The permaculture blog for city-dwellers
Keen to learn how to live more lightly in the city? Me too.
For more than a decade, I’ve explored permaculture at the urban scale — via small-space food gardening, low-impact home renovations, a city honesty stall and my own Permaculture Marketing business.
Created in 2012, this permaculture blog explores what’s possible when we city folk embrace more regenerative, connective and calm lifestyles. Because not all of us want to move to the country.
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Worn out by the exhausting churn of chaotic world news, I found myself increasingly retreating to the screen-based monotony of TV and streaming services. Here's what happened when I gave all that up for a month.
Got about 2.5 square metres to spare in your veggie patch? Great, you can grow enough garlic to eat for a full year. Here are my top tips for prepping soil, planting cloves, and harvesting and storing garlic.
"Green" bags aren't so green – they're often made of polypropylene, a type of plastic derived from petroleum. Here's how to make your own tote bag instead, using secondhand or vintage fabric.
In this age of AI and automate-everything, here's a counterpoint to the story that more tech tools = better business. Explore the lean, permaculture-infused approach I take to building my ethical business toolkit.
Whether you're brand new to permaculture or looking to deepen your existing skills and knowledge, my 'best permaculture books' list offers 25 excellent options for your to-read pile, for up-skilling in the garden and home.
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From edible weeds to wild mushrooms, free food is growing all around us — you just need to know where and what to look for. Here are 8 South Aussie experts who can help you get started.
Every season, I take a paid week of deep rest. These quarterly rest weeks restore energy, prevent burnout and make my business more sustainable. Here's how I used permaculture to design this regular rest system.
In this free intro workshop, learn how to apply permaculture to four key digital marketing tactics, supporting your small business sustainably, with more integrity and less stressy rushing.
They're nurses, business mentors, digital marketers, finance coaches, artists and more. Meet 29 folks applying permaculture in diverse businesses.
Since January 2024, I've embraced a four-day work week within my ethical marketing business. These structures and systems make it possible and sustainable.
Olives grow abundantly in many cities, yet often go unpicked. Here's how to forage a free harvest, then cure your own delicious jars of Italian-style olives.
A discussion on how we can apply permaculture in cities and small businesses to create a more regenerative, restful and happy world for all.
This calendula salve — handmade using homegrown flowers — has fast become the only face and body cream I use. Happily, it's easy to make...
Here are simple DIY measures I regularly use in my small city garden to help keep pests at bay — without breaking the bank or using chemicals.
