Social Permaculture · 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.

Regenerating Our Reality through Circular Economy

Circular economy is not just a big concept for governments and economists, but something real that we can immediately put into practice as individuals.

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.

Foremother: A review of Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Imagining a Permaculture life in 1916

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

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

Women Who Ask, Women Who Listen: Social Permaculture and Laying Stones for Peace

Does permaculture have what it takes to evolve?

Community Building: Social and Spiritual Permaculture for Intentional Communities and Transition Towns

Our ecovillage set up ‘invisible structures’, to build a strong community, to work together well, from practical land care to our deepest vision.

My Permaculture Wealth Building Journey

Permaculture offers a rich toolkit for designing for holistic abundance not only in our landscapes, but our personal finances as well.

Food and water are the baselines of every culture. We will neglect every single thing good about any culture until we understand why people eat and how they eat, and how passed down from generations and generations the “question of food” really is. There is no healing at all until one heals its relationship with food.

Questioning role-models

I think some of us have given up on trying to reach remaining humans outside of our bubbles.

Social Permaculture: Language and its barriers to understanding

We, humans, invented language to name things to understand them by expanding on their meaning, but my proposal is that right now it hinders our understanding of things more than it helps. Particularly language that it’s either too formal or too loose in terms of meaning and understanding.

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

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

Reappropriating our inherent natural culture

by Matilde Magro Whether you follow me on Medium, Facebook, or Instagram you’re well aware that I think a lot about how to solve our…

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…

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.

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.

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.

Kindness Circles, surrounding community

It’s interesting how a simple act of kindness can multiply itself into thousands of good deeds in a short time, but how does that happen?

The Art Of Dying Creatively

Dying Creatively: Using permaculture design to improve how we die

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

Resources for the queer people in permaculture

Integrity dynamics

Integrity dynamics and identity

A Design Cycle Application: GOBRADIMET

Sample design description and activity worksheet for GOBRADIMET.

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.

Abundance Mindset, Scarcity Mindset

Are you able to approach life with an abundance mindset?

Permaculture communication skills

Permaculture communication skills, speaking with compassion and the need to be understood.

5 Reasons You Should Take this Online Permaculture Design Course

Best online permaculture course for women and by women

Plants as friends and family members

Reclaiming our sense of belonging. By Luiza Oliveira Looking at the many roots from my multi-racial family, I realized that most of my family background…

The Best Advice

By Julia Pereira Dias Aren’t we the selfless ones? “My husband could save so much time, if only he’d listen to me,” sighs Diane. She…

Hierarchies vs Networks

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

Permaculture Ethics in Public Education

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

It’s not enough to be an environmentalist. We must be anti-racist environmentalists.

Racism and climate change are linked in many ways. We must be anti-racist environmentalists.

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

Doulas and Permaculture

Doulas and permaculture ethics.

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…

12 Ways To Use Permaculture In Your Daily Life

It might not be obvious how to use permaculture in your daily life, but this article will show you how.