Eco activism – why I got myself arrested

Permaculture Womens Guild

By Klaudia van Gool Last month I joined the Extinction Rebellion actions in Bristol and got myself arrested for willingly obstructing a highway. I’m not one for putting myself into the public eye, other than when teaching/facilitating, nor upsetting people, but this is so much bigger than any of that. It has been part of my life’s work to find the most effective tools to support us living in balance with the Earth. It brought me to permaculture, deep nature connection, regenerative culture, healing, grief tending and ceremony. And still the carbon emissions have been going up. We need a…

A Little Course in Mental Gardening: Grub up the Guilt

Permaculture Womens Guild

By Julia Pereira Dias When I was about eleven years old, my little brother, then six, slipped me a note to invite me to his room. Those days, I often felt bothered by my brother, who didn’t really have anyone else to play and interact with (my parents lived in their own world, but that’s another story). I wanted to go to my room instead and lock myself up. His room was next to mine and as I approached my door, I changed my mind and decided to honor his invitation. I knocked on his door. ‘Come in,’ he called…

Permies of the world unite!

Permaculture Womens Guild

A manifesto for an internationalist permaculture movement By Becky Ellis Migration, the movement of people over landscapes, is, arguably, one of the defining characteristics of our species. Humans have moved over landscapes in search of food and other resources since before we were a species. And yet in our deeply capitalist society, the movement of most humans is severely restricted and criminalized. Recently, there has been an increase in racist xenophobia throughout Europe, Canada, Australia, and the United States including the rise of far-right hate groups, anti-immigrant nationalist political parties, and governments who criminalize migrants. In the United States, Trump…