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Permaculture Websites
(Not all of these website links are clickable from the web page.)
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Links and Contacts
NORTH AMERICA
• Permaculture Activist
http://www.permacultureactivist.net
• Planetary Permaculture Directory: http://www.permacultureactivist.net/pcresources/PcResources2.htm
• PermaEarth
http://www.permaearth.org/
• Permanet: www.permaculture.net Excellent worldwide pc web connection
• Friends of the Trees, PO Box 4469, Bellingham, WA 98227. Tel: (360) 676-7704.
Email: friendsofthetrees@yahoo.com www.friendsofthetrees.net
• Eugene Permaculture Guild: eugenepermacultureguild.org
• The Bay Area PC Guild: http://www.imaja.com/openpermaculture.org/events.html
• Portland Area PC Guild: www.portlandpermacultureguild.org
• Permaculture Institute of Southern California
• South (California) Coast Permaculture Guild: http: sbpermaculture.org http://www.arashi.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/scpg
• Los Angeles Permaculture Guild: http://www.arashi.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/lapg
• San Diego Permaculture Guild serves San Diego: through Mexico area
http://www.arashi.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/sdpg
• Central Coast Permaculture Guild serves San Luis Obispo County
http://www.arashi.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/ccpg
• Colorado Rocky Mtn. PC Institute: http://www.crmpi.org/
• The Bullocks Orcas island, Washington:www.permacultureportal.com
• Permaculture Institute of Northern California: www.permacultureinstitute.com
• Regenerative Design Institute: www.regenerativedesign.org
• Friends of the Trees, PO Box 4469, Bellingham, WA 98227. Tel: (360) 676-7704.
Email: friendsofthetrees@yahoo.com www.friendsofthetrees.net
• Earth Haven
http://www.earthaven.org Northern Carolina EcoVillage
• Permaculture Credit Union
http://www.pcuonline.org Santa Fe New Mexico
• The Permaculture pages
http://www.permaculture.dhs.org/PermResources/Links.htm great links
• Davis Permaculture Users' Group blog (http://www.dpug.blogspot.com)
• Vancouver Permaculture Network
http://www.alternatives.com/vpn
Global
• Permaculture Interntional Listserve:
http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/permacultureinfo
• Permaculture Online
http://metalab.unc.edu/permaculture excellent alt.permaculture web site resource
• Permaculture Research Institute: pri@permaculture.org.au Australia: Geoff Lawton
• David Holmgren Holmgren Design Services 16 Fourteenth St, Hepburn. 3461.Australia.Ph/fax 0353483636 Email holmgren@netconnect.com.au Website http://www.holmgren.com.au
• Tagari Publications (part of the Permaculture Institute)
http://www.tagari.com/ tagaripb@norex.com.au
• Permaculture International
http://www.permacultureinternational.org/ a must see Australian networking site
PIJ Journal
• Permaculture Visons PDC Correspondence learning and certification
http://www.ozemail.com.au/~askpv/ Australia: very good site
• Permaculture Assoc. (Britain)
http://www.permaculture.org.uk
• Earth Village Network http://europe.ecovillage.org/uk/network/contents.htm
Excellent resource for people and publication links
Non-profit community supported homesteading ecovillage project
• Permaculture in Japan.
http://www.rosneath.com.au/ipc6/ch07/itonaga/\
• South America
hanzibra@svn.com.br Marsha Hanzi Instituto de Permacultura da Bahia
Please Note: I have not reviewed many of these sites. If you have any feedback, let me know: cascadia@starband.net
Animals
• American Poultry Association www.ampltya.com• American Dairy Goat Association www.adga.org
• American Livestock Breeds Conservancy
www.slbc-usa.org• American Rabbit Breeders Association www.arba.com
• Appropriate Technology Transfer for Rural America (ATTRA)www.attra.org
Building/Appropriate Technology
•Northwest EcoBuilding Guild (NWEBG) PO Box 58530 Seattle, WA 98138
206-575-2222 Web: www.ecobuilding.org E-mail: membership@ecobuilding.org
• Solar Energy Assn. of Oregon, 205 SE Grand #202, Portland, OR 97214 Tel &
fax: 503-231-5662 Web: www.solaror.org E-mail: solaror@teleport.com
• Homepower Great resource for catalog and articles.
www.homepower.com
• Energy Source Builder, Nuts and Bolts Newsletter on building energy efficient homes
http://oikos.com/esb/index.html
• Straw Bale Building
Out On Bale biwb@juno.com
•The Last Straw Journal thelaststraw@zianet.com
• Masonry Stove, Russian Stove and other woodburning web resources
• www.Greenbuilders.com then page down to Institute for Planetary Renewal
• Solar Toilets
http://www.solartoilet.com The Solar Composting Advanced Toilet
• Humanure
http://www.earth-cycle.com/CompostToilet.html
• Greenspec Directory buildinggreen.com
• Energy efficient appliances www.aceee.org
Economics
• Eco-trust Blueprint for a sustainable World
www.conservationeconomy.net/
• Hazel Henderson:
thttp://www.HazelHenderson.com Advocate for on equitable ecologically sustainable human development and socially responsible business and investment
Energy
• Distilling Ethanol - Grain Alcohol
http://www.webconx.com/ethanol.htm
• Methane Digesters http://www.webconx.com/methane.htm
• Electricity from wood waste http://www.webconx.com/woodgas.htm
• Bio-diesel - Diesel Fuel, Made from vegetable oil
http://www.webconx.com/biodiesel.htm
Forestry
•Agroforestry the Science of trees and land integration.
