Systems Thinking

Start Where You are: Discovery at Zone 00

In times when you feel overrun by forces outside of your control, contemplating and designing the life you want to live is important self-care.

Foremother: A review of Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Imagining a Permaculture life in 1916

Life in symphony

What’s an ecosystem?

A Manifest for the Embodiment of Imperfection

We all want to become better, fitter, happier. As long as we believe in guilt and shame, though, self-improvement is bound to make us suffer.

The Art Of Dying Creatively

Dying Creatively: Using permaculture design to improve how we die

Integrity dynamics

Integrity dynamics and identity

A Design Cycle Application: GOBRADIMET

Sample design description and activity worksheet for GOBRADIMET.

Approaching menopause as a childfree woman

By Gudrun Cartwright As a woman in my late forties,…

War, what is it good for?

War, what is it good for? We need more compassion and understanding.

Musings on pandemics, food sovereignty and everyday life

What are the real costs of our current food system? How do we find food sovereignty?

Buddhist Meditation and Regenerative Culture

By Dido Dunlop Our hearts and outer world grow hearty together…

Hierarchies vs Networks

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

Doulas and Permaculture

Doulas and permaculture ethics.

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,…

How to Learn Permaculture for Free

A hands-on guide for the frugal beginner to learn permaculture without spending any money.

organic garden vs permaculture garden graphic by Heather Jo Flores 1

What is permaculture? A definitive FAQ for newbie permies in 2023 (with awesome illustrations!)

What is permaculture? Here's an expansive Permaculture FAQ with a collection of helpful links to help you on your permaculture learning journey.

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

Why should farmers get subsidies?

Over recent years, there has been a growing resentment about the subsidies farmers receive. But why do farmers get subsidies anyway?

Green Tara, The Ecofeminist Goddess, Shows Us How To Embody Regenerative Culture

By Dido Dunlop Green Tara is a role model, to…

Having kids in a climate crisis: can you do it? I’m too scared

By Gudrun Cartwright As always, I was fascinated by what…

Ecofeminism and Permaculture

Personal and world transformation with ecofeminism and permaculture.

Avoid These Common Mistakes After Your Permaculture Design Certificate Course…

By Karryn Olson Often, after an in-depth permaculture learning experience,…

Regenerative Right Livelihood: a pattern for shifting towards life-honoring work

It's difficult to live in a way that doesn't harm the planet. What would a Regenerative Right Livelihood look like?

How can our we create regenerative livelihoods?

What would a regenerative livelihood look like to you?

Lasagna Gardening 101

What is Lasagna Gardening? How to build a “lazy garden” in 3 easy steps.

Growing Food and Medicine: The Good, The Bad and The Heartbreak

Some hard truths about growing food and medicine.

The Unlikely Relationship Between Fear, Cheese, and Permaculture

What happened when I stopped letting fear get in the way of me fulfilling my dreams, or my relationship between fear and cheese.

Ethical Marketing: Pro-Tips for Your Right Livelihood

Essential tips for online entrepreneurs, especially if you’re relatively new at this and have spent any time at all resisting learning about “marketing” because it’s yucky.`

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.

Breaking Down and Building Up

By Gisa Seeholzer Building a community through growing something sustainable…

Permaculture Boundaries and Base Maps

How to create accurate base maps.

GOBRADIMET+ Design process

How to use the GOBRADIMET Design process for working on projects and in groups.

Why I love teaching permaculture

The benefits of teaching permaculture extend beyond disseminating knowledge to exploring personal edges and enjoying the thrill of living in the moment.