Maya Blackwell
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Maya Blackwell is a poet and author from Devon. She grew up in a woodland-based New Age traveller community and explores the themes she absorbed thereβof community and natureβthroughout her work. Her writing interests include permaculture, well-being, nature connection, grief, creativity, womanhood, and the ocean. She is a prolific spoken-word performer, has been published in Helicon Magazine for the University of Bristol, and is a graduate of the University of Plymouth, with a FD Honors in Creative Art Therapies Studies.
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Permaculture needs all of us, and all of us need permaculture.Β
Permaculture is a way of farming, gardening, or managing land thatΒ emphasises a reciprocal relationship with nature. It’s a design process that works with wildness,Β not against it.Β And itβs an essential resource inΒ the fight of our lives: tackling the climate crisis.
Here,Β permaculture practitioner and poet Maya Blackwell writes withΒ expertise and personal experience of the transformative power of permacultureΒ for both people and the planet.Β As wellΒ as tracing its evolution β from its roots in Indigenous societies to theΒ important role it plays in urban allotments today β you will discover how the practiceΒ could nurture individual and collective wellbeing.Β There are opportunities throughout for reflection, creativity andΒ connection. These present valuable lessonsΒ we can all learn from the principles of permaculture, to help us buildΒ resilience and lean into theΒ long-term process of trying new things, adapting failures and reaping all that we sow.
Whether youβre completely new to permaculture or someone with yearsΒ of experience wanting to reconnect with its history andΒ core values, thisΒ book contains tools for growth that bring rewards far beyond the garden.
