I can still remember my first encounter with the term “permaculture.” It was a Plowboy interview with Bill Mollison in MOTHER EARTH NEWS in 1980. I remember well how the ideas resonated with me, and I ...

As we close in on an early growing season, my social media feeds are filling up with conflicting, oftentimes alarming posts claiming absolute truths about the right and wrong ways to grow and harvest ...

Graham Whiting of Whiting Design has been working on a Passive House design for a family of permaculture farmers south of Guelph, Ontario. TreeHugger Sami has written a lot about Permaculture, and ...

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 ...

Jeremy Wickremer explains why he believes permaculture offers multiple answers to societal and environmental problems in a beautifully simple and effective way. Permaculture is all about using common ...

My family reminded me recently that, permaculture remains a mystery to some readers. Indeed, it can bewilder. The simplest explanation I can offer is this: permaculture is a design system for ...

In this biweekly article, we’ll be talking through the 12 permaculture principles and how to apply them to your own space.

Elizabeth has worked since 2010 as a writer and consultant covering gardening, permaculture, and sustainable living. She has also written a number of books and e-books on gardens and gardening. If you ...

A casual meeting with a friend while on vacation in Amsterdam made Manisha Lath Gupta start her own farm in July 2010. “Buy a small piece of land and pursue permaculture,” her friend advised.