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features 12 Irresistible Plants for Health and Wildlife Paul Alfrey serves up a polyculture for herbal tea, salad, fruits and Nature.

17 Thrutopia: Creating a New Story for a World in Transition Bestselling novelist, Manda Scott, describes how we can breakthrough the current destructive capitalist system and design a flourishing future for generations to come.

34 Young Changemakers Maia Raymond, Global Coordinator for Permayouth, shares the story of Nakafeero Brenda who is restoring her community in Uganda through seeds, kitchen gardens and indigenous knowledge.

64 Social Permaculture: Through the Bioregional Lens Permaculture design is often confined to the garden, but it doesn’t have to be! Rosemary Morrow introduces how we can apply it to societies.

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37 Giving Nature a Voice Brontie Ansell explores how to appoint Nature as a company director, how it works legally, and what the impacts are of this radical shift in mindset.

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The cover image is of a chalk stream in Hampshire, UK. There are only around 200 chalk streams in the world, with 85% found in the UK. This unique habitat, like so many others across the world, is under threat. By restoring these ecosystems, we can bring back a natural balance for the health of wildlife and humans.

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