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 ...

This eagerly awaited book from West Coast permaculture expert Hemenway, author of the classic Gaia's Garden, pushes permaculture design beyond its usual realm of homesteading and gardening, applying ...

Permaculture instructor Andrew Millison meets architect Mark Lakeman in Portland, Oregon. Lakeman, founder of Communitecture Architecture and the City Repair Project, discusses his movement to ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Architect April Magill sits atop an eight-foot wall with a leg slung over each side, so that one ...

Permaculture may conjure up images of drum circles and people of the patchouli persuasion, but it’s much more than a hippie lifestyle handbook. In fact, many people are practicing its principles ...

PUERTO PRINCESA CITY—Since March is Women’s Month, I thought it would be fitting to feature Filipinas who are promoting sustainable farming and dining. For this week, I interviewed Sarah Queblatin, ...

During his four years on San Luis Obispo’s City Council, Aaron Gomez often spoke about the need to combat climate change through individual actions. He advocated biking, walking, reducing purchases of ...

Richard Belanger, a manager at the Granada del Valle farm in Los Ojos, had been struggling to protect his spinach and lettuce crops from cruel weather and hungry varmints. He was frustrated with ...