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Permaculture for Pregnancy

Permaculture can be used as a tool to improve all aspects of our lives. During pregnancy, its easy to become overwhelmed by the bombardment from media and people of what you ‘ should be’ doing, how you should look and what you should buy. Permaculture provides an empowering framework through which to curate pregnancy decisions.

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

Am I done with choosing struggle? What would it be like to navigate the unknown with play? This is the story of how a tree showed me a way.

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

I think of the countless beings displaced by and lost to the flames, of the places and plants and memories mingling in the ash, of all those struggling to breathe.

Integrity dynamics

Integrity dynamics and identity

Tales from the Underground: types of root vegetables to grow

How many types of root vegetables do you grow?

Approaching menopause as a childfree woman

By Gudrun Cartwright As a woman in my late forties,…

War, what is it good for?

War, what is it good for? We need more compassion and understanding.

Strength and Resistance à la Woman

Learning a new way of living from an elder Iranian farmer…

Permaculture Ethics in Public Education

Using permaculture ethics in public education to engage children in sustainable efforts.

Gardening Diversity in Our Lives and Our Communities

Gardening diversity is essential for balance and harmony, as is diversity in our lives.

Celtic Wisdom and Regenerative Culture — After Corona Virus

We can use celtic wisdom and regenerative culture to deepen our connection with the Earth

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

When I enrolled in a Permaculture Design Course in 2013, my youngest child was only three months old, and we had only recently landed in Scotland. I had spent most of my adult life away from Scotland…

In-Situ Composting in Your Garden

In-Situ composting. Why you need it & how to do it right.

How to Free Yourself from Expectations

By Julia Pereira Dias Nothing causes as much frustration as…

Creativity and Parenting

How to reconcile creativity and parenting

Finding Permaculture in Iran

Despite what Western media commonly reports, there is permaculture in Iran.

The Most Vulnerable even More Vulnerable Now

COVID-19, time to embrace complexity By Luiza Oliveira As expected,…

12 Plants to Grow When Gardening with Children

By Heather Jo Flores By no means an exhaustive selection…

Ten Medicinal Flowers that I always plant in every garden

By Heather Jo Flores I am primarily a food gardener,…

What is the Price for Belonging?

By Julia Pereira Dias A lot of our expectations are…

Love in the time of Corona

By Priya Logan One of the most impactful books I…

Green Tara, The Ecofeminist Goddess, Shows Us How To Embody Regenerative Culture

By Dido Dunlop Green Tara is a role model, to…

Having kids in a climate crisis: can you do it? I’m too scared

By Gudrun Cartwright As always, I was fascinated by what…

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

Some hard truths about growing food and medicine.

Ecotopia? Other worlds are possible but only through struggle

By Becky Ellis The 2020s are going to be about…

Everyone is Fake!

By Julia Pereira Dias Few terms get the heat up…

Planting Trees to Feed Future Generations

Permaculture approaches to feeding the world in a changing climate, planting trees to feed future generations.

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

How patriarchy makes us blind to healthy sisterhood, and how to reclaim it back with women in permaculture.

Eco activism – why I got myself arrested

By Klaudia van Gool Last month I joined the Extinction…

Writing to get my mojo back

By Gudrun Cartwright Today I need to write. For the…

Have We Reached the End of Positive Thinking?

By Julia Pereira Dias So, I hear that positive thinking…

Why I love teaching permaculture

The benefits of teaching permaculture extend beyond disseminating knowledge to exploring personal edges and enjoying the thrill of living in the moment.

Calling Generation X: is it up to us to save the planet?

By Gudrun Cartwright Will Generation X please stand up? It…

What does it mean to be an adult in the 21st Century?

By Gudrun Cartwright What does the term ‘grown up’ bring…

Thou Shalt Not Unhamster

By Julia Pereira Dias Not everyone is frustrated about not…