Escaping the Rat Race – Self-reliance from the garden
On less than an acre (0.4 hectare), Liz Zorab produces 85% of all the food she and her partner, Mr J, eat. Here's how.
Growing Food for Free
A seed and plant swap event is the perfect opportunity to grow food without spending any money, says Huw Richards. Get your local community together and make the most of their spare resources.
Eat the Rainbow
Our vibrant Seed SistAs, Fiona Heckels and Karen Lawton, explain why flowers can be our medicine and encourage us to eat a variety to enhance our mental and physical health.
Pies, Ale & Camping
With traditional English pubs closing every week, one enterprising couple, Marie Smith and Mark Sealey, describe how they combined real ale with eco-camping to create a thriving community hub.
The Ecological Gardener
Garden designer, Sid Hill, describes how combining a wildflower meadow with an edible forest garden is a game changer, establishing habitat, biodiversity, beauty and resilience for more extreme climate events.
When Fashion Becomes Activism
Linda Thomas designs stunning clothes from waste materials. She also uses fashion activism to highlight the need for us to stop littering our beautiful planet with plastic.
Rewilding the Land and Ourselves
Kara Moses describes a rewilding project in Wales and how it can deeply affect all species, including humans.
Planning a Productive Garden
No Dig expert, Stephanie Hafferty, shares her winter tips and practical seasonal tasks for a fruitful garden and a happy gardener.
Winter in the Vegetable Garden
No Dig master gardener, Charles Dowding, weighs up the pros and cons of mulch vs green manure.
Low Impact, Off Grid Permaculture
Pat Bowcock tells the story of how her smallholding has evolved over 20 years with the help and support of family and community.
Marine Permaculture
Rozie Apps explores the new world of ocean farming and how various techniques are being used to restore large ecosystems.
Natural Capital - the language of oppression?
Ecologist, Miles King, argues that quantifying Nature with a financial value is the wrong way to address the destruction of our natural world.
Earthrise & Extinction
Five decades after the explosion of ecological awareness, we need a global political movement to save what's left of the biosphere, says Drew Dellinger.
Bee Roadzz
Transition Marlborough wanted to help save the bees so they started joining up landscapes to connect pollinators and people.
The Shift Effect
Sarah Pugh describes how a permaculture education project has birthed not only new skills and careers but a sense of purpose and hope.
Gentle Living to Extinction Rebellion
Ele Waters describes how she awakened from her permaculture 'sleep' to become a peaceful yet civilly disobedient activist
From Desert to Food Forest
Grant Curry set up the Permaculture Provision Project to create fresh food on the Navajo Nation's Reservation, a vast desert. He wants to inspire others and awaken the US to the need for permaculture. The Permaculture Provision Project is one of the fou
Spring Growing Tips
Stephanie Hafferty shares her sowing and growing tips for beetroot and parsnips, as well as sowing times for the spring months.
The Enchanted House
Artist Andy O'Doherty was asked to build an enchanted house. We asked him to tell us more.
Growing Waste-free Mushrooms in Buckets
Kirsten Bradley and Nick Ritar share how to grow your own mushrooms at home.
Changing Lives with Permaculture
Paul Yeboah gives an insight into the excellent, regenerative work of the Ghana Permaculture Institute.
The No Dig Palace Garden
Vicky Cooke describes a no dig garden on a palatial scale - the regeneration of Hampton Court Palace's 17th century walled fruit and vegetable gardens.
Strawbale Building for Beginners
Felicity Lee and Dan Coleman took on a self-build in France with no prior experience. Would they succeed?
The Alchemy of Making Balms
Karen Lawton shares how to make an 'Ache Ease' balm from locally grown plants.