Social Permaculture · Permaculture Women Magazine

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.

How to Compost Your Pain

By Dido Dunlop (part of a talk at our New…

What is Ecofeminism? In a nutshell — how to save the world

What is Ecofeminism? The five elements are one way to explain.

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…

Permies of the world unite!

A manifesto for an internationalist permaculture movement By Becky Ellis…

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.

Decolonising learning

What needs to be done for decolonising learning?

Reasons to be fearful

By Gudrun Cartwright At the weekend I was out cycling…

Living on the Edges

One of the many things that I connect with in…

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…

Using Cultural Emergence for Social and Environmental Change

What is Cultural Emergence?

Permaculture sector analysis: identifying risks and designing solutions

Permaculture sector analysis is about designing the world we want while acknowledging the realities of the world we live in.

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

Women in Permaculture: Why should you learn permaculture from women?

By Silvia Di Blasio “I raise up my voice — not so…

The fight is on. Abortion rights

By Gosia Rokicka On Friday 23rd March 2018 Polish women…

Strategies for urban land access

Urban land access can be difficult but there are ways to get past this barrier.

On urban permaculture, eco-activism and co-creation of space with non-human animals — a conversation with Becky Ellis

Urban permaculture is possible even without owning private property or large amounts of land.

On permaculture, entitlement, and that pesky third ethic: all aboard the elephant in the room

By Heather Jo Flores “Contact with the soil reminds us…

Ascension of Female Traits = Beyond Gender Equality

By Jodie Harburt When women thrive so too can the…

Send a Care Bear Stare: Progressives & Permaculture in the Rural Heartland

Finding permaculture in America.

Design anything with the GOBRADIME permaculture design process

An easy, circular permaculture design process for gardens, community projects,…

Bringing Nature Inside

Some ideas for improving access to nature connection if you, or someone you are close to, has an illness or disability meaning they find it difficult to be outdoors and need to bring nature inside.

Revisiting the ecological Imperative as Ethical Livelihoods

If we don’t seriously address the individual, economic and social needs of the people, the ecological imperative will be always left behind.

Towards a Socially Sustainable Permaculture — Some Practical Steps

How do we move towards a socially sustainable permaculture?

Let’s Talk People Care: Decolonizing Permaculture

Decolonizing permaculture through people care and examining relationships.

The Art of Hosting within permaculture

What does it mean to host yourself and others in these deep times? And how does that connect with permaculture?What is the Art of Hosting?

Self-Seeding Plants in the Garden Farm

Surprise yourself in the garden with self-seeding plants.

Healing Racial Injustices Using Restorative Practices: An Oral History by Morris Ervin

Ideas for healing racial injustices

What’s permaculture got to do with the housing crisis?

In the current housing crisis, most people are stuck in rented housing, paying high rents for what is often poor quality housing far from the permaculture dream of one's own home.