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 |