I can still remember my first encounter with the term “permaculture.” It was a Plowboy interview with Bill Mollison in MOTHER EARTH NEWS in 1980. I remember well how the ideas resonated with me, and I ...

Holly Lubowicki is killing her front lawn. On a recent sunny morning, the Flint homeowner sat on her front step, proudly surveying the dry brown tufts of dead grass spreading out toward the curb. Once ...

For my new kitchen, I am using many of the same strategies and principles that I use in garden design. Elizabeth has worked since 2010 as a writer and consultant covering gardening, permaculture, and ...

In 1978, Australian ecologists David Holmgren and Bill Mollison coined the concept of permaculture as a systematic method for the first time. For Mollison, "permaculture is the philosophy of working ...