Uploaded August 2019 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Maddy Harland, editor of Permaculture Magazine, explores how permaculture can teach us how to learn from Nature, understand how natural systems work and discover practical solutions. She also speaks from experience about facing the climate emergency and maintaining emotional resilience and hope.

She describes how the permaculture movement has grown in reach and influence over the last three decades. She shares her personal story behind building an international magazine and being permaculture's foremost temperate climate book publisher with over 100 titles.

Interview with Matthew Shaw and filmed by Lush Cosmetics, who work closely with permaculture projects around the world to source ethical, sustainable and environmentally friendly ingredients.

For more information on Maddy's book, Fertile Edges, visit shop.permaculture.co.uk/fertile-edges.html

For more on Lush's involvement in permaculture visit uk.lush.com/article/practising-permaculture-sumatra-regenerative-patchouli-oil

For more on permaculture visit permaculture.co.uk