A slideshow of some of the people, places and events that Nicholas Roberts, from Lake Rd, Newcastle, Australia, visited in 2009 while researching a Permaculture Cooperative. Photos by Nicholas Roberts and Kirstie Stramler

1. Lake Road to Copenhagen 2009 Permaculture Cooperative R&D

2. Australia

3. Lake Rd, Newcastle, Australia

4. Tom Toogood

5. Toogood’s open-garden day

6. Toogood’s eco-social garden

7. Maryland Gaia House

8. Gaia, open-house day

9. Croation Club community gardens

10. Croation Club, Islington

11. Croation Club

12. Permaculture College Australia

13. Djangbung Gardens

14. Robyn Francis, Nimbin

15. Sustainable Homes, Armidale

16. Transition Towns, Armidale

18. California

19. Transition Los Angeles

20. Botanic Gardens, Los Angeles

21. LA Botanic Garden

22. Permaculture/Organics, LA Botanic

23. Cactus Roof Gardens, Getty Museum, Los Angeles

24. Santa Monica Markets

25. Laguna Beach, Orange County

26. Portland, Oregon

27. San Francisco

28. Local resistance

29. Cycling Culture San Francisco

30. Antique Small Cars

31. New Small Cars

32. Zipcar – internet-hire-car

33. Electric Vehicle

34. Parking station, San Francisco

35. Community Garden, San Francisco

36. Argonne Community, School Garden

37. Womans Building, The Mission

38. Street Art, The Mission

39. Grafitti?, The Mission

40. Grafitti?, The Mission

41. Street art, San Francisco

42. Coastal Forest, Marin County

43. Coastal forest, Marin County

44. Green & Tonic

45. Berkeley Farmers Market

46. David Cody, San Francisco Permaculture Guild

47. Mandela Foods worker-coop, Oakland

48. Greenstreets, Manhattan

49. Vertical Gardens, Bioneers

50. Vertical Gardens, Bioneers

51. Times Square, Manhattan

52. Brooklyn Markets

53. Brooklyn Botanic organic garden

54. Brooklyn community gardens

55. Brooklyn, community gardens

56. Brooklyn, community gardens

57. The Village, Manhatten

58. Free Permaculture, Riverside Church, Manhatten

59. Totnes, UK

60. World HQ Transition Movement

61. (Not) transition (grumpy) pilgrim

62. Schumacher College

63. Basque Country

64. Pays-Basque village garden

65. Mondragon

66. Mondragon or Arrasate in Basque

68. Mondragon tour

69. Arrasate

70. Arrasate

71. Fagor

72. Moldcam

73. Mondragon Grafitti

74. Grafitti artists, Mondragon

75. Basque Independence

76. Save the Nature

77. Catalonia

78. Barcelona University

79. Grafitti, Barcelona

80. Barcelona graffiti

81. Barcelona graffiti

82. Barcelona Bikes

83. Spain

84. Celtis Australis, the tree

85. Madrid Organic Royal Botanic

86. Organic tomato, Madrid

87. Don Quixote: tilting at windmills

88. 53% Spanish Energy from Wind

89. Olive oil, monoculture

90. Industrial Greenhouses

91. Industrial greenhouse

92. Copenhagen, Denmark Klimaforum09, the Peoples Summit

93. 41% Copenhagen commuters cycle

95. Tony Andersen, Activist to Grassroots

96. Tony Andersen, 10 000 Trees

110. Climate Circus Copenhagen

111. Size of 1 Tonne C02

112. Sustainability Market

113. Climate social circuit

114. Permakltur Denmark stall

115. Permaculture America Latina

116. Juan, El Salvador pioneer

117. Cuban permaculture

118. Narsana, Indian permaculture pioneer

119. Walter, IPC9

120. India water permaculture pioneer

121. Chavez, communist dictator?

122. FOE International chief

123. Brazilian permaculture

124. Copenhagen streets