Permaculture Magazine

Contents

ISSUE 63 - Current edition

Spring 2010

Inside this issue:

MONOCULTURE ~ PERMACULTURE
The story of how Tim and Maddy Harland created a beautiful edible garden from a bare field.

MAKE A ‘BESPOKE’ WIND TURBINE
A step by step guide to building a wind turbine from a bicycle wheel by Beth Tilston and Will Harley.

TOOLS FOR SELF RELIANCE
Dom Marsh and his girlfriend Nanda cycled into town and found an unexpected treasure trove.

LITTLE SHOP OF WONDERS
How Ben Law built a community-owned eco-shop in his local village by Maddy Harland.

RECONNECTING WITH LONDON’S FRUITING HERITAGE
Wade Muggleton tells us how the London Orchard Project was set up.

ECOVILLAGE LIVING IN RUSSIA
Fedor Lazutin and Dmitriy Vatolin introduce their beautiful ecovillage in the Kaluga region.

PM FESTIVAL GUIDE 2010

SOLAR ENLIGHTENMENT
Why the buy-back price for micro-generated electricity is about to change by Howard Johns.

GETTING (SEED) SATISFACTION
Avante-gardener, Emma Cooper, shares top tips and trials growing unusual fruit and veg.

ECLECTIC EDUCATION
Does home education encourage creativity and is it under threat of legislation? Jill Harris reports.

NETTLE – KING OF MY PATCH!
Gardener and healer, Rachel Corby, explores the many uses of this versatile weed.

AWAKENING AT THE POINT OF NO RETURN
Arran Stibbe asks whether climate change is irreversible and if so how do we adapt? Will our lives ironically become more precious?

BIRD-LIGHT
A poem by Karen Eberhardt Shelton.

SEVEN STEPS TO CREATING COLLECTIVE INTELLIGENCE
Kosha Anja Joubert presents a method to help us build resilient communities and understand our complex 21st century reality more effectively.

Plus: Product Reviews, Permaculture News, GEN News, Letters, Solutions, Book Reviews, Course Listings and Classifieds.

ISSUE 62

WINTER 2009

Inside this issue:

LIVING WITHOUT MONEY
Mark Boyle tells us how he does it so well that a year’s experiment is being extended indefinitely.

IS TRANSITION WORKING?
Gill Seyfang presents the result of the first UK Transition Movement survey. PM Exclusive

THE WINTER ALLOTMENT
Plan some practical allotment projects. Paul Wagland offers some useful tips and ideas.

BUILDING A ZERO CARBON COUNTRY
Donnachadh McCarthy meets Bill Dunster and discovers his visionary yet practical plan for genuinely sustainable buildings.

THE JOY OF JUICE
Wade Muggleton urges us all to get juicing and shares his tips for simple apple cider.

SUSTAINABLE BEEKEEPING
Part Two of David Heaf’s popular article on how to make a Warré hive.

GROWING PERMACULTURE IN MALAWI
How permaculture has become part of the national curriculum in this central African country.

GROFUN
Nadia Hillman introduces a clever and easily replicable initiative for urban food self-reliance.

TRANSITION TO ECONOMIC RESILIENCE
Rob Hopkins explores how permacuture principles can be applied to business.

AFRAID OF SPEAKING YOUR MIND?
An effective way of resolving conflicts and building harmonious communites by Rob Dreaming.

HOW TO PREPARE FOR WHEN THE POWER GOES DOWN
A householder’s guide to coping well when the national power supplies overload and fail.

THE RECYCLED URBAN GARDEN
Patrick Whitefield visits a productive low-cost urban garden that thrives even in the shade.

SOLAR POWERED GREENHOUSE
How to make a year round fossil-fuel free heating and cooling system for an ordinary greenhouse by Andrew Collins.

ISSUE 61

AUTUMN 2009

Inside this issue:

KITCHEN GARDEN
Emma Cooper describes the summertime flourishings of her prolific urban patch.

RECONNECTING LAND & PEOPLE?
Why is planning so hard to get for genuine low impact development? Mike Hannis visits projects and explores what needs to change.

SUSTAINABLE BEEKEEPING
With global honeybee populations plummeting, David Heaf offers a possible solution in the form of the Warré hive.

