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! |