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 ...

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 ...

In 1978, Australian ecologists David Holmgren and Bill Mollison coined the concept of permaculture as a systematic method for the first time. For Mollison, "permaculture is the philosophy of working ...

My midlife crisis didn’t question my identity or self-confidence, rather it questioned the legacy I would leave for my grown children, and eventually for my grandchildren. My midlife left turn sent me ...

If you’ve ever studied a bit of biology, you may recall the basics of symbiosis or, to put it simply, the different types of arrangements which exist between two living things. Some relationships are ...