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Permaculture Design magazine.
After a year or so, the newest edition of Permaculture Design magazine (PDM) has surfaced. There is now a new publisher and editor and that is what the delay was (mostly/probalby) about.
Below, please find the link to the current editorial page or publisher's message, called "Editor's Edge". Edge as in the concept in ecology, called edge effect, in which two or more systems come together and at which point there is a greater diversity of life and distinct conditions/species found there. New, and different, compared to each of the two (or more) original systems coming together at this nexus--like a Venn diagram. Edge is a keystone part of permaculture. Remember that one can inhabit many parts along this rich edge continuum--from the ecological/biological to the cultural.
Regarding that rather long wait between editions, releases, it seems there was an error or a joke made in the most recent printing. Given that the magazine has transitioned to a new editor/publisher, maybe this is why date on the latest edition reads August 2024 even though it arrived in August of this year! (Look carefully at the cover photograph or Toc.) Seems like it's a joke just as much as it could be an error. By joke i mean in the same style as black, English, humour or as an April fool's joke.
https://www.permaculturedesignmagazine.com/post/editor-s-edge
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Subscriptions can be had, including lifetime, with the choice to get print or/and digital format.
They also encourage the organization of a local guild for the purpose of obtaining and distributing larger volumes of the magazine or for a group of plebs. Probably discounted price.
I gift several copies of each edition to local libraries in part so there may be greater traction or eyeballs looking at this stuff. The library as fulcrum seems to provide great(er) distribution and potential.
With a subscriptions, even just paper, you may have access to the entire historic digital collection, manifested as both iterations of the magazine--Permaculture Activist (PCA) and Permaculture Design (PDM).
: : : : : : :
The following are some other 'offerings' of Permaculture Design magazine even though they MAY only be available through a subscription...
* Historic editions, volumes and numbers available in digital or paper format, though the availability of the "in-your-hands", fibre, palpable, sheet++, anologue,... back issues depends on whether they still hold inventory of the legacy printing. Don't know if they do on-demand type printing for their historic editions.
* Index of the themes, subjects,... covered in BOTH iterations of the magazine. They have both a general index and a species index. I believe the index is, or was, being released in parts. Have not requested any such files lately, so don't know where they are at with that project. The digitizing of indeces at that time was INcomplete in sofar as having the information for all their editions. They were still in the process of being digitized.
[Do you think this kind of information (indeces of the magazine) would be great to publish on Nostr?!]
++ Regarding the word sheet (above paragraph), see the interview of John Waters for his thinking and appreciation of the sheet of paper, newsprint--incuding it's multifaceted nature and uses. John also gets into other appropriate technologies and, in general, about technology which weaves in and around the conversation.
John Waters – The Abolition of Reality and The End of History
Legalise Freedom podcast of May 31, 2025.
(Only the first half, or part, of podcast available to NON-subscribers.)
https://legalise-freedom.com/shows/john-waters-the-abolition-of-reality-and-the-end-of-history/
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Greatful for the many years i have been able to derive keystone nuggets, including of inspiration, from this gem of a mag. Made of newsprint; B&W (well black and beige). Simple in its presentation, design; yet "enough". Not much, or fancy, colour except for the front and back covers (inside and out).There used to be a midway or spine colour insert which listed books for sale. Don't know if that made it more costly to print or if it was more because the sale of books was not paying!? The simplicity, essence of the analog, print, paper, fiber version reminds me of "Stay humble and stack." Permaculture Design is a long-running North American-based permaculture magazine whose focus tends toward, though not exclusively, North America-based themes, projects, groups, people, climates, courses, activities, advertisements, book(s) (reviews) and questions.
I was introduced to the Permaculture Activist magazine in 1998 when i first got my hands on a physical copy. It was while doing the first leg of my WWOOFing experience westbond across the varied landscapes and climates of Kanada. I found it at the Kootenay Coop in Nelson, BC (in the Kootenay Mountains in British Columbia, Canada). In those days, the acronym WWOOF stood for Willing Workers on Organic Farms, not the current, PC, World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms. They had to remove the word work; did not want to encourage or associate (with) work! Anyways, WWOOFing was a beautiful experience and a highly foundational time in my life, including that i embarked on this journey before completing the remaining credits/course left in order to complete/fulfill my BA (i nearly did not want to go back to finish my BA because this was so much more fulfilling and connecting. I loved WOOFing and it transformed me. It was the combination of hand, heart and mind which i so loved. And needed. It was highly motivating, inspiring, fascinating and connecting. WWOOFing was a beautifu mix of things, ways of being and seeing, landscapes, cultivated ecologies, climates, particular cultures. I could always associate with the quote "Fascination Relieves the Mind", which, not-surprisingly, i also encountered in a particular edition of Permaculture Activist!
