Community Projects
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2013: The Year Bike Sharing Came of Age (USA)
Once dismissed as a hippy-dippy dream, bike sharing is now reality in New York, Chicago and other cities. by Jay…
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Tunneling into School
What? Why would anyone want to tunnel back into school? Well, I have no idea, but in the past six…
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A Permaculture Garden Inside San Quentin State Prison (California, USA)
I thought PermacultureNews readers might be inspired by some of the work Planting Justice and the Insight Garden Program are…
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Harriet Nakabaale’s Camp Green (Uganda)
Kampala (the capital of Uganda) is a city where overcrowding seems to suffocate many neighborhoods and where nothing seems to…
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Grow Heathrow: Growing Inspiration
The recently publicised findings of the Davies Commission Report (1) have put airport expansion in the UK into the media…
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Bringing Permaculture Solutions Back From the IPC in Cuba
In my study of the design system of permaculture, one problem that I’ve come across is that, as permaculturists, many…
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Seed Saver Exchange
I sincerely hope you all share my happiness, enthusiasm and excitement when it comes to seeds. When I hold a…
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The Food Is Free Project
The Food is Free Project is an amazing initiative based out of Austin, Texas that grows community connections alongside food…
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Laundry to Landscape Urban Greywater Installation: Greening the Sonoran Desert (Phoenix, Arizona)
This past November (2013), Watershed Management Group’s Green Living Co-op installed a "Laundry to Landscape" greywater system at my house.…
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Preserving the Past to Serve the Future – Wellbeing Farm, A Pragmatic Approach to Permaculture, Transition, and Reskilling (USA)
After leaving the Mid-Atlantic Transition Hub Waterways Reskilling gathering held on November 23, 2013 I realized that the practitioners who…
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A Look at Crystal Waters Ecovillage
This is an introduction to Crystal Waters, covering permaculture design, innovative housing design, intentional community living and land restoration. Crystal…
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My Story, in Contribution to Our Story of Hope (Zimbabwe)
by Mugove Walter Nyika I grew up with my grandparents in a village 200 km south of the capital Harare,…
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