    Benton House Garden Screening of Food Inc.

    They rated it 5.00 5.001 (1 ratings)

    Benton House( one of the last settlement houses in Chicago) will be having a screening of Food Inc. Benton House is a 401 C (3) and runs the only weekly food Pantry in... Learn more

  • January 25 at 7:00 PM, 7 Permaculturalists attended

    Green Drinks - Naperville on Wednesday, January 25 @ 7:00 PM

    They rated it 5.00 5.001 (1 ratings)

    Join us! 7:00 January 25, 2012 For: "Planting Seeds for Change" Discussion, Seed Swap, Food, Drinks & Fun! A gathering for everyone interested in all things GREEN If you... Learn more

  • January 24 at 6:00 PM, 10 Permaculturalists attended

    Free Market Planning Party

    They rated it 5.00 5.001 (1 ratings)

    Join the White Rose Catholic Workers, permaculturalists, artists and others interested in gift economies to envision and co-ordinate a year of monthly Free Markets... Learn more

  • January 22 at 10:30 AM, 14 Permaculturalists attended

    Rocket Stove Build

    They rated it 5.00 5.005 (5 ratings) and uploaded 24 photos

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    new friend, new skills awesome time

    —corey zietlow

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    It was great to be a part of the process and see it all in action!

    —D Jarzab

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Chicago, IL 60626
Founded Dec 5, 2006
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