CYCLING FOR SUSTAINABILITY
Juliet Kemp’s useful tips for ditching the car and converting to pedal power for our daily transport.

A STITCH IN TIME
How climate change and peak oil has inspired John-Paul Flintoff to shun the fashion industry and make and mend his own clothes.

PERMACULTURE PRINCIPLES
Maddy Harland takes a fresh look at the principles that underpin permaculture design.

CREATING HARMONY
Michiyo Furuhashi introduces a Japanese eco-village that is almost entirely self-sufficient and is teaching sustainable agriculture to its neighbours.

THE ART OF READING THE LANDSCAPE
Understanding landscape is not only fun, it is a vital way of understanding sustainability and reconnecting with the Earth. Patrick Whitefield explains why.

A NEW WOODSMAN’S TALE
How PM made Ian Varley’s mid-life crisis definitely worth having, enabling him to live his dream and make a living working with wood.

CHAMPION THE LUMBER HORSE
Mike Abbott describes how to make a modern, efficient shaving horse from mainly scrap materials in just a couple of hours.

LES PORCS IN PERMACULTURE
How to be happy keeping pigs in permaculture. Stuart & Gabrielle Anderson share their experience of raising pigs on their smallholding in France.

CATCH ‘N’ STORE WATER
With climate change threatening drought as well as flood, Daniel Halsey explains how to design resilience into your orchard or farm.

Plus: Product Reviews, Permaculture News, GEN News, Letters, Solutions, Book Reviews, Course Listings and Classifieds.

ISSUE 60

SUMMER 2009

Inside this issue:

PERMACULTURE, PEAK OIL & THE FUTURE OF FARMING
Rebecca Hosking, maker of BBC2’s ‘A Farm For The Future’, looks at the challenges to conventional farming and how permaculture can help overcome them.

ETHICS IN PERMACULTURE
Maddy Harland writes about how ethics can underpin good design and right action in permaculture.

GROW-OUR-OWN
The story of a highly successful community allotment scheme that practically helps people grow and pick their own food.18

BUILDING A SIMPLE WOOD FIRED OVEN & COOKING IN IT
Urban forager, Chris Southall, shares his outdoor cooking design – build and eat!

THE 100 MILE DIET
How foodie, Beth Tilston, ate close to home for almost a year and fell in love with her landscape.

CHICKENS IN A SMALL GARDEN
Meet Pebbles and Bambam and find out how they fit into Tracy Chandler’s family and their small town garden.

ALCHEMY OF LAND & WOOD
Fuggo King describes the journey she and her partner, Geoff, made from subsistence crofting to combining art with permaculture.

10 TIPS FOR GREEN DAYS OUT
Fun family days out that won’t break the bank or ruin your carbon footprint, with Alison Bayne.

THE TALE OF AN ECO-SEMI
How David & Ann Bowdler, renovated an ordinary house and halved their eco-footprint.

EARTHCARE, PEOPLECARE, SKINCARE
Star Khechara shows us how to make natural beauty potions and products and save money too.

THE MAGIC OF GREEN WOODWORKING
Mike Abbott explains why green woodworking has an important place in the 21st century.

SMART AGRICULTURE
With food prices rising all over the world, Chris Evans describes how farmers have increased rice yields simply by sharing information.

Plus: Product Reviews, Permaculture News, GEN News, Letters, Solutions, Book Reviews, Course Listings and Classifieds.

ISSUE 59

SPRING 2009

Inside this issue:

EDITORIAL
Maddy Harland writes about permaculture, local food and self reliance.

NATIONAL TREASURE GROWS ORGANICALLY
Stephanie Boucher visits Sissinghurst Castle and discovers how the estate is relocalising its food supply and embracing sustainable principles on the whole estate.

HOW TO HAVE A GREEN WEDDING
A reader’s guide to having an inexpensive yet chic wedding. Jenny Larby shows us that tying the knot doesn’t have to unravel the planet.

FORAGING FOR SPRING GREENS
After a long, cold, dark winter, Steve Andrews shares the pleasure of foraging for simple foods in springtime.

EXTENDING THE SEASONS
Reader, Vera Greutink-Ichova, describes how to make and plant a cold frame for year-long fresh food.

ANOTHER WORLD IS POSSIBLE
Alberto Ruz Buenfil tells the remarkable story of the alternative Rainbow Caravan in South America and how they became official ambassadors for peace.

