[Lapg] Call for Articles: Communities Magazine #153: Permaculture

[Lois Arkin]

/To see samples of the magazine, go to:  
http://communities.ic.org/back_issues/
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Hello,

/Communities/magazine is now seeking articles for issue #153, 
"*Permaculture*." The issue will be out in December 2011.

Please send your article idea to _editor at ic.org_ 
<mailto:editor at ic.org>by *Friday, June 24, 2010*, or sooner if possible.

Your final article must reach us by *Friday, August 19, 2011*.

1. Theme articles: /*Permaculture*/

    /possible questions to address (feel free to pick and choose or
    innovate):
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          Permacultureis a design system that seeks the harmonious,
          sustainable integration of people with the natural world. Its
          principles and practical applications encompass not only the
          development of enduring agricultural systems but all aspects
          of "permanent culture," from shelter, energy, and water
          systems to economic and social institutions to human and
          ecological well-being. Does your group aspire to incorporate
          permaculture in your lives? If so, in what areas? And how?

        * Are you involved in permaculture education, or in teaching
          people about practices that are aligned with permaculture
          (even if you don't use that specific term)? How does a
          community setting lend itself (or not) to teaching people
          about permaculture?
        * Does your community or group embody and demonstrate aspects of
          permaculture, even if you don't offer formal courses?
        * What practical applications of permaculture have you or your
          group been able to enact?
        * Has "permaculture" proven problematic or challenging for you
          or your group? Do you find other systems more useful? What are
          the pitfalls of a permacultural approach?
        * In land management, food growing, or other areas, have
          permaculturalists in your community clashed with advocates of
          other approaches? For example, have you debated the merits of
          introduced nonnative plants in the landscape, forest gardening
          vs. production agriculture, sheet mulching vs. tractor tillage?
        * What social aspects of permaculture does your group embody?
        * Does your group have a high rate of turnover? If so, what are
          the implications for your permacultural aspirations? Can a
          shifting population achieve social or ecological sustainability?
        * Does permaculture align or conflict with your contemporary
          local culture? With indigenous traditions in your area? With
          "settler" traditions in your area? With your country's broader
          culture? With global culture?
        * What are the challenges and reasons for hope in enacting
          permaculture in our own lives, in our communities, and in the
          wider world?

Please remember that we are looking for stories, personal experiences, 
and concrete examples in your answers---these are what will make your 
ideas and observations most "real" and relevant to readers.

[Please forward this email to anyone you think has a good story on this 
theme for /Communities/.]

2. We are also seeking articles about:

    * Creating community in your neighborhood;
    * Starting a new community;
    * Process and communication issues in community; and
    * Seeking community to join.

Suggested submission length is from 300 to 2500 words. We invite 
submissions ranging from short vignettes to extensively-developed 
articles, and also invite suggestions of recommended resources and 
article leads. We're seeking articles written in a reader-friendly, 
popular-magazine style, rather than in an academic style. We ask 
contributors to share stories and experiences, not just ideas; write 
about challenges, not just successes; and describe specific situations 
that will help your story come alive for the reader. Before you start 
writing, please check _http://communities.ic.org/submit.php_ or contact 
us for our full Writers' Guidelines---and let us know your article idea 
so that we can give feedback on how it may fit into /Communities/. 
Contact Chris Roth at _editor at ic.org_ <mailto:editor at ic.org>.

If you don't want to write an article but want to submit photos, please 
check _http://communities.ic.org/submit.php_or contact Yulia Zarubina at 
_layout at ic.org_ <mailto:layout at ic.org>for our Photo Guidelines.

*I. What *"*Submitting an Article*" *Means.*We will promise to read your 
article, but we may respectfully decline it and not publish it, or save 
it and publish it in a future issue. We also reserve the right to edit, 
shorten, or revise your article. Most of the time we contact authors 
about this ahead of time and get their comments, corrections, etc.

*II. Getting Permission Ahead of Time.* Please send the article only 
when you have permission from anyone you need it from, such as fellow 
community members. We endeavor to present a diversity of views on 
community, including controversial or critical views, in a respectful 
and cooperative manner. If your article may generate controversy or 
strong reactions, or if the group(s) would want the chance to review it, 
please share your draft with group members to get their input before 
sending it to us. (Please see our Writers' Guidelines for additional 
details.)

*III. Publication Rights.*Once your article appears in /Communities/, we 
own first North American Publishing Rights. This means your article 
appears in /Communities/the first time it appears in North America. In 
addition to appearing in /Communities/, your article may also appear on 
our website or in future compilations. You retain all other rights to 
it. If you'd like to use it elsewhere, you can, and we would appreciate 
your using an attribution line saying, "This article first appeared in 
/Communities: Life in Cooperative Culture/, (date); for further 
information on /Communities/: _communities.ic.org_ <http://www.ic.org/>."

*IV. Photos.*If we publish your article, we want to accompany it with 
compelling images that illustrate your subject. You know your subject 
best, so we are appealing to you for images. If others in your community 
or group like taking pictures, they might already have great images to 
go with your article. If you would like to submit an article but cannot 
supply photos, that's fine; however, please give us plenty of advance 
notice so that if we use your article we can get an illustrator. Please 
check _http://communities.ic.org/submit.php_or email us for our full 
Photo Guidelines. We also appreciate an author photo to accompany your 
short (several-line) author bio.

Thanks for your contributions!

Chris Roth
Editor, /Communities/
_editor at ic.org_ <mailto:editor at ic.org>


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