Autumn 2020 (PM 105)

Dare to Imagine a Better Future! |
Rob Hopkins shares his experiences with groups who dare to imagine a better future. |
Imagine Another World |
Arundhati Roy shares how coronavirus has given us all the opportunity to fight for a better world. |
The Climate for Corona |
Professor Jem Bendell argues that if the impact of COVID-19 is another step in the collapse of modern societies, it is likely it is another climate-driven step. |
Redesigning Money for a Doughnut World |
John Cant swallows the red pill and dismantles the idea that the economic system is dependent on ‘balancing the books’ and argues that money is conceptually unlimited. |
Setting up a Seed Library |
Seeds are true wealth. 150 years ago, there were thousands of vegetable varieties. Now, a limited number of seeds are mainly sold by commercial companies. Andrea Sanders encourages us to save and share open pollinated varieties. |
Year-round Fresh Vegetables |
Liz Zorab from Byther Farm shares her methods for creating a constant supply of fresh food from her no dig plot. |
Thriving During the Pandemic |
Kt Shepherd shares her permaculture design techniques for resilience and wellbeing that she learnt from being housebound by a serious illness. |
Never Let a Good Crisis Go to Waste |
COVID-19 created a crisis in our just-in-time food system. Steph Wetherell, Simon Griffiths and Sam Robinson explore how farmers and producers rose to this challenge and created a resurgence in the demand for local food. |
How Cycling is Making a Difference |
The Bristol Bike Project is upcycling old bikes to make cycling more affordable for greater wellbeing, health and freedom. |
Training 10,000 Farmers One Seed at a Time |
Permaculture Magazine Prize 2019 runner up, Ronaldo Lec, describes how he founded Instituto Mesoamericano de Permacultura (IMAP) in Guatemala. |
Pretty, Productive Plantings for Small Spaces |
Pippa Chapman describes how to grow an edible, perennial and attractive polyculture. |
Learning to Forest Garden |
Andrew Thomas is a budding forest gardener. He got the bug aged nine and has never looked back. Here he describes his influences and how he began designing and planting the family’s plot. |
Tree Planting The Good, The Bad and The Ugly |
Wade Muggleton’s Top 10 Tips for successful tree planting. |
Clean Your Home with Nature-friendly Recipes |
Developing Everyday Resilience |
Lael Tyrrell Rathje tells the story of her family’s journey to create an abundant, self-sufficient lifestyle. |
The Economy of Love |
Georgia Wingfield-Hayes learns Indigenous African wisdom and how human solidarity is vital for our future. |
Seeing Wetiko: Capitalism, Mind Viruses and Antidotes for a World in Transition |
Alnoor Ladha and Martin Kirk remove the veil that cleverly obscures why industrial growth culture is at war with the natural world and suggest the logic of the antidote. |
Extra Digital Article: Behind the Economy |
After deconstructing money (see pages 15-17), John Cant reveals some of the current elements used in our economy and why we need a new system. |