Elizabeth has worked since 2010 as a writer and consultant covering gardening, permaculture, and sustainable living. She has also written a number of books and e-books on gardens and gardening. Haley ...

Great design can be subjective, but few can argue with architecture that incorporates natural materials sourced directly from the land it’s built on. One stellar example of such design is in this ...

Most Americans have never heard of permaculture. And although the approach is gaining traction among U.S. urbanites (full disclosure: I teach urban permaculture), ideas differ about exactly what it is ...

Paradise Lot (Chelsea Green, 2013) tells the story of Eric Toensmeier and Jonathan Bates turning the barren and run-down tenth-of-an-acre lot behind their duplex into what is not just another urban ...

Permaculture has been a hot topic slipping off the world’s tongue for the past decade. Most individuals have a difficult time expressing the true meaning of permaculture and how it applies directly to ...

A new Miller-based design firm helps clients create gardens, living spaces and working spaces attuned to the natural world. The local artist Corey Hagelberg, whose work often depicts the Calumet ...

Limestone raised beds and a mandala-designed food forest honor resourceful permaculture tenets. Framed by historic live oak trees in cozy Lockhart, limestone raised beds and a mandala-designed food ...

On just over an acre of land, Linda Geronilla's home stands out from others in the neighborhood. It's not the solar panels on her home's roof that won her national awards for energy conservation but ...

Social fragmentation and economic divides have fractured the fabric of urban environments. In this context, ecovillages emerge as influential remedies to societal and ecological crises, microcosms ...