Permaculture promotes sustainability and self-reliance by creating managed ecosystems—modeled on natural ones—right in our backyards. It’s “garden farming,” says Peter Bane in The Permaculture ...

Permaculture is a nature-inspired design approach that utilizes natural patterns and systems to create resilient, productive, and beautiful spaces like gardens, farms, and communities. The foundation ...

Paradise Lot (Chelsea Green, 2013) tells the story of Eric Toensmeier and Jonathan Bates turning the barren and run-down tenth-of-an-acre lot behind their duplex into what is not just another urban ...

Create your own sustainable permaculture garden with these essential tips. What is a permaculture garden, and how can you include the principles of permaculture in your landscape? A portmanteau of the ...

Patterns help us find efficiencies—to see the path of least resistance—and learn from nature what works best. In permaculture design, we often discuss working from patterns to details. We also ...

Social fragmentation and economic divides have fractured the fabric of urban environments. In this context, ecovillages emerge as influential remedies to societal and ecological crises, microcosms ...