Summer 2008 (PM 56)
| 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 II |
| 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! |
Spring 2008 (PM 55)
| 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 I |
| 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 |
Winter 2006 (PM 50)
| Powerdown and 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 burnout |
| 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 selfsustaining ‘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 |