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I have to say that lately Permaculture Design magazine has been a little disappointing in some axes, like spouting to much, or not having examined enough, the idea of climate change, the mainstream narrative--with it's histerico-lazer-miopic focus on carbon (dioxide). How and why would permaculture want to go/be carbon-free?! Are we, and our God technologies, not carbon beings?! Permaculture is NOT about adopting a simplistic, mechanistic, monoculture, "consensus-based science" (when that happens there is no science; take a look at how modern "peer-reviewed" science/publishing actally operates!), linear and highly political take on climate science, science or in general. This unquestioned and blind supporting of the climate lie actually does injustice, a disservice, to permaculture, its foundational principles and is forwarding--even though permaculture is such a general or vague word. A suggested approach instead of being a "permaculturist" (wouldn't that just be another "ism"?) is to do whatever you are already doing or talented/skilled/gifted at, and use the permaculture toolbox or navigate through the lens of permaculture to do that!
Instead, they might want to check out something like Cathedral Project as but one example, and a reminder, about how things can look when a non-linear, emergent design and non-mechanistic approach is taken!
https://www.bitcoinandshow.com/tag/cathedral/
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Best of luck Thom Illingworth in your keystone place as new editor and publisher! May there be many, many more years to come for this fine publication--despite whatever challenges or chaos MIGHT surface! Maybe PDM needs to be capitalised, funded, encouraged and further built with the long/slow time preference of Bitcoin-amoung others of the 8 Forms of Capital (see the work of Ethan Roland-Soloviev and Gregory Landua).
: : : : : : :
N.B.: I want to learn how to take better quality of the type of photographs included herein. Make do with the quality i have provided. Anyways, the main thing is to, if interested, see some details, or the vibe, of PDM and consider subscribing. No, i do not represent any financial interest in this bare bones publication. I am not selling anything or trying to convince, maim or convert anyone.
Permaculture Design magazine.
After a year or so, the newest edition of Permaculture Design magazine (PDM) has surfaced. There is now a new publisher and editor and that is what the delay was (mostly/probalby) about.
Below, please find the link to the current editorial page or publisher's message, called "Editor's Edge". Edge as in the concept in ecology, called edge effect, in which two or more systems come together and at which point there is a greater diversity of life and distinct conditions/species found there. New, and different, compared to each of the two (or more) original systems coming together at this nexus--like a Venn diagram. Edge is a keystone part of permaculture. Remember that one can inhabit many parts along this rich edge continuum--from the ecological/biological to the cultural.
Regarding that rather long wait between editions, releases, it seems there was an error or a joke made in the most recent printing. Given that the magazine has transitioned to a new editor/publisher, maybe this is why date on the latest edition reads August 2024 even though it arrived in August of this year! (Look carefully at the cover photograph or Toc.) Seems like it's a joke just as much as it could be an error. By joke i mean in the same style as black, English, humour or as an April fool's joke.
https://www.permaculturedesignmagazine.com/post/editor-s-edge
: : : : : : :
Subscriptions can be had, including lifetime, with the choice to get print or/and digital format.
They also encourage the organization of a local guild for the purpose of obtaining and distributing larger volumes of the magazine or for a group of plebs. Probably discounted price.
I gift several copies of each edition to local libraries in part so there may be greater traction or eyeballs looking at this stuff. The library as fulcrum seems to provide great(er) distribution and potential.
With a subscriptions, even just paper, you may have access to the entire historic digital collection, manifested as both iterations of the magazine--Permaculture Activist (PCA) and Permaculture Design (PDM).
: : : : : : :
The following are some other 'offerings' of Permaculture Design magazine even though they MAY only be available through a subscription...
* Historic editions, volumes and numbers available in digital or paper format, though the availability of the "in-your-hands", fibre, palpable, sheet++, anologue,... back issues depends on whether they still hold inventory of the legacy printing. Don't know if they do on-demand type printing for their historic editions.
* Index of the themes, subjects,... covered in BOTH iterations of the magazine. They have both a general index and a species index. I believe the index is, or was, being released in parts. Have not requested any such files lately, so don't know where they are at with that project. The digitizing of indeces at that time was INcomplete in sofar as having the information for all their editions. They were still in the process of being digitized.