PERMACULTURE PEOPLE
June Walker has lived in Malawi for over 50 years and is considered the mother of permaculture in her country.

TROUBADOURS OF ALBION
Three troubadours rediscover their ancestry by walking around Britain with no money, only a repertoire of traditional songs.

HOW TO GROW A MICRO ORCHARD
Grow delicious organic apples in the smallest of spaces, even a patio, with Wade Muggleton.

WILD BREWING
Wild Thing, Grant Sonic, invites you to lift your spirits and prepare for spring with a wild nettle and ginger beer.

HOW TO BUILD RECIPROCAL FRAMES ROOFS
Legendary low impact builder, Tony Wrench, shares his latest tips and techniques for roofing low cost dens and dwellings.

Plus: Product Reviews, Permaculture News, GEN News, Letters, Solutions, Book Reviews, Course Listings and Classifieds.

ISSUE 58

Winter 2008

PLANNING & PLANTING A CONTAINER GARDEN
Juliet Kemp describes how to grow food in urban spaces, however small.

TWO WOMEN, AN ECOBUILD & A FULL TIME JOB
How mother and daughter, Jenny and Maggie Pickerill, built an ecohouse together.

WILD MEDICINE FORAGING
Rachel Corby describes common garden and wild plants that have the power to heal acute ailments and save you money.

COLLECTING & CLEANING WATER
Chris Southall continues his DIY series and tackles rainwater harvesting and greywater recycling at his home.

THE GREENER REVOLUTION
Paul Johnson tells the story of a small organisation working to save India's rural existence and turn back the tide of industrial agriculture.

PERMACULTURE PEOPLE
An obituary to a very special man, Masanobu Fukuoka, who invented a revolutionary method of agriculture, natural farming.

THE GOLDEN AGE
Capra Carruba describes how Damanhur ecovillage intergrates and values all generations in the community and particularly the elderly.

BUYING & SELLING LOCAL PRODUCE
Sarah Alldred and Giles Simon offer a few co-operative options that make it possible for small producers to sell direct to the public.

ORIENTAL PERENNIAL SPINACH
How to turn your hostas into dinner with the permaculture plant authority, Stephen Barstow.

THE LYNX, THE FOREST & THE PEOPLE
Siobhan Mitchell updates us on the plight of the Iberian lynx and the endangered cork forests which provide its habitat.

AN IDEAL CLIMATE AGREEMENT
Ross Jackson explores ways we can practically reduce international CO2 emissions in ways that are best for planet Earth rather than our current economic practices.

Plus: Product Reviews, Permaculture News, GEN News, Letters, Solutions, Book Reviews, Course Listings and Classifieds.

ISSUE 57

Autumn 2008

Inside this issue:

EDITORIAL
Maddy Harland discusses the commercialisation of green to sell more useless stuff, the rise of the true eco heroes. Why winning a Queen's Award for Enterprise will help take permaculture to the mainstream.

URBAN SELF RELIANCE
Chris Southall describes his family’s journey towards urban eco-living and describes some of his low cost permaculture projects.

SHARING THE JOURNEY
Worried about rising fuel prices? Maddy Harland checks out a liftshare scheme that could save you £1,000 a year.

FIRE ESCAPE GARDENING
PM’s Penny Rose describes her rather vertically challenged urban container garden.

ETHICAL, GREEN SHOES
In PM56 Georgina-Kate Adams investigated green clothes. Here she checks out green shoes and the PM team tests them for you.

HOW TO MAKE HOMEMADE PAINTS
Award winning cob builders, Adam & Katy Weismann, share their low cost recipes for natural paints and finishes.

THE GREATEST DANGER
Deep ecologist and Buddhist scholar, Joanna Macy, urges us to open up to the uncertainty of our times and thereby find our power.

THE WORLD NEEDS YOUR PASSION
Tired of gloomy predictions for our future? Corrina Gordon invites us to follow our heart, the route to an engaged and inspired life.

PERMACULTURE PEOPLE
Introducing Achim Ecker, who has transformed 14 hectares of a former East German spy base into a peaceful permaculture haven.

BUILDING SUSTAINABILITY INTO OUR DNA
Pooran Desai and Daniel Viliesid describe the development of One Brighton, a pioneering eco-apartment scheme.

