| SHEDDING LIGHT ON LEDs READ NOW |
| John Adams looks at the lighting revolution that can dramatically reduce your bills as well as being kinder to the planet. |
| LOG NOW, BURN LATER |
| Will Rolls suggests we should be thinking about next winter’s logs to get the hottest, most energy efficient and money saving burn from our stoves. |
| SUSTAINABLE BEEKEEPING |
| Monica Barlow describes the fascinating habits of the ‘superorganism’ that we call bees and explains how we can make beekeeping truly sustainable by using nature as a model. |
| Community Rebuilds |
| Matching needs to yields is the key to the success of a sustainable housing non-profit organisation based in Utah, in the USA; writes Rebecca Barrett. |
| Growing Soya Beans |
| Deano Martin describes a three year experiment, inoculating and growing soya beans in polycultures in the UK. |
| How to Choose a Woodburning Stove |
| Here are Will Rolls’ eight handy hints for selecting the best stove for your hearth. |
| Natural Farming |
| Joan Bailey visits a farm in Japan that is following in the footsteps of Fukuoka. |
| Five Awesome Transition Ideas |
| We picked five inspiring, ideas from Rob Hopkins’ new book, The Power of Just Doing It |
| Pigs in Plastic |
| Stuart Anderson describes how he used recycled plastic to build a durable pig ark |
| DIY SELF-WATERING CONTAINER GARDEN |
| Mark Ridsdill Smith explains how to make a genuinely self-watering container garden which can double your yields. |
| BEFORE THE WOODLAND HOUSE |
| In an extract from his book Woodsman, Ben Law describes how he made a yurt to shelter his family, in the years before his Woodland House was built. |
| POSITIVE MONEY |
| Can money be a force for good? Francesca Wakefield explores some of the money-changing campaigns and schemes available. |
| Compact Living |
| Michael Guerra introduces us to a sustainable design idea ... that of living more compactly |
| Optimise Your Health READ NOW |
| Flo Scott applied permaculture thinking to develop a good quality of life. |
| Farming in a Changing Climate |
| Ben Lambert describes how Crapes Fruit Farm has developed new methods to cope with an ever more variable climate. |
| Scavenger Technology |
| Cathy Ashley takes us on a tour of her permaculture home – an ‘evolving’ council house on a quest to become a farm! |
| Wwoofing Around The World |
| Rebecca Huntley tries her hand at range of jobs on organic farms and gardens, while travelling on a budget. |
| Rocket Mass Heaters |
| John Adams looks at the potential of these stoves for heating your home, workshop or communal space. |
| Permanent Horticulture |
| Deano Martin experiments with John Jeavons’ biointensive growing methods and other aspects of permanent horticulture. |
| Making a Solar Food Dryer |
| John Adams describes how he made a solar food dehydrator and how it performed in a less than typical British summer. |
| Nurture and Nature |
| Lusi Alderslowe wanted her son to learn from nature so she set up her own Earth Education group. She explains how and why! |
| FEED THE WORLD |
| Patrick Whitefield looks at whether permaculture can feed the world whilst reducing our use of fossil fuel derived pesticides and fertilisers. |
| WHY PERMACULTURE NEEDS DESIGN READ NOW |
| Aranya explains why design is central to permaculture and how it enables us to consciously create more harmonious, low impact lives. |
| APPLIED OBSERVATION |
| Wade Muggleton explains why a cup of tea and a wander is a valuable daily habit for a productive garden. |