
The Tale of a Back Garden Micro Farm |
Even a small piece of land can be made highly productive with careful planning. Wade Muggleton explains how |
How to Build a Low-Cost Hot Tub |
A quick and easy way to build your own outdoor tub so you can lie back and relax, by Paulina Wojciechowska |
Living in Intentional Community |
Kate McEvoy describes the pros and cons of life in a low impact community in Wales |

How to Lay an Earthen Floor |
Learn the art of making beautiful earthen floors, the natural alternative to concrete, with Adam Weismann and Katy Bryce |
Zones 4 U |
Ru Litherland explores the many ways we can graze the urban jungle for food and resources |
The Permaculture of Pensions |
A creative look at how pensions of the future could ignore the FTSE 100 and invest in the community, with Jonathon Dawson |

The End of Suburbia or the Beginning of Mainstream Permaculture? |
David Holmgren explores the potential for co-operative edible neighbourhoods of the future |
10 Things To Do |
Rob Hopkins recommends some simple steps to get ready for a post-carbon future |
Peak Oil Resources |

The Edible Garden Pond |
It's possible to grow tasty treats from even the smallest garden pond. Paul Wagland explores the world of edible aquatic plants |
Losing the Plot |
Andy Waternman tells the story of a spirited fight to save an important urban allotment site and wildlife refuge from destruction |
View from the Green Room |
When Rob Hopkin's permaculture students decided to build an eco-theatre, they created a dramatic community space |

Oasis in the Sky |
In the heart of the beautiful Spanish city of Seville is a community that has transformed a rooftop into an edible sanctuary. Maria Vazquez tells the story |
Renewable Energy Amongst the Trees |
Merlin Howse describes various experiments in DIY power generation in his off-the-grid woodland community |
Walnuts |
Pete Wignall shares his passion and know-how about growing this versatile and valuable food and timber tree |

Love at First Sight |
In just one year, Helen Anderson transformed a weedy allotment into a permaculture paradise, attracting abundant wildlife and her neighbours’ admiration |
Camphill's Bright Future |
Camphill’s villages are communities which offer homes and wholesome work to people with special needs. Jan Martin Bang describes life in a Norwegian village |
Chillies in Britain |
Joy and Michael Michaud run a small, successful mail order business selling homegrown chillies. Maddy Harland finds out how they run their niche enterprise |

Singing a more Natural Song |
Hildur Jackson visits EcoVillage at Ithaca and receives a warm welcome, despite the climate |
Fertile Relationships |
Alzena Wilmot and Rik Humphreys describe a way of growing healthy vegetables on poor soil |
A Dip in a Natural Swimming Pool |
Maddy Harland takes a dip in a natural swimming pool at ZEGG and finds out how they built it |

Planning a Polytunnel |
How to buy, site and erect a polytunnel. Ever-practical reader, Mark Smith, shares the benefits of his experience |
Grow Your Own Building |
Alan Cameron-Duff and Annabel Fawcus show that building with cob is easy and great fun. Dip your hands in the mud and have a go! |
In Search of Peace and Tranquility |
Is relocating in Southern Greece a route to paradise or a road to hell? Linda Vincent tells her story |