GUERILLA GARDENING
The gentle art of illicit cultivation. Rachel Puddefoot describes how the guerrilla gardening movement is blooming in London.

HOW TO GET HOLD OF LAND
Giles Simon describes how pioneering urban and rural projects have got hold of land at well below market value.

ECOVILLAGES MOVE INTO THE MAINSTREAM
What are ecovillages for and are they moving towards the mainstream? Jonathan Dawson asks if there has been a sea change.

Plus: Product Reviews, Permaculture News, GEN News, Letters, Solutions, Book Reviews, Course Listings and Classifieds.

ISSUE 56

Summer 2008

Inside this issue:

EDITORIAL
Maddy Harland discusses transition culture using the Isle of Wight as an example.

PRINTING OUR OWN MONEY
Rob Hopkins tells the story of how Transition Town Totnes launched its own local currency.

CO-OPERATION IN THE COMMUNITY
Giles Simon explains why co-ops are doing more than just business and describes one co-op’s positive effect on the local community.

NOTES FROM A SMALL GARDEN Part Two
In PM55, Wade Muggleton described low cost, simple garden projects. Here he introduces how to grow a mini-fruit garden in a small space.

ECO-RENOVATION
Want to live in an eco-home but can’t afford to build? Andrew Hunt turned his Victorian terraced house into a low carbon reality.

GREEN, ETHICAL CLOTHING
An in-depth look at the environmental and ethical cost of fashion and its alternatives by Georgina-Kate Adams.

REVERSING THE ‘GREEN REVOLUTION’ IN MALAWI
How permaculturists, Stacia & Kristof Nordin, are encouraging a return to growing and eating local foods and greater self-reliance.

PERMACULTURE PEOPLE
Permaculture, family, gardening and Transition Towns, Pippa Johns shares her many inspirations.

EARTHSHIP FRANCE
How Gillian and Kevan Trott created a beautiful home in northern France using waste products and no main services at all.

AT THE ROOT OF THE ISSUE
Renowned edible landscaper, Robert Kourik, explores the mysterious underground world of roots.

SUN & CLAY
Leila Dregger reports on a pioneering new build at Tamera ecovillage which combines traditional dome architecture with ground breaking solar design.

ALTERNATIVE AMERICA
How one community radically reduced its ecological footprint and created a happy, harmonious community.

THE SOLAR SCAM
As solar panels become the new black, Martin Holme tells the story of one salesman he’d be happy never to see again!

Plus: Product Reviews, Permaculture News, GEN News, Letters, Solutions, Book Reviews, Course Listings and Classifieds.

ISSUE 55 Spring 2008

Inside this issue:

EDITORIAL
Maddy Harland discusses the relationship between sustainability, culture and time.

THE ROAD TO ZERO CARBON BRITAIN
Paul Allen explains the urgent case for national and international action on climate change and presents a coherent national plan for Britain.

TURNING DOWN THE HEAT
After Paul Allen’s article, Patrick Whitefield looks at practical actions we can take as individuals to reduce global warming.

SPREAD THE PERMACULTURE WORLD
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NOTES FROM A SMALL GARDEN Part One
Small garden, big permaculture ideas?!
Wade Muggleton shows you how to create an inexpensive edible Eden.

ON A LEARNING CURVE
Newcomers to permaculture, Jennifer & Micheál Tuite, describe two simple low cost garden projects to help create a happy space to relax in when the sun shines.

UNSUNG HERO
Cork may not be the height of fashion but Jenny Lunnon explains why it is such a sustainable building material.

TALES FROM THE COPSE
Ben Law describes the timeless art of coppicing and gives tips on his most useful and favourite woodland tools.

PERMACULTURE PEOPLE
Woodlanders, Ele & Anthony Waters, describe how a series of meetings with permaculturists gave them the courage to live their dreams.

POWER FROM THE PEOPLE
How political will and entrepreneurial spirit can transform a country’s capacity to generate renewable electricity, by Anna Blackaby.

FARM FOR THE FUTURE
Permaculture student, Jude Dunn, visits a successful small farm where nature takes the lead with stunning results.

THERMAL MASS HEATERS
With the end of cheap oil upon us, Bert Bruins introduces the most efficient and cleanest of woodburners – the kacheloven.

