Summer 2008 (PM 56)
| Printing our own money |
| Rob Hopkins tells the story of how Transition Town Totnes launched its own local currency |
| Co-operation in the community |
| Giles Simon explains why co-ops are doing more than just business and describes one co-op’s positive effect on the local community |
| Notes from a small garden, part II |
| In PM55, Wade Muggleton described low cost, simple garden projects. Here he introduces how to grow a mini-fruit garden in a small space |
| Eco-renovation |
| Want to live in an eco-home but can’t afford to build? Andrew Hunt turned his Victorian terraced house into a low carbon reality |
| Green, ethical clothing |
| An in-depth look at the environmental and ethical cost of fashion and its alternatives by Georgina-Kate Adams |
| Reversing the 'Green Revolution' in Malawi |
| How permaculturists, Stacia & Kristof Nordin, are encouraging a return to growing and eating local foods and greater self-reliance |
| Permaculture people |
| Permaculture, family, gardening and Transition Towns, Pippa Johns shares her many inspirations |
| Earthship France |
| How Gillian and Kevan Trott created a beautiful home in northern France using waste products and no main services at all |
| At the root of the issue |
| Renowned edible landscaper, Robert Kourik, explores the mysterious underground world of roots |
| Sun & clay |
| Leila Dregger reports on a pioneering new build at Tamera ecovillage which combines traditional dome architecture with ground breaking solar design |
| Alternative America |
| How one community radically reduced its ecological footprint and created a happy, harmonious community |
| The solar scam |
| As solar panels become the new black, Martin Holme tells the story of one salesman he’d be happy never to see again! |