Spring 2012 (PM 71)
| REFORESTING THE WORLD |
| WeForest are planting over 150 million trees to lock up carbon and create food forests for indigenous peoples |
| DIY SOLAR ELECTRIC BIKES |
| Michel Daniek explains how to transform your humble steed into a solar powered electric bike. |
| PEOPLECARE SKILLS READ NOW |
| Looby Macnamara focuses on how our biggest challenge is also our greatest opportunity. |
| IS SOLAR STILL WORTH IT? |
| Solar photovoltaics are a big investment. Wade Muggleton and John Adams explore the financial and environmental benefits. |
| NATIVES AND ALIENS |
| Patrick Whitefield asks if permaculture can work without introducing exotics. |
| TREATING GREYWATER |
| How to treat your wastewater gracefully by Stuart Anderson |
| SACK GARDENING |
| Simon Hart describes how students have been experimenting with growing vegetables in sacks. |
| THINK LIKE A PEASANT |
| Wade Muggleton’s eight tips to reduce your bills, find resources and fill your stomach. |
| BIG SCALE PERMACULTURE |
| Darren J Doherty applies permaculture design to an extensive Australian cattle station. |
| AN EDIBLE URBAN EDUCATION |
| Jo Homan from Transition Finsbury Park describes a project that is inspiring people to grow their own food in the heart of the city. |
| OFF GRID SOLAR |
| Nigel Harrison goes off grid on Vancouver Island and describes how he installed his own solar system on a tight budget. |
| CAN WE FEED THE WORLD |
| Five experts give their views on the best methods of eco-farming. |
| 10 MONEY SAVING TIPS |
| The PM team share their top tips to help you save money and live a greener, healthier life. |
| ELIXIR OF BEETROOT |
| Annie Levy celebrates the healthy, healing, glorious beet. |
| FESTIVAL GUIDE 2012 |
| Plan your summer with PM’s guide to UK festivals, fairs & events. |
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 QUESTION READ 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 |
| How Britain Can Feed Itself |
| Craig Embleton investigates how much organic food could be produced in UK gardens and the environmental benefits that this would bring |
| The Percentage Game |
| Wade Muggleton explains how a permaculture lifestyle is more about being self reliant than trying to be self sufficient |
| 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 Land READ 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 |