Spring 2005 (PM 43)

A Cob Retreat |
How Michael Buck combined art, foraging and eco-building to create a magical space in his garden for tales, ritual and celebration |
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 |
How to Build a Geodesic Dome |
How to build this simple structure in clear, easy to follow steps by Geoff Forrest |
A Positive Planning Experience! |
Ele and Anthony Waters tell us how they got permission to live in their own woodland |
Planet of Peace or Planet of War? |
How a Portuguese ecovillage is working towards building an ecologically designed peace village in the Middle East |
Local Apples for Local Climates |
The wide ranging joys of local apples and how to grow your own from pips by Richard Bambrey |
Apple of the Dragon's Eye |
The fabulous tale of how Ian Sturrock visited Bardsey Island in Wales and discovered an apple tree hailed as ‘the rarest in the world’ |
Converting an Old Caravan into an Eco Home |
Martin and Star Khechara talk us through the practicalities of converting an old caravan into a comfortable, colourful place to live |
A Mountain of Opportunities |
Hans Carlier describes the wealth of indigenous wisdom held by mountain people in places like Kenya, Peru, Ecuador and Nepal |