In a world where climate headlines can often overwhelm us, it can be easy to forget the power of small, local actions. For us—four women living in different parts of Europe, coming together around a shared design experiment reminded us just how much difference we can make when we act, reflect, and learn together.
January has a strange reputation with the pressure of new intentions, resolutions and heroic plans that usually don't survive February. It is a fun subject at the christmas-dinner table though. What will you leave behind in the new year? What will you pick up or give more attention?
A permaculture approachwould be to observe (energy, time, land, relationships, body) and ask what wants to grow this year.
Permaculture began with gardens, chickens and food forests. In its early days, it was all about designing sustainable systems for growing food in harmony with nature. And rightly so; these practices remain vital in a world facing ecological breakdown.
But something deeper has been growing beneath the surface. Over time, permaculture has expanded from landscapes to lifescapes. From composting kitchen scraps to composting cultural norms. From planting trees to planting the seeds of new ways of being together.
