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3 LIVING WITHOUT MONEY

Mark Boyle tells us how he does it so well that a year’s experiment is being extended indefinitely.

7 IS TRANSITION WORKING?

an innovative framework for creating

sustainable ways of living; a practical method

for developing ecologically harmonious,

efficient and productive systems that can

be used by anyone, anywhere.

Gil Seyfang presents the result of the first UK Transition Movement survey. PM Exclusive

11 THE WINTER ALLOTMENT

Plan some practical allotment projects. Paul Wagland offers some useful tips and ideas.

19 BUILDING A ZERO CARBON COUNTRY

Donnachadh McCarthy meets Bil Dunster and discovers his visionary yet practical plan for genuinely sustainable buildings.

22 THE JOY OF JUICE

Wade Muggleton urges us all to get juicing and shares his tips for simple apple cider.

25 SUSTAINABLE BEEKEEPING

Part Two of David Heaf’s popular article on how to make a Warré hive.

29 GROWING PERMACULTURE IN MALAWI

How permaculture has become part of the national curriculum in this central African country.

37 GROFUN

Nadia Hilman introduces a clever and easily replicable initiative for urban food self-reliance.

40 TRANSITION TO ECONOMIC RESILIENCE

Rob Hopkins explores how permacuture principles can be applied to business.

© Mark Boyle

REGULARS 14 Solutions! 15 Product Review 33 Permaculture News 57 GEN News 59 Letters 61 Reviews 64 Courses 69 Classified Exchange 72 Subscriptions & Renewals

© Tim Harland

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45 AFRAID OF SPEAKING YOUR MIND?

An effective way of resolving conflicts and building harmonious communites by Rob Dreaming.

45 HOW TO PREPARE FOR WHEN

THE POWER GOES DOWN A householder’s guide to coping well when the national power supplies overload and fail.

51 THE RECYCLED URBAN GARDEN

Patrick Whitefield visits a productive low-cost urban garden that thrives even in the shade.

53 SOLAR POWERED GREENHOUSE

How to make a year round fossil-fuel free heating and cooling system for an ordinary greenhouse by Andrew Colins.

© Nadia Hilman

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