Sun & The City
The first kerbside electric car charged by personal photovoltaic panels hits the street. Maddy Harland reports.
Singing a more Natural Song
Hildur Jackson visits EcoVillage at Ithaca and receives a warm welcome, despite the climate.
Fertile Relationships
Alzena Wilmot and Rik Humphreys describe a way of growing healthy vegetables on poor soil.
Greening the Valleys
Jenny Lunnon reports on a renewable energy project that is regenerating a community devastated by the collapse of the coal industry.
Planning a Polytunnel
How to buy, site and erect a polytunnel. Ever-practical reader, Mark Smith, shares the benefits of his experience.
Grow Your Own Building
Alan Cameron-Duff and Annabel Fawcus show that building with cob is easy and great fun. Dip your hands in the mud and have a go!
Comparing Two Lives
Relocating to the Mediterranean is sweeping Britain like South Sea Bubble fever, but how sustainable is it? Kate McEvoy investigates.
Eat Less Meat
Clive Davidson makes no bones about how eating too much meat damages the land, water resources and health.
Eco-Toad Hits the Road
When Pooran Desai has a mid-life crisis he doesn't do it by halves!
Allotment Plotting
Jessie Marcham visits a London community project and finds not only a wildlife sanctuary and productive garden but also a vibrant political statement.
To Bodly Go
Jean Armin returns to a recurrent readers' fascination – the construction of a DIY compost toilet.
The Bunkhouse Garden
Patrick Whitefield describes a garden he designed that has to feed a group of visitors in very specific periods of the year.
Creating a Walled Edible & Ornamental Garden
How Terry Wolf changed a run down yard into a beautiful and productive garden.
From Plant to Painbox
Kathleen Askew explains how to make your own watercolours from fruit and flowers.
Taking the Bull by the Horns
Last summer Hildur Jackson visited a remarkable ecovillage project in Hungary.
Ecoliving in the Spanish Mountains
Tony Wrench discovers an ecovillage high up in the mountains of northwestern Spain.
Mix Your Vegetables & Reap the Rewards
How to share light, time and companions in the vegetable garden by Patrick Whitefield.
The Power of Supply & Demand
Paul Wagland investigates green electricity.
Wealth Beyond Money
Alanna Moore describes how a once barren and weed infested valley has become one of New Zealand's best examples of permaculture.
Creating an Eco-kitchen
How George Marshall made his DIY solid wood kitchen for a song.
Sunny Side Shady Side
How to make the best of sun and shade in the domestic garden by the ever practical Patrick Whitefield.
Risc Assesment
Jessica Witchell reports on a forest garden high up on the urban roofline that's linking local people with global issues.
Downshifting Back to Front
How Jennie and Ian Lock left their country idyll for a market town and discovered neighbours.
Recharging the Soil
Jane Cobbald offers a taste of the ideas and work of Austrian visionary and inventor, Viktor Schauberger.