Winter 2018 (PM 98)
| 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. |
| Regenerative Agriculture: Empowering Nature |
| Charles Massy shares the multiple regenerative agriculture techniques that are the future of farming. |
| Bringing Nature Inside |
| Kt Shepherd suggests ways for improving access to nature connection if you or someone you are close to finds it difficult to be outdoors due to illness or disability. |
| How Permaculture Impacts Lives in Prisons |
| Joannah Metcalfe describes how a life changing illness took her on a path that transforms the lives of prisoners with permaculture. |
| Redesigning our Enterprise Culture with Soap |
| Rozie Apps finds out how ZeroSoap in Devon is encouraging entrepreneurship and helping to create organic farms. |
| The Upcycled Urban Farm |
| Warren Draper shares the story behind Bentley Urban Farm, a place of refuge, learning and fresh, organic produce in a food desert. |
| The Future of Fashion |
| PM speak to Rapanui to learn about their sustainable clothing processes. |
| Honouring the Next Generation |
| Hannah Apricot reveals the winner and runners up in the Youth in Permaculture Prize, exploring how their projects all create positive change. |
| Producing Meat Mindfully READ NOW |
| Farmer, Hannah Thorogood, explores how to produce small-scale, ethical meat. |
| Boost your Biochar |
| Phil Greenwood explains how to use natural ingredients in biochar to improve soil. |
| A Twist on Tradition |
| Laura Pardoe explores the origin of ‘toilet vinegars’ and shares her own natural recipes for healthy, happy skin. |
| Living on One Earth |
| Fred Klammt designed his home, WinSol3, to maximise on solar gain, thermal mass and rainwater. Here he explains his design. |
Autumn 2018 (PM 97)
| 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. |
| The Floating Food Forest |
| Rozie Apps explains how New York’s edible forest garden on a barge is combating food deserts and changing local law. |
| Common Lands |
| Cooperation is proving a resilient and powerful remedy to market failure and austerity across the UK. As a result, the concept of the commons is gaining traction once again. |
| Sustainable Livelihoods with Permaculture Values |
| How Kinsale College of Further Education in Ireland is homing in on business. |
| One Planet Development |
| Phil Moore and Lauren Simpson explain how Welsh planning policy is pioneering permaculture ethics and principles to give the next generation access to land and livelihoods. |
| The Virtual Permaculture Office |
| In the very challenging world of small enterprise, Permanent Publications co-founder, Maddy Harland, describes how new technology and flexible working can help us creatively adapt to change. |
| Cultivating the Edge |
| Can marginal spaces encourage biodiversity, food justice and a sense of place, and how does this relate to permaculture? Ollie Cem tells the story of a guerrilla garden in Totnes. |
| Natural Capital and Ecosystem Services |
| Richard Webb gives a counter argument to George Monbiot’s review of natural capital. |
| Permaculture Woodlands |
| Vikki Mill learnt woodland management from Ben Law. She describes her journey to her own Welsh woodland. |
| DIY Biofertilisers for the Farm READ NOW |
| Chris Evans discovers how James Aitchinson weaned his organic cider apple farm off oil based fertilisers. |
| Women Who Share the Harvest |
| Trina Moyles celebrates the stories of women farmers who practice permaculture around the world. |
Summer 2018 (PM 96)
| The Heritage Bread Revolution |
| Baker, Michael Hanson, describes exciting new developments in preserving ancient wheat varieties for the health of the land and our guts. |
| A Manifesto for Our Daily Bread |
| John Letts sets out the UK Heritage Grain Alliance’s mission to revive a local grain economy for artisanal bread, beers and distillations and our good health. |
| No Dig Gardening on any scale |
| Stephanie Hafferty explains the many advantages of growing annual and perennial veg and fruit with no dig on a small and larger scale. |
| Protecting Our Seas |
| Plastic pollution, climate change and over-fishing are negatively impacting our seas. Rozie Apps explores the issues and shares some of the solutions to kickstart positive change. |
| Building & Living in a Tiny Home READ NOW |
| Kate Fox shares the process of creating a small portable home and how it led her to the lifestyle she’d always dreamed of. |
| Cargo Bikes Urban Transport Solutions |
| Richard Scrase compares cargo bikes for moving everything from timber, a photographic studio, to a cello! |
| What Hope Can Achieve |
| Swansea Community Farm was on the brink of closure, but the local community just couldn’t let it happen. Ruth Domoney tells their story and offers lessons for other struggling projects. |
| Island Permaculture |
| Island life may seem idyllic but it has its challenges … Roz Rolls describes how a Sark permaculture garden is the first step in designing a more resilient lifestyle. |
| Lentil and Spinach Burger |
| The Power of Sound |
| Mike Edwards explains how he uses music to help people contact the wild recesses of their minds and engage with the more-than-human world. |
| The Nutritional Birthing Center |
| Tracy Chait explores how birthing center, Shanti Uganda, educates women in medicinal and nutritional food growing. |
| Biodynamic Farming and Permaculture |
| Marina O’Connell explores how these two systems are both challenging and complimentary to each other. |
| The Permaculture Fruit Tree Nursery |
| How Tom Adams helped bring back a range of heritage fruit trees on his organic and permaculture designed orchard and nursery. |
| Restorative Justice |
| Belinda Hopkins introduces Restorative Justice and Restorative Practice and describes what both can offer us in our communities. |
| Rites of Passage in a More Permanent Culture |
| Alan Creedon explores the positive effects of vision quests for both adults and young people. |