Spring 2007 (PM 51)

Harmony in the city |
Liz Astle introduces us to an inner city project where people are happy and thriving |
DIY rainwater harvesting |
How to convert your downstairs toilet from mains water to a rainwater flushing system, by Klaus Muecher Erskine |
Raised vegetable gardening |
Part Two of Patrick Whitefield ’s article explaining how to design and make a very productive system for food growing |
Eco-retrofitting in the city |
Jenny Lunnon visits Dr Averil Stedeford’s award winning eco-renovated city house |
A passion for the wild |
How Marc Carlton transformed his garden into a beautiful haven for wildlife in the city |
How to make a house for solitary bees |
Marc Carlton shows you how to encourage useful pollinators into our gardens with this simple DIY project |
Post oil and permaculture |
Author and visionary, Richard Heinberg , speaks to Rob Hopkins about permaculture’s role in creating a post fossil fuel society |
Permaculture people |
How author, Glennie Kindred, and her family have greened their lives |
Cutting the carbs |
Rebecca Johns compares family life in town and country and makes a big move |
Stone age science |
Dylan Keating explores the global implications of rock dust and explains why applying it in our gardens can transform our crops |
Fighting fuel poverty with fairness |
An energy supplier with a conscience? Maddy Harland investigates |
Planning a woodland |
Chris Smaje describes how he and his family planned and planted a small woodland in their out-of-town field |
A green roof |
Inspired by an article by Maddy Harland in PM37, Klaudia van Gool describes how she made a simple and inexpensive green roof |