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features 30 Building a Life Cairn: Creating space for grief and loss Joanna Crowson, Jorge Gallardo and Andrew Zionts Abrams share how they built a life cairn to remember all those species lost to extinction.

35 Thrutopia: Permacultures of Value, Needs and Wants In the third article of the series, bestselling novelist, Manda Scott explores economic transformation and why we need to create positive narratives to drastically shift us towards collaboration, agency and sufficiency.

41 Tropical Permaculture in Cold Climates The Last Farm share how they grow banana plants in the icy northeast U.S. and their range of uses in the garden and kitchen.

48 The Climate Neutral Microfarm Perrine and Charles Hervé-Gruyer from the ‘Miraculous Abundance’ farm in France explain how they’ve developed a highly productive market garden that builds healthy soil and locks carbon.

52 Harvesting Habits Neil Kingsnorth looks at how to integrate animals into a smallholding for their useful habits, not their meat.

61 Farming the Desert How do you reverse desertification and provide food security in a world of increasing climate chaos? Giulia Carrabino tells the story of Habiba, a standout project in the Sinai Desert.

65 Healing the Most Vulnerable in Society with Permaculture Sammuel Yisrael shares how permaculture offers sanctuary for homeless and vulnerable adults.

Cover photo Kirsten Bradley featured on (p.4) © Samuel Shelley

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