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PUBLISHER PERMANENT PUBLICATIONS 13 Clovelly Road, Portsmouth, Hampshire PO4 8DL, United Kingdom Subscriptions & orders: +44 (0)1730 776 582 Marketing & sales: +44 (0)1730 776 585 Editorial: +44 (0)1730 776 583 Email: info@permaculture.co.uk Web: www.permaculture.co.uk THE TEAM Co-founder (1958-2023) Tim Harland Co-founder & Editor Maddy Harland Sales Director Tony Rollinson Financial Director Peter Ellington Publishing Director Rozie Apps Subscriptions & Acounts Kate Saunders Technical Development Pete Cooper, Bob Barker DESIGN Nicola Willmot, info@twoplusgeorge.co.uk SPECIAL THANKS Jane Bottomley, Chris Dee, Prue Grant and Chris Willis UK & WORLDWIDE DISTRIBUTOR Select Publisher Services Ltd P.O. Box 6337, Bournemouth BH1 9EH Tel: 01202 586 848 Web: selectps.co.uk US & CANADIAN DISTRIBUTOR Disticor Magazine Distribution www.disticor.com Printed on Offset FSC® Certified paper Printed by Warners Midlands plc FSC certification number: TT-COC-002452 ISSN: 0967-5663 ARTICLE SUBMISSIONS Permaculture welcomes illustrated articles from its readers and from established authors. If you would like to contribute an article please refer to the editorial guidelines at: www.permaculture.co.uk/submit_an_article COPYRIGHT © All writings are the copyright of Permanent Publications and/or individual contributors. All rights reserved. No part, written or visual, of this magazine may be reproduced, except for short credited and sourced passages for criticism or review, without written permission of the publisher. DISCLAIMER The opinions expressed in Permaculture are not neces­sarily those of the publisher. Whilst the publisher takes every care in checking the validity of information given in articles and other contributions, it cannot accept responsibility for its accuracy or liability for any form of damages incurred by the use of any such information. Permaculture magazine and Permanent Publications are trading names of Hyden House Ltd. Registered in England No 2470704. EDITORIAL DEADLINES PM124 Summer 15 February 2025 PM125 Autumn 15 May 2025 PM126 Winter 15 August 2025 PM127 Spring 15 November 2025 PUBLICATION DATES PM124 Summer 30 April 2025 PM125 Autumn 31 July 2025 PM126 Winter 31 October 2025 PM127 Spring 31 January 2026 2  | Spring 2025 7 15 features 32 Healing our Connection with the Land Kate Bigwood’s incredible journey from cranial osteopath to farmer and rewilder. 39 How to Run Healthy Groups and Meetings Ruth Marie Kondrup introduces the practical art of sociocracy. 48 Small Life on Earth Rosemary Morrow spotlights Sneha Koppula, a young permaculture practitioner in India whose beautiful work focusses on the ‘small world’. 55 Bridging the Gap with the Neighbours Jorge Gallardo, Joanna Crowson and Andrew Zionts Abrams explore some useful ideas and techniques to help build bridges in the local community. 66 How Can We Change Economic Habits? Diana Finch explores how we can reverse blind consumerism and replace it with more generative and wholesome behaviours. cover story 12 Giving the River a Voice Kim Kaos describes a deep and connected form of activism that respects and represents the sentience of the natural world. Permaculture offers everyday activism, from growing our own food (p.58) and changing our economic habits (p.66) to community collaboration (p.19) and reviving ancient seeds for culturally appropriate foods (p.14). Our cover illustrates the work of Kim Kaos (p.12) who uses stunning puppetry and art for deep activism. © Adam Hughes www.permaculture.co.uk
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Contents PermacultureMag PermacultureMagazine permaculturemagazine PermacultureMag permaculturemag 32 66 permaculture.co.uk cover features 4 The Necessity of Natural Darkness Yolande Watson explains why dark skies allow humans and nature to thrive. 7 Beavers: our Freshwater Allies Beavers are an astonishing keystone species. Eva Bishop describes how they control flood, reduce drought and enable nature to bloom. 15 Whispers from the Ancient Ones Ella Brolly introduces us to a little known yet ancient grain, callaloo, that has been feeding people for over 8000 years and its significance to the growing community where it thrives. 19 Community Fridges Carly Andersen shows how local fridges are reducing kilos of food waste by sharing surplus within the community. 23 Decision Making as Bees Do Drawing from the experience of living in community, Chris Taylor describes different forms of decision making more akin to patterns found in nature. 28 Flood Resilience in the Garden Naomi Slade shares important elements from her award-winning show garden that can be applied at varying scales. 50 Create a Climate-Resilient Allotment Sally Morgan offers some useful adaptation tips to building resilience wherever you garden. 58 Free Plants! Perrine Bulgheroni and Charles Hervé-Gruyer, cofounders of the famous Bec Hellouin Farm, share a range of propagation techniques that we can all use, in the back garden, on the allotment, smallholding and even the farm! 63 Unshopping: Defying the consumer imperative in the garden Jo Barker introduces us to a cornucopia on our doorstep. regulars 1 Editorial 36 Solutions 44 Permaculture Market 61 News 70 Reviews 74 Courses 79 Classifieds cover story Read all our back issues for FREE All back issues of Permaculture magazine are accessible via our digital archives, free to all print and digital subscribers. Searchable by subject, author or specific interest. See www.permaculture.co.uk/subscribe for details. issue 12 3 spring 2025 |  3

