For my new kitchen, I am using many of the same strategies and principles that I use in garden design. Elizabeth has worked since 2010 as a writer and consultant covering gardening, permaculture, and ...

Cyclical Systems: "Permaculture is...an ecological design system for the creation of regenerative human habitats," says Chuck Marsh, co-founder of Earthaven. In her Southern opus Gone With the Wind, ...

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 ...

A buzzword in sustainability circles, permaculture—historically combining “permanent” and “agriculture”—describes ecologically-conscious farming to create sustainable ecosystems for future generations ...

The simplest explanation I can offer is this: permaculture is a design system for regenerative living and land use that ...

Becky Elder had been working as a gardener for some years when a friend recommended a book. “I said, ‘Oh, sounds nice, Gary.’ I handed it back to him,” Elder said. “I was a single mom, I had a ...

Pikes Peak Permaculture was founded in 2002 as an educational nonprofit, and there are now about 50 local permaculturists who live by its ethics: Care for the Earth, care for the people, share the ...