URBAN ADVENTURING
How to discover the fascinating treasures hidden in our urban landscapes on two wheels, with Marcus James Whitehead.

Plus: Product Reviews, Permaculture News, GEN News, Letters, Solutions, Book Reviews, Course Listings and Classifieds.

Permaculture Magazine No. 54

Winter 2007

EDITORIAL
Maddy Harland discusses the rise of Greening campaigns and how they are engaging the public in the South of England.

REDIBLE GARDENING FOR THE SENSES
Ru Litherland describes how to integrate edible flowers into a productive garden and also make it a commercial success for a box system.

WHAT FUTURE FOR TRADITIONAL FARMING?
Julian Rose explains why keeping small mixed farms alive is vital for all our futures and explains why Poland holds so much promise.

CRAFTING AN ALTERNATIVE YULE
Learn how to make your own seasonal decorations for a more creative and grounded Yule with Glennie Kindred.

THE OUTDOOR PERMACULTURE CLASSROOM
A forest garden can be a richly multifunctional and diverse edible learning space for schools! Dave Richards explains why.

NATURAL INSULATION
An expanding family prompts woodsman, Ben Law, to extend his celebrated woodland house and test out the new range of ecological insulation on the market.

PLANTING HOPE IN KENYA
With relentless devastation becoming a norm in Kenya, Laurie Childers describes how one group are transforming their landscape into an economically and ecologically viable oasis.

PERMACULTURE PEOPLE
Read about the unusual and very useful life of travelling teacher and volunteer, Tomas Remiarz.

THE REBEL FARMER Part Two
Leila Dregger explains the principles behind the work of Sepp Holzer, one of the world’s greatest permaculturists and aquaculture specialist.

THE POWER OF COMMUNITY
Are ecovillagers really green? Jonathan Dawson investigates the eco-footprints of two communities in New York State and Scotland.

THE LADY’S SLIPPER, THE FAT BABY
& THE EXPLODING CUCUMBER
An irresistible plant profile of Achocha byEmma Cooper!

GEOMANCY & PERMACULTURE
Alanna Moore introduces geomancy and explains why it is an ideal partner for permaculture design.

Plus: Product Reviews, Permaculture News, GEN News, Letters, Solutions, Book Reviews, Course Listings and Classifieds.

Permaculture Magazine No. 53

AUTUMN 2007

EDITORIAL
Maddy Harland discusses the problems and potential permaculture solutions to the recent flooding in the UK. She goes on to look at how other countries like Brazil have overcome similar problems.

THE DRIVE TOWARDS PEAK OIL
Rob Hopkins introduces us to the Transition Movement, in which local people are working to wean towns, cities, even regions, off fossil fuels, and planning sustainable communities.

THE REBEL FARMER
Leila Dregger introduces Sepp Holzer, pioneering permaculture farmer, who pushes the boundaries of climate and culture to create abundant landscapes.

WANT TO CHANGE THE WORLD?
PM suggests... Step One: Inspire and engage your community and start your own film club.

STOVE OF YOUR DREAMS
Steve James explains how to turn unused paving slabs into a beautiful fast-burn, efficient masonry stove that costs very little!

GARDENING FROM ZERO
Robert Alcock describes how he made a dockside urban container garden out of scrap and also shares his DIY tyre planter secrets with us!

AFTER THE TSUNAMI, THE PERMACULTURE
Stuart Coles describes an inspiring field school that is helping to heal lives ravaged by the Tsunami and turns guerilla soldiers into gardeners and community workers.

PERMACULTURE PEOPLE
Introducing Sarah Pugh who is part of the team which is working to transform Bristol in Britain’s first low carbon Transition City.

ROOF TOP OASIS REVISITED
Emma Cooper revisits a magnificent roof garden in the middle of a city and discovers a thriving edible haven for children and adults.

THE RETURN OF THE NATIVE
Mary Lewis reports on the resurgence of traditional woodland skills and the return of the ‘woodsman’, both male and female.

THE PEE IN PERMACULTURE
How to use this abundant natural resource full of minerals and conserve water in your garden by Alanna Moore.

LESSONS FROM A BRITTLE LANDSCAPE
With the world turning to desert at the rate of 400,000 acres a day, how we cultivate dry and brittle landscapes is ever more essential. Aspen Edge shares experiences from Spain.

