Winter 2020 (PM 106)
| Permaculture and the Ornamental Garden |
| Jan Hoyland loves ornamental gardens as well as growing veggies,
but where do they fit in a permaculture design? |
| Collaborative Food |
| Kate Braithewaite describes how Shift Bristol’s Permaculture Design Course opened the door to a new way of finding access to land and growing food in a group. |
| Preparing our Children for a Regenerative Future |
| Alice Irene Whittaker offers six pillars for raising a child in an age of breakdown that nurture connection, courage and confidence. |
| How to Make Biogas |
| Matthew Watkinson and his family live on an off-grid ecofarm in West Wales. Their latest step towards self sufficiency has led to a biodigester and their own cooking gas. |
| Perennial Lessons for Permaculture Design |
| Ben Falk introduces some easy tips when designing your plot, small or large. |
| Earth Restoration |
| John D. Liu explores how Ecosystem Restoration Camps around the world are regenerating whole landscapes, helping to mitigate climate change. |
| Cultural Emergence – tools for agents of change |
| Looby Macnamara introduces the Cultural Emergence principles that are part of a toolkit that enables us to transform our personal cultures and beyond. |
| Intuitive Gardening |
| Huw Richards introduces a no-rules approach to growing food. |
| Six Strategies for Plot Resilience |
| Wade Muggleton sets out six ways that we can all make our plots that bit more resilient in an era of climate uncertainty. |
| Apple Coppice |
| Chris Evans has been experimenting with coppicing apple trees for deliciously scented firewood, agroforestry, pollination banks, windbreaks, and many other functions. |
| Diversity and Community |
| Cultivating community is vital for resilient futures. Larry Santoyo shares collaboration techniques that we can all apply in our own communities. |
| More Art, Fewer Ads |
| Carla Denyer explains how the Adfree Cities network is building towards a permanent culture of community, health and wellbeing. |
| The Civet’s Tale |
| What if the route out of widespread farming towards urban-industrial prosperity is no longer feasible? Chris Smaje reports. |
| Urban Permaculture - three rules for land improvement |
| Brandy Hall takes us around a small, shady, abundant, urban garden which has been transformed through water management, increasing soil fertility and adding a diversity of plants. |
| Cleaning and Using Sheep Wool for Insulation |
| Laurence Manchee weighs up the options for using his own sheep wool and explains how to clean it naturally. |
| Social Permaculture Design |
| Luiza Oliveira builds upon P. A. Yeomans’ Scale of Permanence to include social aspects that also need to be considered within permaculture designing. |
| The Poverty of Progress |
| Our understanding of progress perpetuates poverty, inequality and climate change. Martin Kirk and Alnoor Ladha make the case for an essential shift. |
| Free Digital Article: The Living Roof Shed |
| Ursula Bilson and Mark Wright decided to build a garden outbuilding with a green roof. They explain how they did it and how it is performing almost 10 years later. |