Social Justice · Permaculture Women Magazine

Colonial Trauma: No, I Won’t Confess, I Will Say It Out Loud!

A poem about wounds created by Patriarchy, Religion, and Capitalism.

Growing Urban Community Resilience Gardens in Los Angeles

by Devorah Brous I’ve been working with faith-institutions since 2011 to repurpose vacant institutional land into edible gardens and orchards to foster healthy, water-wise environments…

Permaculture in the City: a sampler of inspiring urban agriculture projects

10 urban gardens that will inspire you to grow food no matter where you live

How to Have Difficult Conversations

How do we have difficult conversations? Any time we expect a conversation to be(come) difficult, it is because we assume that either the other person will reject what we propose or they will be hurt by what we share with them. I want to talk about the latter.

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.

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…

Chicken shed dilemmas! Mistakes are tools for learning…

If the fox is getting too much to eat then it's time for a chicken shed.

Dry Stone Walls

Dry stone walls are a significant part of the landscape in many parts of the world. They are built in places where there are plenty of stones nearby, and where trees don’t thrive well enough to create hedges or to provide materials for fencing.

Help! I’ve got to do a Permaculture Design Project!

A quick overview of how to start a permaculture design project

What’s so permanent about permaculture?

Permanent permaculture, is it possible?

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

What is Rewilding? Here’s another view

What is Rewilding? Is rewilding a way of off-setting normal life?

Community Woodlands: Nurturing trees and people

Through observing community woodlands principles of nature become important.

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.

Why my farm isn’t a “Permaculture Farm”

As we integrate into living, working farm communities, it’s important to remember that a permaculture farm is not a new idea.

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…

Decolonising learning

What needs to be done for decolonising learning?

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…