Climate Change · Permaculture Women Magazine

Teachings of the Thistle

An exploration of an alternative view on a common perennial weed: approaching with curiosity, gratitude and a sense of reciprocity.

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 To restore Mother Nature, and grow tomatoes in our cities, we must redesign our inner…

A Simple Meditation for Pandemic, Climate Emergency and Other Disasters

By Dido Dunlop In times like now, our emotional strength and resilience can feel drained away. It can seem like our inner resources are not…

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 Flores Ten reasons to build a greenhouse: Start seeds early (and late!) Many seeds need…

How to grow tomatoes in a temperate climate

By Heather Jo Flores Tips for cloudy skies tomato gardeners In a foggy, temperate climate, most of us know the drill: Start seeds indoors in…

Big yields From a Small Garden: Growing Food in Small Spaces

There are plenty of good reasons to develop a skill set for growing food in small spaces. By Heather Jo Flores There are plenty of good…

Bring us a Shrubbery! Best plants for edible hedges

A baker’s dozen of easy to grow and disease-resistant perennial hedge plants. By Heather Jo Flores No garden is complete without a yummy patch of edible,…

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 mulching your garden! Mulch builds humus. The word “human” comes from the same roots as humus,…

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

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 struggle but if we do it right, it will be collective and (mostly) joyful Everyone who…

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 Flores I can’t stop eating them. There’s a fig tree at the place where I…

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 is time for us to own our power and create a world that works for…

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 Zealand Permaculture gathering 2015, exploring how we can apply Nature’s ecosystems model to human relationships,…