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8 forms of capital active hope agroecology agroforestry alder buckthorn Amazon anxiety apples arthritis back yard beans Bec Hellouin beech tree bees beneficial berries biochar biodigester biodiversity blackberries blackthorn book review brain brassica cage budget build building campesino capital card deck Celtic festivals change changes chemical-free chickens christmas circular clay pot cleansers cleansing milks climate change climate emergency climate grief climate solutions climbers climbing cob comfrey community compost compost teas connection consciousness conservation container cooking coppice coppicing cordial cosmology courgettes crafts crisis crop protection Cross Quarter Festival cultural emergence culture cycles degraded design diary diversity DIY do it yourself dryland earth care Earth's energy ecoculture economics ecopoetry ecosystem ecosystem restoration camps ecosystems edges edible edible flowers education efficiency elder elderflowers elements elixir energy equinox ethics face mask fair shares Fairtrade farming feedback feminine ferns figs film firewood flower essence flowers food food forest food garden footbath forage foraging forest garden forest gardening forests fruit fruit leather fruit trees fungi future future care gardening garlic gift economy gin Give Nature a voice Glennie Kindred global poverty glut grapes greenhouse grief groundcover grow grow food grow your own growing guilds habitat habits handcream harvest harvests hawthorn hazel hazelnut healing shrubs healing trees health healthy soil heart health hedgerow hedging herbal herbal remedies herbal teas herbalist herbs holistic holistic planned grazing home homeless homemade wine homestead hope Hugelkultur humanure hummus hungry gap IBC tanks Imbolc incense increase yields Indigenous inexpensive influence inspiration International Womens Day jam keyline kitchen garden lacto-fermentation Lammas land landscape landscapes life lifestyle limeflowers livelihood livestock living labs logs Looby Macnamara lotion low cost low-impact Lush Spring Prize macerations Mangwende Orphan Care Trust market garden market gardening marmalade marshmallow mass heater meadowsweet medicinal microbes microfarm Midwest Permaculture mimic mindset mitigation money Morag Gamble moringa Mother Earth mulch multifunctional mushrooms native plants natural natural building natural fertiliser natural skincare natural swimming pool nature nature connection nitrogen no dig no waste no-dig November nutrition nuts observe oca October off-grid oil cleansing orchard orchards organic organic gardening outdoor shower oven oxymel oyster pallets pasture-fed patterns people people care peoplecare perennials permaculture permaculture design permaculture magazine award permaculutre permayouth pesto pests philippines pine tree pips pizza oven plant profile plants pollinators pollution polyculture polycultures preserving principles propagating protection pruning prunings psycho-spiritual awareness psychospiritual transformation rainforest rainwater raspberries recipe recipes reduce reed beds regeneration regenerative regenerative agriculture relative location relative matter remedy renewable renewable energy resources restoration reuse revolution rhythms rootstock rootstocks roundhouse roundwood runner beans sage salad salve Samhain schools Scotland scotts pine seasonal seasons seeds selfcare Sepp Holzer september septic tanks sewage treatment shade sheet mulching shrubs skincare sloes slugs small solutions small-scale smallholding social justice soil health solar solutions sowing spiritual spring squash stacking functions stock-free straw straw bale summer sustainable Sweet Bay syntropic systems temperate terraces thistles thrutopia timber timber framing tincture tonic toolkit tools transformation trees upcycle urban veg garden vegan veganic vermicomposting vinegar walnuts waste water water cleansing watering weeds wellbeing wetland wild edges wild food wild garlic wildflower wildlife wine recipes wings winter winter greens winter salads wood stove woodburner woodland woodland management woodlands worms yarrow year-round food yield young people youth zai pits zone 00 zoning

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8 forms of capital active hope agroecology agroforestry alder buckthorn Amazon anxiety apples arthritis back yard beans Bec Hellouin beech tree bees beneficial berries biochar biodigester biodiversity blackberries blackthorn book review brain brassica cage budget build building campesino capital card deck Celtic festivals change changes chemical-free chickens christmas circular clay pot cleansers cleansing milks climate change climate emergency climate grief climate solutions climbers climbing cob comfrey community compost compost teas connection consciousness conservation container cooking coppice coppicing cordial cosmology courgettes crafts crisis crop protection Cross Quarter Festival cultural emergence culture cycles degraded design diary diversity DIY do it yourself dryland earth care Earth's energy ecoculture economics ecopoetry ecosystem ecosystem restoration camps ecosystems edges edible edible flowers education efficiency elder elderflowers elements elixir energy equinox ethics face mask fair shares Fairtrade farming feedback feminine ferns figs film firewood flower essence flowers food food forest food garden footbath forage foraging forest garden forest gardening forests fruit fruit leather fruit trees fungi future future care gardening garlic gift economy gin Give Nature a voice Glennie Kindred global poverty glut grapes greenhouse grief groundcover grow grow food grow your own growing guilds habitat habits handcream harvest harvests hawthorn hazel hazelnut healing shrubs healing trees health healthy soil heart health hedgerow hedging herbal herbal remedies herbal teas herbalist herbs holistic holistic planned grazing home homeless homemade wine homestead hope Hugelkultur humanure hummus hungry gap IBC tanks Imbolc incense increase yields Indigenous inexpensive influence inspiration International Womens Day jam keyline kitchen garden lacto-fermentation Lammas land landscape landscapes life lifestyle limeflowers livelihood livestock living labs logs Looby Macnamara lotion low cost low-impact Lush Spring Prize macerations Mangwende Orphan Care Trust market garden market gardening marmalade marshmallow mass heater meadowsweet medicinal microbes microfarm Midwest Permaculture mimic mindset mitigation money Morag Gamble moringa Mother Earth mulch multifunctional mushrooms native plants natural natural building natural fertiliser natural skincare natural swimming pool nature nature connection nitrogen no dig no waste no-dig November nutrition nuts observe oca October off-grid oil cleansing orchard orchards organic organic gardening outdoor shower oven oxymel oyster pallets pasture-fed patterns people people care peoplecare perennials permaculture permaculture design permaculture magazine award permaculutre permayouth pesto pests philippines pine tree pips pizza oven plant profile plants pollinators pollution polyculture polycultures preserving principles propagating protection pruning prunings psycho-spiritual awareness psychospiritual transformation rainforest rainwater raspberries recipe recipes reduce reed beds regeneration regenerative regenerative agriculture relative location relative matter remedy renewable renewable energy resources restoration reuse revolution rhythms rootstock rootstocks roundhouse roundwood runner beans sage salad salve Samhain schools Scotland scotts pine seasonal seasons seeds selfcare Sepp Holzer september septic tanks sewage treatment shade sheet mulching shrubs skincare sloes slugs small solutions small-scale smallholding social justice soil health solar solutions sowing spiritual spring squash stacking functions stock-free straw straw bale summer sustainable Sweet Bay syntropic systems temperate terraces thistles thrutopia timber timber framing tincture tonic toolkit tools transformation trees upcycle urban veg garden vegan veganic vermicomposting vinegar walnuts waste water water cleansing watering weeds wellbeing wetland wild edges wild food wild garlic wildflower wildlife wine recipes wings winter winter greens winter salads wood stove woodburner woodland woodland management woodlands worms yarrow year-round food yield young people youth zai pits zone 00 zoning