Plus: Product Reviews, Permaculture News, GEN News, Letters, Solutions, Book Reviews, Course Listings and Classifieds.

Permaculture Magazine No. 52

SUMMER 2007

EDITORIAL
Maddy Harland discusses the parallels between the peace movement and being a climate change activist and stresses the value and importance of developing and communicating grassroot solutions rather than focussing exclusively on the problems and corporate technological fixes.

PAINT
Maddy Harland discovers how to choose, use and make natural paint.

LIVE EARTH
We preview the event and look at what you can do to make a difference once the music is over and the dancing has stopped.

CARE IN THE COMMUNITY
Ashley Walker presents an innovative solution to institutional daycare that also engages the wider community.

HOW TO MAKE A MEDICINE HERB WHEEL
Maureen and Keith Robertson explain how to design and plan a medicine herb garden.

WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS
The story of how Rachel Shiamh fulfilled her dream to build her own house even though she had no previous experience and not much of a budget.

COHOUSING
Alan Heeks introduces cohousing and how it can radically reduce your carbon footprint – and make you happy too.

CHILDREN & COHOUSING
Hildur Jackson describes the positive effects of this 40 year experiment and how it all began.

PERMACULTURE PEOPLE
Graham Burnett tell us why permaculture can so effectively turn a problem into a solution.

LIVING WELL BEYOND THE GRID
Microgeneration from low flow technology proves it’s easy to make electricity from very little water... plus DIY ram pumps explained.

AFTER THE FLOOD
Starhawk talks to Maddy Harland, describing how permaculture design has enriched her life and speaks about her work in New Orleans.

CAUCASIAN SPINACH
Stephen Barstow introduces a rare perennial plant from the cool temperate North. Abundant and shade tolerant, it may become a forest garden favourite.

5,000 YEARS OF TRADITIONAL AGROFORESTRY
Ed Hamer explains how a millennia of practice has created a beautiful and productive edible landscape in the Mexican cloud forests.

Plus: Product Reviews, Permaculture News, GEN News, Letters, Solutions, Book Reviews, Course Listings and Classifieds.

Permaculture Magazine No. 51

SPRING 2007

EDITORIAL
Maddy Harland discusses the power of personal actions to change the world and the emerging shift in awareness that is bringing climate change into sharp focus in the industrialised North.

HARMONY IN THE CITY
Liz Astle introduces us to an inner city project where people are happy and thriving.

DIY RAINWATER HARVESTING
How to convert your downstairs toilet from mains water to a rainwater flushing system, by Klaus Muecher Erskine.

RAISED VEGETABLE GARDENING
Part Two of Patrick Whitefield’s article explaining how to design and make a very productive system for food growing.

ECO-RETROFITTING IN THE CITY
Jenny Lunnon visits Dr Averil Stedeford’s award winning eco-renovated city house.

A PASSION FOR THE WILD
How Marc Carlton transformed his garden into a beautiful haven for wildlife in the city.

HOW TO MAKE A HOUSE FOR SOLITARY BEES
Marc Carlton shows you how to encourage useful pollinators into our gardens with this simple DIY project.

POST OIL & PERMACULTURE
Author and visionary, Richard Heinberg, speaks to Rob Hopkins about permaculture’s role in creating a post fossil fuel society.

PERMACULTURE PEOPLE
How author, Glennie Kindred, and her family have greened their lives.

CUTTING THE CARBS
Rebecca Johns compares family life in town and country and makes a big move.

STONE AGE SCIENCE
Dylan Keating explores the global implications of rock dust and explains why applying it in our gardens can transform our crops.

FIGHTING FUEL POVERTY WITH FAIRNESS
An energy supplier with a conscience? Maddy Harland investigates.

PLANNING A WOODLAND
Chris Smaje describes how he and his family planned and planted a small woodland in their out of town field.

A GREEN ROOF
Inspired by an article by Maddy Harland in PM37, Klaudia van Gool describes how she made a simple and inexpensive green roof.

Plus: Product Reviews, Permaculture News, GEN News, Letters, Solutions, Book Reviews, Course Listings and Classifieds.

Permaculture Magazine No. 50

POWERDOWN & PERMACULTURE
Rob Hopkins asks how permaculture can influence the mainstream and introduces Transition Town Totnes.

