Autumn 2007 (PM 53)
| The drive towards peak oil |
| Rob Hopkins introduces us to the Transition Movement, in which local people are working to wean towns, cities, even regions, off fossil fuels, and planning sustainable communities |
| The Rebel Farmer, Part I |
| Leila Dregger introduces Sepp Holzer, pioneering permaculture farmer, who pushes the boundaries of climate and culture to create abundant landscapes |
| Want to change the world? |
| PM suggests... Step One: Inspire and engage your community and start your own film club |
| Stove of your dreams |
| Steve James explains how to turn unused paving slabs into a beautiful fast-burn, efficient masonry stove that costs very little! |
| Gardening from zero |
| Robert Alcock describes how he made a dockside urban container garden out of scrap and also shares his DIY tyre planter secrets with us |
| After the Tsunami, the permaculture |
| Stuart Coles describes an inspiring field school that is helping to heal lives ravaged by the Tsunami and turns guerilla soldiers into gardeners and community workers |
| Permaculture people |
| Introducing Sarah Pugh who is part of the team which is working to transform Bristol in Britain’s first low carbon Transition City |
| Rooftop oasis revisited |
| Emma Cooper revisits a magnificent roof garden in the middle of a city and discovers a thriving edible haven for children and adults |
| The return of the native |
| Mary Lewis reports on the resurgence of traditional woodland skills and the return of the ‘woodsman’, both male and female |
| The pee in permaculture |
| How to use this abundant natural resource full of minerals and conserve water in your garden by Alanna Moore |
| Lessons from a brittle landscape |
| With the world turning to desert at the rate of 400,000 acres a day, how we cultivate dry and brittle landscapes is ever more essential. Aspen Edge shares experiences from Spain |
Summer 2007 (PM 52)
| Paint |
| Maddy Harland discovers how to choose, use and make natural paint |
| Live Earth |
| We preview the event and look at what you can do to make a difference once the music is over and the dancing has stopped |
| Care in the community |
| Ashley Walker presents an innovative solution to institutional daycare that also engages the wider community |
| How to make a medicine herb wheel |
| Maureen and Keith Robertson explain how to design and plan a medicine herb garden |
| With a little help from my friends |
| The story of how Rachel Shiamh fulfilled her dream to build her own house even though she had no previous experience and not much of a budget |
| Cohousing |
| Alan Heeks introduces cohousing and how it can radically reduce your carbon footprint – and make you happy too |
| Children and cohousing |
| Hildur Jackson describes the positive effects of this 40 year experiment and how it all began |
| Permaculture people |
| Graham Burnett tell us why permaculture can so effectively turn a problem into a solution |
| Living well beyond the grid |
| Microgeneration from low flow technology proves it’s easy to make electricity from very little water... plus DIY ram pumps explained |
| After the flood |
| Starhawk talks to Maddy Harland , describing how permaculture design has enriched her life and speaks about her work in New Orleans |
| Caucasian spinach |
| Stephen Barstow introduces a rare perennial plant from the cool temperate North. Abundant and shade tolerant, it may become a forest garden favourite |
| 5,000 years of traditional agroforestry |
| Ed Hamer explains how a millennia of practice has created a beautiful and productive edible landscape in the Mexican cloud forests |
Spring 2007 (PM 51)
| Harmony in the city |
| Liz Astle introduces us to an inner city project where people are happy and thriving |
| DIY rainwater harvesting |
| How to convert your downstairs toilet from mains water to a rainwater flushing system, by Klaus Muecher Erskine |
| Raised vegetable gardening |
| Part Two of Patrick Whitefield ’s article explaining how to design and make a very productive system for food growing |
| Eco-retrofitting in the city |
| Jenny Lunnon visits Dr Averil Stedeford’s award winning eco-renovated city house |
| A passion for the wild |
| How Marc Carlton transformed his garden into a beautiful haven for wildlife in the city |
| How to make a house for solitary bees |
| Marc Carlton shows you how to encourage useful pollinators into our gardens with this simple DIY project |
| Post oil and permaculture |
| Author and visionary, Richard Heinberg , speaks to Rob Hopkins about permaculture’s role in creating a post fossil fuel society |
| Permaculture people |
| How author, Glennie Kindred, and her family have greened their lives |
| Cutting the carbs |
| Rebecca Johns compares family life in town and country and makes a big move |
| Stone age science |
| Dylan Keating explores the global implications of rock dust and explains why applying it in our gardens can transform our crops |
| Fighting fuel poverty with fairness |
| An energy supplier with a conscience? Maddy Harland investigates |
| Planning a woodland |
| Chris Smaje describes how he and his family planned and planted a small woodland in their out-of-town field |
| A green roof |
| Inspired by an article by Maddy Harland in PM37, Klaudia van Gool describes how she made a simple and inexpensive green roof |