Winter 2008 (PM 58)
| November in Prickly Nut Wood |
| Exclusive to PM, an extract from Ben Law’s new book, The Woodland Year with insights into a truly sustainable way of life and seasonal recipes |
| Planning and planting a container garden |
| Jackie Kemp describes how to grow food in urban spaces, however small |
| Two women, an eco-build and a full-time job |
| How mother and daughter, Jenny and Maggie Pickerill, built an ecohouse together |
| Wild medicine foraging |
| Rachel Corby describes common garden and wild plants that have the power to heal acute ailments and save you money |
| Collecting and cleaning water |
| Chris Southall continues his DIY series and tackles rainwater harvesting and greywater recycling at his home |
| The greener revolution |
| Paul Johnson tells the story of a small organisation working to save India’s rural existence and turn back the tide of industrial agriculture |
| Permaculture people |
| An obituary to a very special man, Masonobu Fukuoka, who invented a revolutionary method of agriculture, natural farming |
| The golden age |
| Capra Carruba describes how Damanhur ecovillage integrates values all generations in the community and particularly the elderly |
| Buying and selling local produce |
| Sarah Alldred and Giles Simon offer a few co-operative options that make it possible for small scale producers to sell direct to the publi |
| Oriental perrenial spinach |
| How to turn your hostas into dinner with the permaculture plant authority, by Stephen Barstow |
| The lynx, the forest and the people |
| Siobhan Mitchell updates us on the plight of the Iberian lynx and the endangered cork forests which provide its habitat |
| An ideal climate agreement |
| Ross Jackson explores ways we can practically reduce international CO 2 emissions in ways that are best for planet Earth rather than our current economic practices |