Practical Projects
How to grow food and tools for self reliance.
Film: How to make a seed bomb
Follow Steve from Permanent Culture Now as he shows you how to make a seed bomb, then go out an invade the derelict space around where you live.
Seed Economics
Exploratory and experimental piece looks at the value of seed saving and sharing as an economic model in its own right and as a way of supporting the local resource based economies of the future.
Grow your way out of Austerity – grow your own food
How growing your own food can help in times of austerity.
Community roots (community food growing permaculture project)
How we setup a food growing project on a old tennis court.
End of the 2013 growing season reflections
A few thoughts and reflections on the garden as move head on into autumn
Permaculture books
A great list of useful permaculture books to use to develop a future world of equality and sound ecology.
Bolton Urban Growers series – Community Food Growing
How Bolton Urban Growers help communities in social and council housing grow their own food.
How to pickle rat tail radish pods
How to pickle rat tail radishes.
Gardening jobs for autumn
Autumn jobs for the vegetable
Community self reliance: the end of Employment?
this piece looks at community self reliance and the end of employment
Building greater food resilience
Get your community together to grow it’s own food!
Permaculture allotment plot – lessons learned
Lessons I have learnt from my permaculture plot.
Bolton Urban Growers a community food project
a short piece explaining the work that Bolton Urban growers do as a means of working towards a localised and sustainable future.
Urban Permaculture: creating resilient small scale Cities for the future
Urban permaculture as a means of helping to bring about a permanent culture based on sound ecology and abundance.
Precious Water
Water is a big issues, these are some of the issues surrounding our water supply the most vital of human resources.
The Community Garden Movement in Philadelphia
3 amazing community gardens in Philadelphia.
Food not Tennis Courts – Project update
Steve has an amazing community garden project on an old tennis court, find out how he has developed it.
Community and The Fallowfield Secret Garden
this is the second piece about the Fallowfield secret garden by Gavin Pate, a friend of permanent culture now
Film: Vertical Gardening
Check out this great little film of Rick’s Vertical Gardening experiments in Bolton, shows what you can do in a limited space.
Meaningful work
Can we can change work for the better of ourselves and community.
How to grow potatoes
How to grow potatoes.
How to make a low carbon outdoor kitchen for free
How to build an outdoor low impact kitchen using rocket stoves and cob.
A Gift From Above: Rainwater harvesting for Green Irrigation
Why rainwater harvesting is important and can help irrigate your garden and is good for the ecology of the planet.
A few tips to help you start a vegetable garden
A few tips to help you start a vegetable garden, some basics and the personal benefits you get from gardening.
The struggle: from dependence to community self reliance
It is challenge to become self sufficient in the UK and the world for most people, but there things you can do together.
An Overview of a Permaculture Design Course
An overview of a permaculture design course and what you learn.
Making use of invasive plant species
How to use invasive plants such as Japanese Knotweed and Himalayan Balsam as food.
Offshoots Permaculture project
about Offshoots permaculture project in Burnley
All about seeds
Find out all you need to know about growing, storing and planting seeds, in our great introduction.
Permaculture as a revolutionary force for change
Could permaculture offer an alternative to capitalism?
Film: David Holmgren Beyond Sustainability Talk
Dave Holmgrens talk Beyond sustainability, essential viewing on why we need to move towards a post oil society in an age where resource peaks are inevitable, using the principles of permaculture.
Film: George Mckay on radical gardening, Vandana Shiva and others discuss the importance of gardening, seeds and capitalism
Great series of lectures from Documenta (13), includes George Mckay and Vandana Shiva talking about our relationships to nature, seeds and animals great viewing
Useful traditional skills
Traditional skills like food growing, water harvesting and providing your own heat are all ways of building self reliance.
Film: Panel discussion on small scale food production – Off Grid 2012
Panel discussion on small scale food production with Patrick Whitefield.
Film: Patrick Whitefield “A Permaculture Life” – Off Grid 2012
Patrick Whitefield descibes “A Permaculture Life” at Off Grid festival 2012.
Film: Paddington Farm: community & educational project talk: Off Grid 2012
Film of talk: Running Paddington farm: community & educational farm project: Off Grid 2012
Film: Ragmans Lane Farm: small scale farming talk: Off Grid 2012
Ragman Lanes farm explains how it runs a small scale food production business.
Film: Running Vallis Veg a diverse horticultural smallholding talk – Off Grid 2012
Film of Talk: Running Vallis Veg a Diverse Horticultural Smallholding – Off Grid 2012
Film: Edcombe farm: small scale mixed farming – talk: Off Grid Festival 2012
Find out about Edcombe farm a residential off-grid smallholding.
Film: Blackthorn farm: residential off-grid smallholding talk – Off Grid Festival 2012
Film of a talk about running Blackthorn farm a residential off-grid smallholding from Off Grid Festival 2012
Taking control of our food supply
Can we control the our food supply in the future, or are we powerless over it, read this to find out more.
The sow and grow project
The Sow and Grow Community food growing project shows how permaculture principles can help people reintegrate back into community and learn new skills.
Do we eat enough fruit and vegetables?
Do we get enough nutrients in the modern day diet, is convenience food making us ill, read more to find out
Planting seeds of hope in El Salvador
The Permaculture Institute of El Salvador (IPES) brings hope to El Salvador with projects that empower people to take control of their lives, read more abut this inspiring project here
Urban Foraging in Bolton
Urban foraging in Bolton, foraging is something we can all do in our areas.
Social class and Ecology
How does social class and ecology fit together.
Rocket Stoves
A brief history of rocket stoves, and why they are useful for the transition from fossil fuels
How to make cheap cider
Learn how to make great cheap cider with this easy to follow video.
Permaculture systems with and without livestock
This piece provides a basic breakdown of permaculture systems that use of refrain from the use of livestock.
Celebrating being human
We should celebrate and have fun as we make a new world and in our activism.