[Do you think this kind of information (indeces of the magazine) would be great to publish on Nostr?!]
++ Regarding the word sheet (above paragraph), see the interview of John Waters for his thinking and appreciation of the sheet of paper, newsprint--incuding it's multifaceted nature and uses. John also gets into other appropriate technologies and, in general, about technology which weaves in and around the conversation.
John Waters – The Abolition of Reality and The End of History
Legalise Freedom podcast of May 31, 2025.
(Only the first half, or part, of podcast available to NON-subscribers.)
https://legalise-freedom.com/shows/john-waters-the-abolition-of-reality-and-the-end-of-history/
: : : : : : :
Greatful for the many years i have been able to derive keystone nuggets, including of inspiration, from this gem of a mag. Made of newsprint; B&W (well black and beige). Simple in its presentation, design; yet "enough". Not much, or fancy, colour except for the front and back covers (inside and out).There used to be a midway or spine colour insert which listed books for sale. Don't know if that made it more costly to print or if it was more because the sale of books was not paying!? The simplicity, essence of the analog, print, paper, fiber version reminds me of "Stay humble and stack." Permaculture Design is a long-running North American-based permaculture magazine whose focus tends toward, though not exclusively, North America-based themes, projects, groups, people, climates, courses, activities, advertisements, book(s) (reviews) and questions.
I was introduced to the Permaculture Activist magazine in 1998 when i first got my hands on a physical copy. It was while doing the first leg of my WWOOFing experience westbond across the varied landscapes and climates of Kanada. I found it at the Kootenay Coop in Nelson, BC (in the Kootenay Mountains in British Columbia, Canada). In those days, the acronym WWOOF stood for Willing Workers on Organic Farms, not the current, PC, World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms. They had to remove the word work; did not want to encourage or associate (with) work! Anyways, WWOOFing was a beautiful experience and a highly foundational time in my life, including that i embarked on this journey before completing the remaining credits/course left in order to complete/fulfill my BA (i nearly did not want to go back to finish my BA because this was so much more fulfilling and connecting. I loved WOOFing and it transformed me. It was the combination of hand, heart and mind which i so loved. And needed. It was highly motivating, inspiring, fascinating and connecting. WWOOFing was a beautifu mix of things, ways of being and seeing, landscapes, cultivated ecologies, climates, particular cultures. I could always associate with the quote "Fascination Relieves the Mind", which, not-surprisingly, i also encountered in a particular edition of Permaculture Activist!
: : : : : : :
I have to say that lately Permaculture Design magazine has been a little disappointing in some axes, like spouting to much, or not having examined enough, the idea of climate change, the mainstream narrative--with it's histerico-lazer-miopic focus on carbon (dioxide). How and why would permaculture want to go/be carbon-free?! Are we, and our God technologies, not carbon beings?! Permaculture is NOT about adopting a simplistic, mechanistic, monoculture, "consensus-based science" (when that happens there is no science; take a look at how modern "peer-reviewed" science/publishing actally operates!), linear and highly political take on climate science, science or in general. This unquestioned and blind supporting of the climate lie actually does injustice, a disservice, to permaculture, its foundational principles and is forwarding--even though permaculture is such a general or vague word. A suggested approach instead of being a "permaculturist" (wouldn't that just be another "ism"?) is to do whatever you are already doing or talented/skilled/gifted at, and use the permaculture toolbox or navigate through the lens of permaculture to do that!
Instead, they might want to check out something like Cathedral Project as but one example, and a reminder, about how things can look when a non-linear, emergent design and non-mechanistic approach is taken!
https://www.bitcoinandshow.com/tag/cathedral/
: : : : : : :
Best of luck Thom Illingworth in your keystone place as new editor and publisher! May there be many, many more years to come for this fine publication--despite whatever challenges or chaos MIGHT surface! Maybe PDM needs to be capitalised, funded, encouraged and further built with the long/slow time preference of Bitcoin-amoung others of the 8 Forms of Capital (see the work of Ethan Roland-Soloviev and Gregory Landua).
: : : : : : :
N.B.: I want to learn how to take better quality of the type of photographs included herein. Make do with the quality i have provided. Anyways, the main thing is to, if interested, see some details, or the vibe, of PDM and consider subscribing. No, i do not represent any financial interest in this bare bones publication. I am not selling anything or trying to convince, maim or convert anyone. 
