Autumn 2013 (PM 77)

Locking Up Carbon |
Albert Bates explores the most effective way to stabilise the global climate. |
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 |
Grow Your Own Energy Countrywide |
Eoin Craven reports on Austria’s energy revolution which has created energy security, employment and reduced CO2. |
The Art of Spoon Carving READ NOW |
Rozie Apps visits her local sweet chestnut coppice and discovers the delights of carving her own spoons. |
Cider |
Wade Muggleton exorts us all to become cider drinkers. |
Permaculture Science? |
Chris Warburton Brown suggests seven key criteria to develop permaculture as a science. |
Rewilding Children |
Charlotte Dean explains how tackling nature deficit disorder in young children helps them to develop empathy and ethics. |
Eco-Logical Farming |
Patrick Whitefield visits a farm which is being designed to work like a natural ecosystem. |
Garden Remedies |
Stephanie Hafferty, explains how to make a variety of garden preparations to feed plants, prevent and treat disease, deter unwanted insects and other animals. |
A Ray of Light in South Africa |
Lili Zandpour explains how permaculture has become a powerful tool to uplift communities and facilitate self-reliance. |
Mini Forest Garden Greenhouse |
Maddy Harland describes how she uses every available space to grow a variety of crops in a small greenhouse. |
Restoring a Traditional Ecosystem |
John Lewis visits family in the Algarve and sees how a derelict smallholding has been transformed with permaculture. |