| DIY WICKING RAISED BED |
| John Adams explains how to build a self-watering raised bed for free - well almost - using pallets and other scavenged materials. |
| RESTART - REPAIRING THE UNREPAIRABLE |
| Janet Gunther describes the Restart Project that fixes consumer electronics, those sleek minimalist boxes you aren’t meant to open! |
| THE 'FAMILY' PERMACULTURE GARDEN |
| Why permaculture is perfect for the urban family garden by Neil Kingsnorth. |
| 7 WAYS TO THINK DIFFERENTLY |
| People & Permaculture author Looby Macnamara talks to Maddy Harland. |
| THE PERMACULTURE ECOLOGY OF BEES |
| Philip Chandler explains the difference between conventional, natural and balanced beekeeping and the need to reappraise the way we keep bees. |
| HORTICULTURAL THERAPY |
| An inspiring story of how permaculture can be applied to enhance the lives of even the most physically challenged, by Rozie Apps. |
| LILY COLE’S IMPOSSIBLE |
| Mark Boyle chats with actress, supermodel and environmentalist Lily Cole, who has set up the gift economy site, impossible.com |
| NOTES FROM A SMALL GARDEN - Part 3 – Six Years On |
| Wade Muggleton explains how he has adapted his limited growing space by carefully balancing what he grows with what he eats. |
| LESSONS FROM A FOREST GARDEN |
| Stuart Anderson visits Martin Crawford’s forest garden, learning some common mistakes and savouring the beautiful trees there. |
| SHEDDING LIGHT ON LEDs READ NOW |
| John Adams looks at the lighting revolution that can dramatically reduce your bills as well as being kinder to the planet. |
| LOG NOW, BURN LATER |
| Will Rolls suggests we should be thinking about next winter’s logs to get the hottest, most energy efficient and money saving burn from our stoves. |
| SUSTAINABLE BEEKEEPING |
| Monica Barlow describes the fascinating habits of the ‘superorganism’ that we call bees and explains how we can make beekeeping truly sustainable by using nature as a model. |
| Community Rebuilds |
| Matching needs to yields is the key to the success of a sustainable housing non-profit organisation based in Utah, in the USA; writes Rebecca Barrett. |
| Growing Soya Beans |
| Deano Martin describes a three year experiment, inoculating and growing soya beans in polycultures in the UK. |
| How to Choose a Woodburning Stove |
| Here are Will Rolls’ eight handy hints for selecting the best stove for your hearth. |
| Natural Farming |
| Joan Bailey visits a farm in Japan that is following in the footsteps of Fukuoka. |
| Five Awesome Transition Ideas |
| We picked five inspiring, ideas from Rob Hopkins’ new book, The Power of Just Doing It |
| Pigs in Plastic |
| Stuart Anderson describes how he used recycled plastic to build a durable pig ark |
| DIY SELF-WATERING CONTAINER GARDEN |
| Mark Ridsdill Smith explains how to make a genuinely self-watering container garden which can double your yields. |
| BEFORE THE WOODLAND HOUSE |
| In an extract from his book Woodsman, Ben Law describes how he made a yurt to shelter his family, in the years before his Woodland House was built. |
| POSITIVE MONEY |
| Can money be a force for good? Francesca Wakefield explores some of the money-changing campaigns and schemes available. |
| Compact Living |
| Michael Guerra introduces us to a sustainable design idea ... that of living more compactly |
| Optimise Your Health READ NOW |
| Flo Scott applied permaculture thinking to develop a good quality of life. |
| Farming in a Changing Climate |
| Ben Lambert describes how Crapes Fruit Farm has developed new methods to cope with an ever more variable climate. |