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PUBLISHER PERMANENT PUBLICATIONS 13 Clovelly Road, Portsmouth, Hampshire PO4 8DL, United Kingdom Subscriptions & orders: +44 (0)1730 776 582

Marketing & sales: +44 (0)1730 776 585

Editorial: +44 (0)1730 776 583 Email: info@permaculture.co.uk Web: www.permaculture.co.uk

THE TEAM Co-founder (1958-2023) Tim Harland Co-founder & Editor Maddy Harland

Sales Director Tony Rollinson Financial Director Peter Ellington Publishing Director Rozie Apps Subscriptions & Acounts Kate Saunders Technical Development Pete Cooper, Bob Barker

DESIGN

Nicola Willmot, info@twoplusgeorge.co.uk

SPECIAL THANKS Jane Bottomley, Chris Dee, Prue Grant and Chris Willis

UK & WORLDWIDE DISTRIBUTOR

Select Publisher Services Ltd P.O. Box 6337, Bournemouth BH1 9EH Tel: 01202 586 848 Web: selectps.co.uk

US & CANADIAN DISTRIBUTOR Disticor Magazine Distribution www.disticor.com Printed on Offset FSC® Certified paper Printed by Warners Midlands plc

FSC certification number:

TT-COC-002452 ISSN: 0967-5663

ARTICLE SUBMISSIONS

Permaculture welcomes illustrated articles from its readers and from established authors. If you would like to contribute an article please refer to the editorial guidelines at:

www.permaculture.co.uk/submit_an_article

COPYRIGHT

© All writings are the copyright of Permanent Publications and/or individual contributors. All rights reserved. No part, written or visual, of this magazine may be reproduced, except for short credited and sourced passages for criticism or review, without written permission of the publisher.

DISCLAIMER

The opinions expressed in Permaculture are not neces­sarily those of the publisher. Whilst the publisher takes every care in checking the validity of information given in articles and other contributions, it cannot accept responsibility for its accuracy or liability for any form of damages incurred by the use of any such information.

Permaculture magazine and Permanent Publications are trading names of Hyden House Ltd.

Registered in England No 2470704.

EDITORIAL DEADLINES PM124 Summer 15 February 2025 PM125 Autumn 15 May 2025 PM126 Winter 15 August 2025 PM127 Spring 15 November 2025

PUBLICATION DATES PM124 Summer 30 April 2025 PM125 Autumn 31 July 2025 PM126 Winter 31 October 2025 PM127 Spring 31 January 2026

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Spring 2025

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15

features

32 Healing our Connection with the Land Kate Bigwood’s incredible journey from cranial osteopath to farmer and rewilder.

39 How to Run Healthy Groups and Meetings Ruth Marie Kondrup introduces the practical art of sociocracy.

48 Small Life on Earth Rosemary Morrow spotlights Sneha Koppula, a young permaculture practitioner in India whose beautiful work focusses on the ‘small world’.

55 Bridging the Gap with the Neighbours Jorge Gallardo, Joanna Crowson and Andrew Zionts Abrams explore some useful ideas and techniques to help build bridges in the local community.

66 How Can We Change Economic Habits? Diana Finch explores how we can reverse blind consumerism and replace it with more generative and wholesome behaviours.

cover story 12 Giving the River a Voice Kim Kaos describes a deep and connected form of activism that respects and represents the sentience of the natural world.

Permaculture offers everyday activism, from growing our own food (p.58) and changing our economic habits (p.66) to community collaboration (p.19) and reviving ancient seeds for culturally appropriate foods (p.14).

Our cover illustrates the work of

Kim Kaos (p.12) who uses stunning puppetry and art for deep activism. © Adam Hughes www.permaculture.co.uk

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