| Eat Less Meat |
| Clive Davidson makes no bones about how eating too much meat damages the land, water resources and health |
| Eco-Toad Hits the Road |
| When Pooran Desai has a mid-life crisis he doesn’t do it by halves! |
| Beyond Potatoes |
| Patrick Whitefield describes how a permaculture family make a diverse living from the land in Ireland |
| TO BOLDLY GO |
| Jean Armin returns to a recurrent readers’ fascination - the construction of a DIY compost toilet. |
| THE BUNKHOUSE GARDEN |
| Patrick Whitefield describes a garden he designed that has to feed a group of visitors in very specific periods of the year. |
| THE WOODLAND RENAISSANCE |
| Tino Rawnsley argues passionately that the wholesale regeneration of coppicing with its allied skills and enterprises is a key to a more sustainable Britain. |
| FROM PLANT TO PAINTBOX |
| Kathleen Askew explains how to make your own watercolours from fruit and flowers. |
| Kathleen Askew explains how to make your own watercolours from fruit and flowers. |
| Last summer Hildur Jackson visited a remarkable ecovillage project in Hungary. |
| RUNNING A DIESEL ENGINE ON VEGETABLE OIL |
| How Darren Hill converted his vehicles to biodiesel and solved a few problems. |
| MIX YOUR VEGETABLES & REAP THE REWARDS |
| How to share light, time and companions in the vegetable garden by Patrick Whitefield. |
| THE POWER OF SUPPLY & DEMAND |
| Paul Wagland investigates green electricity. |
| NATURAL PAINTS |
| The art and craft of making natural paints and finishes by Lynn Edwards. |
| CREATING AN ECO-KITCHEN |
| How George Marshall made his DIY solid wood kitchen for a song. |
| SUNNY SIDE SHADY SIDE |
| How to make the best of sun and shade in the domestic garden by the ever practical Patrick Whitefield. |
| PLANNING FOR CHANGE |
| With planning policies under review in Britain, Simon Fairlie reports on the inequities of the system and argues how it could be changed for the better. |
| DOWNSHIFTING BACK TO FRONT |
| How Jennie and Ian Lock left their country idyll for a market town and discovered neighbours. |
| RECHARGING THE SOIL |
| Jane Cobbald offers a taste of the ideas and work of Austrian visionary and inventor, Viktor Schauberger. |
| STORING YOUR SURPLUS Part 2 |
| Low-tech and effective ways of drying and storing food by Kate McEvoy. |
| CREATING CEREMONY |
| Ideas and stories from Glennie Kindred and Lu Garner about how to contact the sacred in our lives. |
| MAKING A SPLASH! |
| Paul Wagland reports on two natural swimming pools recently installed by Michael Littlewood. |
| HOW TO MAKE A DIY WORMERY |
| Reader, Paul Webster, shares his inexpensive and easy to make worm bin design. |
| SEEDLESS GRAPES FOR COOL CLIMATES |
| Avid grape collector, Brian Edwards, invited his friends to a tasting and shares the results with us. |
| HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS IN THE GARDEN |
| Dr Mark Fisher introduces companion planting and describes how to plant guilds for healthy, robust gardens and farms. |
| A DREAM COME TRUE? |
| How Duarte Câmara made his dream of peace and plenty come true in beautiful Madeira. |