WAR GARDENING
How living history is teaching kids to grow food in Essex by Graham Burnett.

PM BUSINESS
Maddy Harland, tells the story of Permanent Publications and the permaculture design thinking behind the company.

RAISED VEGETABLE GARDENING
How to design and make productive raised beds by Patrick Whitefield.

SOMETHING FOR NOTHING
Introducing Freecycle, the free community exchange system that really works.

10 STRATEGIES FOR AVOIDING BURN OUT
Working hard and feeling the pace? How to stay healthy and effective with Dr Chris Johnstone.

TRANSITION CULTURE
Fritjof Capra speaks to Rob Hopkins about learning how to live in an uncertain future.

EDUCATION IN THE JUNGLE
Jennifer Gray visits a Krishnamurti school in Tamil Nadu and explores its green credentials.

PERMACULTURE PEOPLE
Introducing Dr Jimmy Altham, permaculturist and former university lecturer in philosophy.

A FEW ACRES IN THE COUNTRY
Chris Smaje describes how his family cleverly integrated the advantages of town and country.

THE MAGICAL SOILS OF EL DORADO
The story of Terra Preta, the highly fertile self-sustaining ‘black earth’ of the Amazon.

FAR FROM WOOLLY THINKING
How one PM article has launched a new social enterprise in rural Somerset.

EXTREME SALADS
One man’s quest to grow as many edible salad plants as he can near the Arctic Circle in Norway.

GROWING POSITIVE YOUNG ADULTS
Sami Grover reports on a permaculture project that is changing young lives in down town Durham, North Carolina.

Permaculture Magazine No. 49

PUTTING MY HOUSE IN ORDER
Green auditor, Donnachadh McCarthy, describes the joys and pitfalls of installing renewable energy.

A VERY ORDINARY HOUSE
Wade Muggleton shares tips on how he did the DIY eco-renovation of his ex-council house with recycled materials.

MAKE YOUR OWN TRIPLE COMPOST BIN
John Adams explains how to build an excellent composting system out of scrap.

FROM OVERWHELM TO ENGAGEMENT
Learn how to turn fear for the future into positive, balanced action.

WHAT TO DO WITH OIL DRUMS...
Rob Hopkins shows how creative permaculture-style DIY can be.

LET THE WATERS FLOW & THE FRUITS GROW
How an arid landscape is being lovingly restored in southern Portugal.

PERMACULTURE & PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST
Sarah Irving reports on permaculture projects in this troubled region.

PERMACULTURE PEOPLE
Be inspired by two permaculturists who have created a rich and enjoyable existence.

AUTUMN FORAGING
More seasonal food from the wild (with sumptious pictures!) from Steve Andrews.

EATS FRUIT & LEAVES
Ann Stanier describes how she and her husband made a traditional orchard viable with Community Supported Agriculture.

YE OLDE CIDER CLUB
Make merry with Nottingham’s community cider club at Hungerhill allotments.

BEDZED & FINDHORN
Jonathan Dawson takes a tour and compares two very different eco-communities.

BEING WHERE YOU ARE
Gene Marshall explains why bioregionalism is a key to ecological and planetary harmony.

Permaculture Magazine No. 48

THE REALITY OF BEING GREEN ON REALITY TV
With 3.4 million people watching ‘It’s Not Easy Being Green’ on BBC2, Brigit Strawbridge tells us about the reality of reality TV!

THE TALE OF A BACK GARDEN MICRO FARM
Even a small piece of land can be made highly productive with careful planning. Wade Muggleton explains how.

HOW TO BUILD A LOW-COST HOT TUB
A quick and easy way to build your own outdoor tub so you can lie back and relax, by Paulina Wojciechowska.

LIVING IN INTENTIONAL COMMUNITY
Kate McEvoy describes the pros and cons of life in a low impact community in Wales.

MAKE YOUR OWN ENERGY EFFICIENT FIREPLACE
Adam Weismann and Katy Bryce tell you how to make a fireplace based on the principles of eighteenth century authority, Count Rumford.

NEW HOPE FOR AIDS ORPHANS IN KENYA
Laurie F. Childer reports on a model perma-culture village which offers orphans a chance to live with elders in community.

