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