Machine generated contents note: 1. Permaculture: Nature and Life -- The Basics -- The History of Permaculture -- Further, Higher or What? Education, Training and Learning in Permaculture -- 2. Concrete Deserts and Borderlines -- The City Concept: Past, Present and Future -- 3. Voles, Moles and Rebels -- From Splendid Isolation to Islands of Solutions -- From Island to Island: Fernando de Noronha -- Friedensreich Regentag Dunkelbunt Hundertwasser -- Chateau Villandry -- Geometry and Vegetables -- Conquering the Vertical -- Patrick Blanc -- Guerrilla Gardening: The Humble Charm of Apolitical Politics -- Vegetable Orchestra -- 4. Opportunities between Rooftop and Pavement -- Why We Should All Be Urban Gardeners -- Urban Self-sufficiency -- More Than Just a Dream? -- Guidelines and Practical Ideas for an Urban Permaculture -- 5. Designer Shoes Off -- Work Boots On! -- Fresh Produce for the Poorest of the Poor -- Permaculture on the Rubbish Dump -- Permaculture Tip: Garbage Tower Planter -- Todmorden: Community Spirit + Local Action = Edible Town -- Permaculture Tip: Potato Patch at Home -- From Zuchotti Park with Love -- Occupy Permaculture -- Permaculture Tip: (No) Shopping Trolley -- Tomatoes and Fresh Herbs Without a Balcony or Patio -- Permaculture Tip: Hanging Salad Planter -- A Swiss Fairy Garden: Permaculture Balcony on 2m2 -- Permaculture Tip: Bypass Method -- Rooftop Honey from the Opera House -- Permaculture Tip: How to Become an Urban Beekeeper -- Urban Oasis on a Balcony: From Concrete Furnace to Edible Habitat -- Permaculture Tip: Rainwater Harvesting -- From Ornamental Garden to Natural Pharmacy in 360m2 -- Permaculture Tip: Raised Beds -- Self-sufficient Suburbia: How Parents Protect their Children from GM Food -- Permaculture Tip: Rosehip and Apple Jam -- Mexico: Chilli Peppers in the Ganglands -- Permaculture Tip: Seed Bombs -- Israel: War and Peace at Home -- Permaculture Tip: Sun Reflector -- Pyramids, Vegetables, Slugs and Ducks: Permaculture with Children -- Permaculture Tip: Salad or Strawberry Tower -- Integrating Migrants in Traun -- Permaculture Tip: Worm Composting -- It's Growing! Genesis of a Community Garden, Munich -- Permaculture Tip: Edible Mushrooms in the City -- Landschaftsgarten, Graz: Palaver under the Apple Tree -- Permaculture Tip: Grapevines as Sun Shelter -- Green Facades and Roof Gardens in Vienna -- Permaculture Tip: Outline Plan for a Roof Garden -- Volkertmarkt, Vienna: The Greening of a Neighbourhood -- Permaculture Tip: Bokashi Method for Natural Fertility -- Detroit: Re-used Tyres in the Motor City -- Permaculture Tip: DIY Solar Dryer -- Permaculture Tip: Baking Bread -- 6. Talking Plants -- Introduction -- Plant Basics -- 7. Here to Help You Out -- Seeds, Plants & Other Resources for the Urban Permaculturist -- Further Reading -- Open Letter by Sepp Holzer -- Words of Thanks -- Photo Credits.