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Lessons From A Tree: Living and Creating With Earth As Play

Caring for (More-than-Natal) Kin in Times of Loss

Integrity dynamics

Tales from the Underground: types of root vegetables to grow

Approaching menopause as a childfree woman
By Gudrun Cartwright As a woman in my late forties, I am definitely approaching menopause. I feel in that ‘peri’ state. Even though I am…

War, what is it good for?

The Best Advice
By Julia Pereira Dias Aren’t we the selfless ones? “My husband could save so much time, if only he’d listen to me,” sighs Diane. She…

Strength and Resistance à la Woman
Learning a new way of living from an elder Iranian farmer By Kali Morgan Of late, I have been consumed by the stories of strong, bold,…

Permaculture Ethics in Public Education

Gardening Diversity in Our Lives and Our Communities

Celtic Wisdom and Regenerative Culture — After Corona Virus

Mapping and landing in a living world: how a Permaculture Design Course helped me organize my life

In-Situ Composting in Your Garden

How to Free Yourself from Expectations
By Julia Pereira Dias Nothing causes as much frustration as unmet expectations. In fact, I dare say that every single time we suffer, get mad,…

Creativity and Parenting

Finding Permaculture in Iran

The Most Vulnerable even More Vulnerable Now
COVID-19, time to embrace complexity By Luiza Oliveira As expected, COVID-19 has been spreading exponentially (1). Safety measurements have been oriented by the World Health…

12 Plants to Grow When Gardening with Children
By Heather Jo Flores By no means an exhaustive selection of great plants for gardening with children, the following twelve plants can all be direct-sown,…

Ten Medicinal Flowers that I always plant in every garden
By Heather Jo Flores I am primarily a food gardener, but there are a handful of flowering medicinal plants that I always include in my…

What is the Price for Belonging?
By Julia Pereira Dias A lot of our expectations are not our own. Culture shapes what we think about the world, about what people, including…

Love in the time of Corona
By Priya Logan One of the most impactful books I have ever read was The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, which is a memoir transcribed…

Green Tara, The Ecofeminist Goddess, Shows Us How To Embody Regenerative Culture
By Dido Dunlop Green Tara is a role model, to become a wise woman, and live in an ecofeminist way. Many of us who are…

Having kids in a climate crisis: can you do it? I’m too scared
By Gudrun Cartwright As always, I was fascinated by what happened in Davos this year. If not necessarily encouraged. Donald Trump criticised climate ’prophets of…

Growing Food and Medicine: The Good, The Bad and The Heartbreak

Ecotopia? Other worlds are possible but only through struggle
By Becky Ellis The 2020s are going to be about struggle but if we do it right, it will be collective and (mostly) joyful Everyone who…

Everyone is Fake!
By Julia Pereira Dias Few terms get the heat up as quickly as ‘fake’ these days. Everybody hates the fakes. Except here is the truth:…

Planting Trees to Feed Future Generations

Why do we need to hear more from women in permaculture?

Eco activism – why I got myself arrested
By Klaudia van Gool Last month I joined the Extinction Rebellion actions in Bristol and got myself arrested for willingly obstructing a highway. I’m not…

Writing to get my mojo back
By Gudrun Cartwright Today I need to write. For the last few weeks I have been consumed with work. I have written for that purpose,…

Have We Reached the End of Positive Thinking?
By Julia Pereira Dias So, I hear that positive thinking has fallen from grace. It has “brainwashed [us] into thinking that that confidence will eventually…

Why I love teaching permaculture

Calling Generation X: is it up to us to save the planet?
By Gudrun Cartwright Will Generation X please stand up? It is time for us to own our power and create a world that works for…

What does it mean to be an adult in the 21st Century?
By Gudrun Cartwright What does the term ‘grown up’ bring to mind for you? In a society where growing older is seen as a bad…

Thou Shalt Not Unhamster
By Julia Pereira Dias Not everyone is frustrated about not having followed their dreams. I know a number of wonderful people that live the ‘normal…