Summer 2011 (PM 68)
RETHINKING, REDESIGNING & REBUILDING THE FUTURE |
Round-the-world yachtswoman, Dame Ellen MacArthur talks to Permaculture’s Maddy Harland about why she’s changed tack |
DESIGNING & PLANTING A PERMACULTURE POTAGER |
Vera Greutink-Ichova shows how permaculture growing can be both productive and beautiful |
HOW TO TURN WASTE WOOD INTO BUSINESS |
How one man changed the face of wood recycling in Britain, a report by Stuart Anderson |
HOW TO MAKE HUGELKULTUR RAISED BEDS |
How to make large raised beds using branches or even whole trees, with Sepp Holzer |
CHAGFORD: WHY WE’RE NOT A TRANSITION TOWN |
Nicky Scott reports on a feast of green initiatives in a town that remains outside of the Transition movement |
FOREST GARDENS IN THE UK |
A tour of some favourite forest gardens, both rural and urban with Louise Cartwright |
GREENING THE SAHARA |
Luke Oxlade visits the Sahara and finds an inspirational man who is literally transforming desert into oasis |
THE GREEN BACKYARD |
We revisit a thriving urban community allotment project with Wade Muggleton |
HERITAGE CRAFTS |
Why ancient crafts are relevant today and how to make a living from them, by Beth Tilston |
LIGHTENING THE LOAD |
Cathy Ashley describes how to find help in the garden and how to look after your volunteers |
ECONOSPACE |
A simple method of building affordable, DIY structures that often do not require planning permission, from architect Peter Cowman |
TREE BOGS |
Introducing a low maintenance human manure composting system, by Mary Lewis |
EIGHT FORMS OF CAPITAL |
Ethan C Roland describes how to design a financial system that looks like an ecosystem |
Spring 2011 (PM 67)
Sepp Holzer's Permaculture |
Sepp explains how he uses permaculture principles to grow an incredible variety of food on his farm high in the Austrian Alps |
If the cap FiTS |
John Adams explores the down to earth reality of fitting solar photovoltaics cost effectively |
Fruitful hedges |
Vera Greutink-Ichova reveals how edges and vertical spaces can produce food where space is limited |
Build your own sauna |
Natural swimming pool builder, David Butler, explains how to make your own small-scale sauna |
Community allotments in the inner city |
Two dynamic urban allotment initiatives are featured by Louise Cartwright |
HaitiREAD NOW |
How permaculture is proving a vital tool in disaster relief, by Corrie Brennan |
Rock star winter roots and new green shoots |
Olivia Heal describes some unusual tasty winter vegetables and easy to forage spring shoots to fill the hungry gap. |
Fantastic figs |
Cathy Ashley enthuses about this lip-smackingly delicious and easy to grow fruit |
Hop it! |
Sarah Cussom writes in praise of the productive and versatile hop |
Turning ideas into action |
Paul Allen introduces a plan to create a Zero Carbon Britain through a new educational programme |
Tropical breezes in the Rockies |
Mari Korhonen describes four solar greenhouses high in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado which use no oil |
Festival guide 2011 |
Permaculture Magazine's guide to the best green festivals of the year |
Winter 2010 (PM 66)
Winter Immune Boosters From Kitchen & Garden |
Julie Bruton-Seal and Mathew Seal explore the useful remedies to be found close at hand |
DIY Natural Swimming Pool |
David Butler recounts the experience of creating his own |
Outdoor Cooking In Winter! |
Trish MacCurach extols the virtues of cooking alfresco, even in the depths of winter |
Education For A Handmade Future |
Maddy Harland explores the stunning new Woodland Classroom built by Ben Law |
A Wolf In Dog's Clothing |
Rebeca Hosking and Tim Gren, makers of the highly respected 'A Farm For The Future' film screened on BBC2 in 2009, turn their attention to the health of our domesticated dog population |
Choosing A Woodburning Stove |
Maddy Harland explains the benefits of a woodburning stove and the decision-making process she went through to choose the stove of her dreams |
Sacred Forestry |
Reforestation of the sacred mountain of Arunachala, in South India, has been resoundingly successful. John Barie Buton explains his permacultural approach to the challenge |
How To Grow Food In WinterREAD NOW |
Janet Renouf-Miler explains how you can create a harvest of fresh, nutritious food throughout the cold months |
The Sitting Room Sessions |
Brian Boothby sings the benefits of taking live music back home |
Growing Together |
Louise Cartwright describes a way of growing food on a large scale, as a community |
Desert To Oasis |
Karen Olsen tells the story of living permaculture legend, Scott Pittman |