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1 month ago | 
permaculture.co.uk | Maddy Harland |Looby Macnamara |Josh Davis |Pippa Chapman
When a complex system is far from equilibrium, small islands of coherence in a sea of chaos have the capacity to shift the entire system to a higher order. Ilya Prigogine, Physical Chemist and Nobel LaureateWelcome back. The late genius Douglas Adams wrote his Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy trilogy in five parts.
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1 month ago | 
permaculture.co.uk | Jeremy Menefee |Lorenzo Costa |Maddy Harland |Vera Greutink
As the era of peat-based garden compost draws to a close should we perhaps look more widely at the whole issue of compost? On the face of it, compost is an innocuous material that we all take for granted and many of us who ‘grow our own’ no doubt get through a fair few bags of it every year. It symbolises something wholesome and embraces the hands in the soil element of gardening.
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1 month ago | 
permaculture.co.uk | Maddy Harland |Vera Greutink |Martin Crawford |Lorenzo Costa
In this beautifully crafted and insightful guide, Perrine and Charles Hervé-Gruyer’s third instalment, is as engaging as the first. While the book serves as a practical toolkit for those interested in microfarming, its lessons are relevant to anyone looking to deepen their connection with sustainable living by providing food for the family and perhaps the local community.
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1 month ago | 
permaculture.co.uk | Maddy Harland
Transformative Adaptation (TrAd) helps us to transform our civilisation to be in readiness for the future and makes life worth living. Impacts beyond 1.5oC, the agreed maximum limit-target for global overheating, are already here. In this context, adaptation, preparedness and resilience-building are no longer optional. They become central, pivotal to whether we survive, let alone flourish.
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Jan 22, 2025 | 
permaculture.co.uk | Maddy Harland |Patrick Whitefield
58 projects from around the world have been shortlisted for the £250,000 Lush Spring Prize for environmental and social regeneration. The 2025 Lush Spring Prize received well over 600 applications, almost double the amount of the 2023 prize cycle. These were whittled down to a shortlist of 58 individual applications during autumn 2024 (with some applications being shortlisted in multiple categories).
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Dec 9, 2024 | 
permaculture.co.uk | Glennie Kindred |Maddy Harland |Jo Barker |Liz Zorab
The Sun enters the sign of Capricorn as her rays shine directly at their southern extreme for the year. This is the shortest day and the longest night of the Northern Hemisphere. In the Southern Hemisphere they celebrate the Summer Solstice at this time. The great cosmic wheel of the year, the fiery hub of the universe, the symbolic Wheel of Time, is acknowledged here. Jul or Yule means wheel in Norwegian.
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Dec 9, 2024 | 
permaculture.co.uk | Maddy Harland
Transformative Adaptation (TrAd) helps us to transform our civilisation to be in readiness for the future and makes life worth living. Impacts beyond 1.5oC, the agreed maximum limit-target for global overheating, are already here. In this context, adaptation, preparedness and resilience-building are no longer optional. They become central, pivotal to whether we survive, let alone flourish.
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Sep 10, 2024 | 
permaculture.co.uk | Glennie Kindred |Maddy Harland |Jo Barker |Liz Zorab
Autumn Equinox is the doorway to winter. Summer is over and a new phase will begin. We can share with each other what we have gained and completed during the summer and make our plans for the coming winter. From now on the days will get noticeably shorter and colder. The Sun’s power is waning fast. This is the time of ripening fruits, nuts, mushrooms and berries. It is a busy time if you want to lay in stores for the winter.
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Aug 14, 2024 | 
permaculture.co.uk | Maddy Harland |Looby Macnamara |Chris Johnstone
Maddy Harland's editorial from PM119. Maddy shares how the exquisite visit from a Kingfisher encouraged her to serve the woodland and continue publishing about another world that is still possible.
Welcome to the first PM of 2024, an issue full of vibrant stories of growing food, crafting and making, creating more resilient landscapes, and building community and collaboration. These pages speak of personal experiences, lessons learnt and practical knowledge straight from you, our readers.
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Aug 10, 2024 | 
permaculture.co.uk | Maddy Harland |Looby Macnamara |Vera Greutink |Lorenzo Costa
Environmental charity Hubbub has today launched its first ever ‘Community Nature Network’ to help community-led green spaces thrive and bring nature closer to people and people closer to nature. The Community Nature Network, supported by funding from the Wates Family Enterprise Trust and the Bentley Environmental Foundation, will offer funding opportunities, free resources, guidance and peer to peer support to community groups who wish to establish new green spaces or improve existing ones.