Don’t Miss Permaculture Week: 15-24th March

Permaculture Week is a celebration and deep dive into the world of permaculture.

From people care community and education, to design and landscape regeneration.

In celebration, we (Permaculture magazine) have an exciting week of collaborations with a selection of permaculture practitioners from around the world. Each day one of these ‘permies’ will be live on our instagram (HERE) exploring their journey into permaculture and how they work with it daily. We want to showcase the wide reach and diversity of permaculture.

Throughout the week we will also be featuring some special offers on our key permaculture titles.

If you want to learn more about Permaculture Week and the many events etc. that are taking place across the world, visit: www.permacultureday.org/about-permaculture-week

Special guests include (more to be confirmed):

Friday 15th March

Morag Gamble is a global leader of the permaculture movement for change. She is an educator, podcaster and humanitarian, and founder of the Permaculture Education Institute. She writes the popular permaculture blog, Our Permaculture Life, and can also be found on YouTube under the same name.
https://permacultureeducationinstitute.org
https://ethosfoundation.org.au

Monday 18th March

Looby Macnamara is mother, author, teacher, designer and gardener. She runs Applewood Permaculture Centre in Herefordshire. Find out more about her in person and online courses, books, podcasts, videos and Cultural Emergence community at: www.cultural-emergence.com

Tuesday 19th March

Permaculture Association Britain is a UK charity that connects people and places to make change happen and grow the permaculture community. Amongst many things, the Association connect educators with those wanting to take permaculture courses, they provide online learning, hold events, and established the LAND network, country-wide projects that open their doors (and gates) to showcase permaculture in action. www.permaculture.org.uk

Wednesday 20th March

Midwest Permaculture is the culmination of Bill and Becky Wilson’s life’s work. After taking a PDC in 2007 – where they had to invite a teacher to their area – the pair then set up Midwest Permaculture, to bring courses to their area. Their permaculture home and yard is a beautiful and inspiring educational space. https://midwestpermaculture.com

Thursday 21st March

Delvin Sokinson is the Diploma program Co-ordinator for Permaculture Institute, offers a Group Diploma Adventure with Looby Macnamara and is co-creating an online PDC with Soil Food Web School. 

Grace Solkinson is an instructor on the Permaculture Design and Resilient Ecosystems Diploma at Pacific Rim College and on the Soil Food Web School permaculture design certificate. Grace co-created a book, card deck and game which are available in print or free online. www.visionarypermaculture.com

Friday 22nd March

Eduardo Terzidis is a permaculture teacher and consultant, a writer and a yoga teacher. As an engineer, he wanted to help the world, yet he felt the need to ‘be out there’, learning and sharing with the very people who seek the same change he envisioned. He focuses on water management and agroforestry for Mediterranean climate, teaches courses and provides 1:1 sessions to support people in manifesting their mission and dreams. www.eduardoterzidis.com

Special offers for Permaculture Week

For the duration of Permaculture Week 2024, 10 key permaculture titles will be available for a special 30% off the RRP. Use discount code PWEEK30 over on Permaculture Market.
Offer valid from 6pm GMT 14th March until 12pm GMT 24th March.
The 10 books are:

Compost Teas for the Organic Grower by Eric Fisher

The Earth Care Manual by the late Patrick Whitefield

Energy Revolution by Howard Johns

Fertile Edges by our very own Maddy Harland

Forest Gardening in Practice by Tomas Remiarz

Growing Beans by Susan Young

Living with the Earth: Volume one: A Manual for Market Gardeners by Perrine and Charles Hervé-Gruyer

No Dig Organic Home and Garden by Charles Dowding and Stephanie Hafferty

Sacred Earth Celebrations by Glennie Kindred

Trees for Gardens, Orchards and Permaculture by Martin Crawford

See the whole collection at: https://shop.permaculture.co.uk/collections/permaculture-week

Want to learn more about permaculture?

Head over to our ‘What is Permaculture?’ page (HERE) for links to articles on the ethics, principles and design tools, as well as Maddy Harland’s exploration of the principles (HERE).

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