winter 2011 (PM 70)
| PERMACULTURE IN PRISONS |
| Nicole Vosper shares her unusual pathway to learning permaculture design – in jail – and reports on projects in both the UK and USA that transform lives. |
| ANOTHER POLITICS IS POSSIBLE |
| Maddy Harland meets Britain’s only Green Member of Parliament to find out why she thinks political engagement is not only worth-while but a natural extension of being green. |
| TALE OF TRANSITION IN TEN OBJECTS |
| Rob Hopkins tells the story of the evolving Transition movement – a shooting star pointing to a better way of living on this planet. |
| RESKILLING FOR THE FUTURE |
| Practical skills such as needle and woodwork will need to be passed on if we want to survive Peak oil, argues Georgina-Kate Adams. |
| THE ECO-LOGICAL TOILET |
| Stuart Anderson disconnects his flush toilet and opts for a compost toilet instead. |
| GROWING IN URBAN SPACES |
| Alexis Rowell from Transition Belsize explains how permaculture has taken root in an affluent part of north London. |
| HOW TO BE HAPPY |
| Chris Johnstone unlocks the mystery of how to be happy and discovers it is rarely associated with materialism. |
| A BURNING QUESTIONREAD NOW |
| Charcoal has a long history of different uses, but could it be an answer to solving escalating climate change, asks Brian Cawley. |
| HOW TO MAKE A POTTERY KILN OUT OF PAPER |
| Lisa Gledhill explains some easy ways to make your own pottery, without it costing the earth. |
| TASTING THE VISION |
| Vanessa Spedding senses the potential of natural living in a Shropshire forest garden of Eden. |
| BEYOND URBANIZATION |
| Chris Smaje argues the case for preserving small-scale farms for food security in both the global north and south. |
| THE CHILDREN'S STRAW BALE HOUSE |
| Mary Coaten describes how children and parents at Glen House Montessori School designed and built their own straw bale ‘playhouse’ – without a budget. |
| BIOGAS DEMYSTIFIED |
| Warren Weisman explains what biogas is, how it is made, why it is a viable renewable energy for communities to wean us off fossil fuels in the West and how it can prevent deforestation and health problems in developing countries. |
Autumn 2011 (PM 69)
| The Power of International Law to Create the New World |
| Maddy Harland meets Polly Higgins a barrister who is campaigning for the United Nations to adopt an additional crime against peace: Ecocide |
| Growing With Grace |
| Annie Neligan describes how an innovative community growing project is reinventing itself to survive the harsh economic climate |
| The Percentage Game |
| Wade Muggleton explains how a permaculture lifestyle is more about being self reliant than trying to be self sufficient |
| Growing with Grace |
| Annie Neligan describes how an innovative community growing project is reinventing itself to survive the harsh economic climate |
| Choosing and Installing a Polytunnel Step By Step |
| Carl Legge looks at choosing a polytunnel and gives some construction tips and tricks |
| How to Build Roundwood Shelters and Earth Cellars |
| Sepp Holzer describes how he builds round-wood earth structures for animal shelters and food storage |
| Low Impact Luxury |
| Steve James tells us how he built his beautiful off-grid ecohome |
| How to get Planning Permission on Non Development LandREAD NOW |
| Chrisse Sugden investigates the opportunities for permaculturists and transitioners to live on the land |
| Regenerative Forestry |
| Darren J Doherty describes a farm-scale permaculture design that has blossomed into a wildlife reserve as well as an economically viable business |
| Backupshifting Into the Mainstream |
| Celia Compton tells us why her family are returning from an intentional community on a Scottish island, to a house in the Tyne Valley |
| Old Technology, New Life |
| Pete Bampton tells us the whys and wherefores of installing a hydraulic ram pump |
| People and Permaculture |
| Many of us seek to answer the question of where we should be placing our efforts so that we can ‘make a difference’ on a real tangible level in society, writes Nicole Vosper |
| 34 Uses for Garlic |
| Rachel Corby describes how versatile garlic is in the kitchen, as a medicine, as part of a beauty regime and in the garden |
| Commonsense Permaculture in Aid Projects |
| How a permaculture approach makes aid work, where often it doesn’t by Rick Coleman |
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 |