PERMACULTURE PEOPLE
Meet Looby Macnamara who describes how permaculture has changed her life for the better – the first of a new inspiring series.

SUMMER FORAGING
Find sumptuous seasonal food from the wild with Steve Andrews.

VEGAN RUSTIC COOKING FOR ALL SEASONS
Diana White shares some of her delicious summer vegan recipes.

NATIVE LANDSCAPING
Mark Fisher’s innovative permaculture design at the Ecology Building Society’s new headquarters.

BIODIESEL FUTURES
Is biodiesel the Holy Grail or another green-wash solution? Laura Streith investigates.

GOING LOCAL
David Fleming explains why relocalising will be an economic as well as environmental necessity and what we can do to prepare.-The Reality Of Being Green On Reality TV

Permaculture Magazine No. 47

THE ART OF SLOW GARDENING
Graham Burnett compares TV makeover gardens to permaculture design.

HOW TO LAY AN EARTHEN FLOOR
Learn the art of making beautiful earthen floors, the natural alternative to concrete, with Adam Weismann & Katy Bryce.

ZONES 4 U
Ru Litherland explores the many ways we can graze the urban jungle for food and resources!

THE PERMACULTURE OF PENSIONS
A creative look at how pensions of the future could ignore the Footsie 100 and invest in the community with Jonathan Dawson.

WALKING YOUR TALK
Rebecca Laughton examines the challenges of balancing your ecological principles with hard work and personal health.

A BEDTIME STORY
Learn how to make an organic wool duvet that will last for life with Stuart Anderson.

ANOTHER BEDTIME STORY
Our very own John Adams explains how a simple rag rug tech-nique can be adapted to make wonderful rugs and
underblankets.

A SEED OF HOPE IN A CIVIL WAR
In war torn Colombia a peace village is being born with perma-culture design. It may save many lives. Leila Dregger explains.

YES IT IS ROCKET SCIENCE!
Jeremy Roth shares 25 years of practical research into building smokeless wood fuelled cookers for use the world over.

A VERY PRIVATE GARDEN
Visit a secret garden in warm and windy Scotland on Holy Island with Alec and Dolkar.

ARE ECOVILLAGES A SOLUTION
TO THE COMING ENERGY FAMINE?
With Peak Oil on the near horizon, Jonathan Dawson provides valuable critical analysis.

AZTEK TERRACES
Max Lindegger finds traces of an ancient civilisation that is being revived in Mexico.

THE CRASH
Patrick Whitefield reflects on climate change, galloping consumerism and the value of permaculture.

Permaculture Magazine No. 46

UNDERSTANDING PEAK OIL
Oil geologist, Colin Campbell, demystifies the science and politics of Peak Oil.

THE END OF SUBURBIA
OR THE BEGINNING OF MAINSTREAM PERMACULTURE?
David Holmgren explores the potential for co-operative edible neighbourhoods of the future.

10 THINGS TO DO
Rob Hopkins recommends some simple steps to get ready for a post-carbon future.

MAKE A MEAL OF IT!
Jo Duff shows us how to create meaningful meal times and celebrate the harvest every day.

WINTER FORAGING
Finding tasty treats in the wintery woods and verges couldn’t be easier with Steve Andrews.

THE HYDRO-ELECTRIC THEATRE
Jenny Lunnon experiences a performance where the star of the show is a waterwheel.

AFTER THE FLOOD, THE FOREST
How grassroot treeplanters are transforming a landscape and making their community resilient to flooding by Tomas Remiarz.

HOW TO MAKE A BIO-TIME DIARY
Mark seasonal changes with this simple idea and deepen your connection with the Earth.

ASK THE ANCESTORS
Max Lindegger describes how farmers use bio-time in Thailand.

HOW FISH CAN SAVE THE RAINFOREST
Paulo Mellett describes an aquaculture project that demonstrates permaculture at its best!

THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX
Patrick Whitefield visits a smallholder in Wales who manages his land creatively.

COMMUNITY GARDENING IN THE CITY
The tale of an urban haven where local people can gather and learn new skills by Will Lenton.

MEETINGS AS RITUAL
Beatrice Briggs returns with some useful advice for productive, successful meetings.

ALCHEMY & THE COMING OF WINTER
Glennie Kindred explains how alchemy can help us learn and grow through the seasons.