Teachings of the Thistle
An exploration of an alternative view on a common perennial weed: approaching with curiosity, gratitude and a sense of reciprocity.
Climate Change
Can permaculture help with climate change? It sure can! Here’s a collection of articles about the practical, political, and philosophical aspects of adapting to a changing climate.
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The role of the farmer in a thriving agro-ecological system
A critical exploration of the concepts of balance and self-sustenance as applied in permaculture and ecological agriculture.
Rights of Nature
If I had to write the rights of Nature, I’d include these.
Marina Nobre: Reforestation is more than planting trees.
The seed knows what it does and how it does it.
Women Who Ask, Women Who Listen: Social Permaculture and Laying Stones for Peace
Does permaculture have what it takes to evolve?
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.
Empathy For a Houseplant
The plant sat in the clearance section of a grocery store for a few dollars looking thirsty and in need of rescue
Embers of Hope: Embracing Life in an Age of Ecological Destruction and Climate Chaos
The future of life on Earth is uncertain and our lifetimes are finite. Consider our own deaths as well as the possibilities of climate catastrophe.
“Design for Catastrophe” in Your Livelihood
How to become more resilient by preparing for when the crap hits the fan
Buddhist Meditation and Regenerative Culture
By Dido Dunlop Our hearts and outer world grow hearty together…
A Simple Meditation for Pandemic, Climate Emergency and Other Disasters
By Dido Dunlop In times like now, our emotional strength…
16 Best Edible Perennials to Plant Now
Sure wins & long shot edible perennials for aspiring “lazy gardeners”
Finding Permaculture in Iran
Despite what Western media commonly reports, there is permaculture in Iran.
How to Learn Permaculture for Free
A hands-on guide for the frugal beginner to learn permaculture without spending any money.
10 Benefits of having a greenhouse
they’re easier to build than you might think By Heather Jo…
How to grow tomatoes in a temperate climate
By Heather Jo Flores Tips for cloudy skies tomato gardeners…
Big yields From a Small Garden: Growing Food in Small Spaces
There are plenty of good reasons to develop a skill…
Bring us a Shrubbery! Best plants for edible hedges
A baker’s dozen of easy to grow and disease-resistant perennial…
Do you want to teach permaculture? Here’s what you need to know.
10 steps to becoming a qualified permaculture teacher, and recommended teacher training programs, from the PWG Faculty.
If You Guild It, They Will Come: How to Grow a Permaculture Food Forest
group plants together for specific reasons, encourage them to spread into permanent, self-managing landscapes
Mulch Much? The Benefits of Mulching
By Heather Jo Flores It’s always a good day for…
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.
Small-scale farmers — not lab-based foods — can help save the planet
Over the past few decades there has been a consolidating of power and control in the food system into the hands of a small group of agro-chemical corporations, we need more small-scale farmers to produce healthy organic food.
Disaster Preparedness and Resilience Planning
Permaculture path to resilience and disaster preparedness.
Ecotopia? Other worlds are possible but only through struggle
By Becky Ellis The 2020s are going to be about…
Planting Trees to Feed Future Generations
Permaculture approaches to feeding the world in a changing climate, planting trees to feed future generations.
Cold hardy figs and why you should grow them
Delicious, drought-tolerant, easy to grow…what’s not to love? by Heather Jo…
Honoring the Slope of the Land, with Keylines and Contour
Learn how to use keylines and contour to work with the slope of the land.
Re-thinking the Scale of Permanence
Adding social layers to the scale of permanence
Calling Generation X: is it up to us to save the planet?
By Gudrun Cartwright Will Generation X please stand up? It…
Emergent Herbalism; plants, people, and culture
The cross-cultural use of herbs and herbal medicine has experienced a significant resurgence in the past several decades. This emergent herbalism has become a popular method of alternative medicine as well as a profitable commercial industry.
How to Compost Your Pain
By Dido Dunlop (part of a talk at our New…
We are the ones we are been waiting for
By Gudrun Cartwright I was born in 1972. This means,…
Book Review: Water in Plain Sight by Judith D Schwartz
A new book about how we are altering our access to water, Water in Plain Sight by Judith D Schwartz reviewed
Permaculture sector analysis: identifying risks and designing solutions
Permaculture sector analysis is about designing the world we want while acknowledging the realities of the world we live in.