PERMACULTURE MAGAZINE ISSUE 61 AUTUMN 2009

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KITCHEN GARDEN
Emma Cooper describes the summertime flour-ishings of her prolific urban patch.

RECONNECTING LAND & PEOPLE?
Why is planning so hard to get for genuine low impact development? Mike Hannis visits projects and explores what needs to change.

SUSTAINABLE BEEKEEPING
With global honeybee populations plummeting, David Heaf offers a possible solution in the form of the Warré hive.

CYCLING FOR SUSTAINABILITY
Juliet Kemp’s useful tips for ditching the car and converting to pedal power for our daily transport.

A STITCH IN TIME
How climate change and peak oil has inspired John-Paul Flintoff to shun the fashion industry and make and mend his own clothes.

PERMACULTURE PRINCIPLES
Maddy Harland takes a fresh look at the principles that underpin permaculture design.

CREATING HARMONY
Michiyo Furuhashi introduces a Japanese eco-village that is almost entirely self-sufficient and is teaching sustainable agriculture to its neighbours.

THE ART OF READING THE LANDSCAPE
Understanding landscape is not only fun, it is a vital way of understanding sustainability and reconnecting with the Earth. Patrick Whitefield explains why.

A NEW WOODSMAN’S TALE
How PM made Ian Varley’s mid-life crisis definitely worth having, enabling him to live his dream and make a living working with wood.

CHAMPION THE LUMBER HORSE
Mike Abbott describes how to make a modern, efficient shaving horse from mainly scrap materials in just a couple of hours.

LES PORCS IN PERMACULTURE
How to be happy keeping pigs in permaculture. Stuart & Gabrielle Anderson share their experience of raising pigs on their smallholding in France.

CATCH ‘N’ STORE WATER
With climate change threatening drought as well as flood, Daniel Halsey explains how to design resilience into your orchard or farm.

Plus: Product Reviews, Permaculture News, GEN News, Letters, Solutions, Book Reviews, Course Listings and Classifieds.


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