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Collective potential

Putting the 'permanent culture' into permaculture

Looby Macnamara

Personal sustainability is the ability to sustain ourselves: our energy levels, health and connection to our dreams and visions, other people and our higher self. People have a...

One of Peter Cowman's low impact timber frame buildings

How building your own home can awaken survival instincts

Derry Nairn

"Anyone here from the planning office?"

A malevolent grumble dashes around the room - planners are not the most popular breed in County Wicklow – before we are shown a house...

Collection in Port-au-Prince

Recycling human waste to improve sanitation and produce food

Mark Sanders

As the global use of inorganic mined fertilisers increases, so do the resulting environmental impacts in the form of increasing Nitrous Oxide emissions and heavy metals in local...

Spring cleaning – fertility, pruning and energy in the home

Looby Macnamara

As spring is arriving at last one of the urges for a lot of us is to start spring cleaning. It is a natural pattern of clearing out the energy from the winter months and letting fresh...

South Downs Green Fair

Rozie Apps
The ecological and health benefits of natural swimming pools

Sebastian von Holstein
A permaculture take on eco-tourism

Sebastian von Holstein

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the Editor's blog

2012 Summer Interns

Why is Polyface Farm so successful? How Joel Salatin creates self-generating, profitable enterprises

Maddy Harland

Recently I reported on how Polyface Farm uses techniques such as mob grazing and mobile farm infrastructure to lock up carbon, build soil and create a diverse set of yields. I also...

How Joel Salatin markets and sells Polyface Farm produce

Maddy Harland
Joel Salatin's pattern for carbon farming at Polyface Farm

Maddy Harland
The Coming of Spring!

Maddy Harland

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readers' solutions

How to clip chickens wings for beginners

James Marshall

Chickens do not have the ability to fly in the manner of wild birds, but certain breeds and determined individuals do have a propensity to propel themselves over fences, walls or even up into tree...

101 reasons to build and live in a tipi

Patrick Whitefield

When I bought my first tipi, I already had an all weather tent, a good set of bender tarps and a choice of two caravans to live in. What did I need a tipi for? None of that mattered. I fell in love with...

Offgrid handwashing solution

Maddy Harland

How many times have you visited chemical or better compost loos at an event or festical and found the water reservoir has run out and you can't wash your hands? I spotted this clever use of recycled...

http://www.lynneknowlton.com/diy-green-moss-graffiti/

How to grow your own Moss Graffiti

Rozie Apps

Graffiti tends to have a negative impact on communities. Many people do not see it as art, but vandalism to their towns, cities and society. It can cost councils a huge amount of money to remove graffiti...

Public transport solution: Tram your bike

Dyatica
Using recycling to home seedlings

Rozie Apps
Make the most of your unused space with a trellis arch

Rozie Apps

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Calendar

May 2013

June 2013

July 2013

Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
1Living Soil …	2	3Open'er…	4	5Cornbury Fes…Hop Farm Fes…	6Blackdowns W…Seed Festiva…	7Summer of So…Trees for Za…
8	9Great Yorksh…Deici Giomi …	10	11	12T in the Par…Wireless…Ilosaarirock…	13South Downs …Royal Highla…	14London Perma…
15	16	17Buddhafield…Larmer Tree…Milton Keyne…	18Latitude…	19Chagstock…Deer Shed Fe…Eastern Perm…	20	21
22	23	24	25Cambridge Fo…Secret Garde…Womad…Calgary Folk…	26Lounge on th…Splendour in…Symbiosis Ga…Kendal Calli…	27Vintage at G…	28
29Boom…	30	31

August 2013

September 2013

October 2013

Win a lesson in scything this summer

Beth Tilston

The ancient skill of scything is an eco-friendly and quiet solution to cutting weeds and re-establishing wildflower meadows and pastures. Win a free scything course and tend to your weeds...

Why make food parks in urban spaces?

Why make food parks in urban spaces?

Paradise Lot: Two plant geeks, one-tenth of an acre, and the making of an edible garden oasis in the city

Deano Martin

This is a lovely book that tells how the author and his friend move into and develop a one-tenth of an acre plot of land in the suburbs.

Woodsman: Living in a wood in the 21st century

Rozie Apps

This book takes us on an exciting adventure, following Ben Law through his life as the woodsman of Prickly Nut Wood. Woodsman: Living in a wood in the 21st...

Mr D’s Twin Pot Thermal Cook Traveller

John Adams

Mr D's Thermal Cooker is no stranger to these pages having now appeared more times than any other product. I make no apology for this as it is such a good bit of...

Living in the Future DVD

Maddy Harland

This is sequel to the film, Ecovillage Pioneers, that presented the case for ecovillages and included the story of Lammas Ecovillage's struggle to obtain...

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