Politics · Permaculture Women Magazine

When we don’t know enough, what good does opinion do?

"Opinion is the medium between knowledge and ignorance" --Plato

Spiritual gardening, the way out of suffering.

Ever walked along a Chinese garden, public or private, urban or rural? It’s interesting maybe for you to know that if you did, it taught…

We can do better: Resources and Options for Solidarity with Queer people in permaculture.

Resources for the queer people in permaculture

Seed Saving: If not us, who?

What does the 2008 crisis, illegal drug cartels, your mental health and seed saving have in common? A lot more than you’d think.

Hierarchies vs Networks

Governments vs people power, hierarchies vs networks and response to crisis.

Celtic Wisdom and Regenerative Culture — After Corona Virus

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

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, COVID-19 has been spreading exponentially (1). Safety measurements have been oriented by the World Health…

Somos Naturaleza

Interiorizando nuestro ecosistema interior By Rosaura Ruiz Parece una cosa bastante obvia, pero que si la entendemos verdaderamente (no con la mente, sino con las…

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…

Avoid These Common Mistakes After Your Permaculture Design Certificate Course…

By Karryn Olson Often, after an in-depth permaculture learning experience, folks emerge with the desire to change their living or working situations so that they…

How can our we create regenerative livelihoods?

What would a regenerative livelihood look like to you?

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.

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…

Toward a permaculture for the people

Care of the Earth. Care of people. Fair surplus sharing. For whom? We need a permaculture for the people.

Are you in Right Relation?

What it means to live in right relation

On people care, cultural emergence and the mindset of abundance — a conversation with Looby Macnamara

The problems we have with Earth care really stem from the people care side of things

Accessing Permaculture for People with Disability and/or Chronic Illness

Permaculture for people with disability- positives, challenges and suggestions for a more inclusive permaculture.

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.

Where have all the grownups gone? Ecological responsibility

By Gudrun Cartwright Having recently had a birthday that makes me closer to 50 than to 40, I am, if we’re honest well into middle age.…

We are the ones we are been waiting for

By Gudrun Cartwright I was born in 1972. This means, that by any stretch of the imagination, I am halfway through my life now. Depending…

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

Decoloniziation for Beginners: Inner and Outer Vision

Using the land and our tangible environments as the palette of living changes everything. Life is not just an idea that lives in the head,…

Permies of the world unite!

A manifesto for an internationalist permaculture movement By Becky Ellis Migration, the movement of people over landscapes, is, arguably, one of the defining characteristics of…

How to grow a pollinator garden

Need to attract a more diverse group of insects and pollinators? Here's how to grow a pollinator garden.

On placemaking, true diversity and intercontinental cross-pollination — a conversation with Ridhi D’Cruz

The art of placemaking, regenerating public spaces.

Thank-you India

A report back from the International Permaculture Conference and Convergence in Hyderabad, India. By Becky Ellis In November 2017, I had the amazing experience of…

Using Cultural Emergence for Social and Environmental Change

What is Cultural Emergence?

Standing Rock and the Battle to Regain our Humanity

Standing Rock became, not just a simple protest, but a working, living example of what was possible, what could be done.

Design Thinking: Cultivating a Designer’s Mind

Design thinking, be intentional and present with your process.

Fertile Resistance and Reconciliation; An Indigenous Woman’s Response to the Recent Global Corporate Seed Mergers

The global seed commons and corporate seed mergers

Permaculture Design: Outside the Box…and Into Nature

Get unstuck and wild with your own permaculture design

Decolonizing seeds and the feminine side of things — a conversation with Rowen White

Decolonizing seeds and protecting diversity in the seed sovereignty movement.

Waste Not Want Not: Twelve Rs of Recycling

Here are Twelve Rs of recycling to help guide you on your way to cutting down on waste. It may seem a simple goal, but it can be eye opening, and have surprising repercussions in all aspects of your life.

The fight is on. Abortion rights

By Gosia Rokicka On Friday 23rd March 2018 Polish women (and everyone else who supports the cause) will speak out against Polish parliament’s plan to…