Rebecca Ellis

Permaculture Womens Guild

A beginner’s guide to worm composting

Permaculture Womens Guild

Becky Ellis, PhD, is a permaculture educator and community activist in London, Ontario, Canada. Becky maintains the blog Permaculture for the People and teaches about urban permaculture, community gardening, and gentle beekeeping.

Permaculture Womens Guild

Urban sustainability and the possibilities of urban permaculture

Permaculture Womens Guild

Building an anti/beyond/despite capitalist movement By Becky Ellis Permaculture is a philosophy and set of practices aimed at creating regenerative human spaces that mimic natural eco-systems. The concept was developed in the 1970s based on observations of the ecological systems created by Indigenous and “traditional” communities around the world. The philosophy of permaculture offers a counter-hegemonic worldview especially regarding the place of human societies within nature. While permaculture can be thought of as a movement, some of its proponents insist it stay de-politicized and professionalized as a system of ecological design. Indeed, some of the practices of permaculture limit its…