http://www.mtg.unimelb.edu.au/
http://echonet.org/shopsite_sc/store/html/Agroforestry.html
http://www.mailbase.ac.uk/lists/agroforestry/
http://www.agroforester.com/
Food Security
• Local Harvest: Nationwide directory of small farms, farmer’s markets and other local food resources www.localharvest.org
•Willamette Farm and Food Coalition local resources to support farmers, restaurateurs, processors
www.lanefood.org
Garden
• Extension Service Site
www.reeusda.gov or http://eesc.orst.edu/agcomwebfile/garden/w
This is a shortcut to Extension site as part of USDA site or http://eesc.orst.edu
• Organic Gardening Magazine
organicgardening.com organicgardening.com/library/ (easy read)
• The compost Resource Page
oldgrowth.org/compost/index.html Everything from worms to poems
• Webgarden
hcs.ohio-state.edu/webgarden.html
Includes a searchable database of plants, diseases ,pests
http://www.gardenweb.com/forums/soil/
• Weekend Gardener
http://chestnut-sw.com/index.htm Weekly electronic gardening guide
• Garden Guides
www.gardenguides.com/ Tho a commercial site it is excellent for misc plant info
• Bibliographic references and general information at InterGarden
http://metalab.unc.edu/london/Bibliographic-References-At-InterGarden
• Gardening hand tool source list
http://metalab.unc.edu/london/orgfarm/tools/gardening-hand-tools.faq
• Great nursery list compiled by the PC Activist:
http://www.permacultureactivist.net/nurseries/PlntNursrys.htm
• North American Fruit Explorers resource for handbook and magazines on fruits
http://www.nafex.org
Agriculture: Sustainable
• Community Supported Agriculture: http://www.tilthproducers.org/tfia/contents.htm
• Tilth: Oregon Organic Certification Program
e-mail: organic@tilth.org website: www.tilth.org
• "The Future is Abundant - A Guide to Sustainable Agriculture" the 1982 Tilth publication
is now (mostly) on-line: http://www.tilthproducers.org/tfia/contents.htm
• Wild Ones Handbook- A voice for Natural Landscaping
http://www.epa.gov/glnpo/greenacres/wildones/
Site offers instructions: bird, bat houses, small pond building
Farming
• WWoofing: http://www.organicvolunteers.com/
• Community Alliance With Family Farms: http://www.caff.org/index.shtml
• Making the Transition to Sustainable Farming http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/7813/sa-trans.htm
• Market Farming Discussion group
http://franklin.oit.unc.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=market-farming
• Community Supported Agriculture e-mail list and discussion group: csa@franklin.oit.unc.edu
http://franklin.oit.unc.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=csa.
http://www.prairienet.org/pcsa/CSA-L/subscribing.html
• List of permaculture and agriculture mailing lists and newsgroups
http://metalab.unc.edu/london/list-of-mailing-lists.PC+ag
• The Organic Agriculture Information Clearinghouse of organic information: Excellent
www.organicaginfo.org
• The New Farm Magazine website by Rodale Press Farmer outreach and education
www.newfarm.org
Insects
• Oregon State University urban entomology site: in-depth info about insects and mites.
Links to bulletins, images, fact sheets
http://ent.orst.edu/urban/home.html
• Biocontrol Network <Http://www.biconet.com
Offers info and marketing alt. to conventional chemical pesticides and fertilizers
• North Carolina State on integrated pest management
www.ipm ncsu.edu/INSECT_ID/AG136/
• IPM Access
www.efn.org.~ipmpa.
• Farmscaping to Enhance Biological Controls:
http://www.attra.org/attra-pub/farmscape.html
• Phenology Web Links: Sequence of Bloom, Floral Calendars, What's in Bloom
http://www.attra.org/attra-pub/phenology.html
• Northwest Coalition Against Pesticides (NCAP)
www.pesticide.org
Land
• Oregon Sustainable Agriculture Land Trust: http://www.osalt.org/home.html• Coalition of
Mushrooms
Mushroom Cultivation: http://www.mushroomcouncil.com/grow/grow.html
• Indoor Mushroom cultivation
http://members.aol.com/PeroxyMan/
•Fungi Perfecti Catalog: PO Box 7634 Olympia,WA 98507 206-426-9292
Plants
• The PLANTS Database maintains and generates data reports in specialized areas:
Alternative Crops, Characteristics, Checklists & Searches, Classification, Culturally Significant, Distribution Update, Excluded and Anomalous Names, Fact Sheets, Invasive & Noxious, Plant Materials Publications, Threatened & Endangered, Wetland Indicator Status
http://plants.usda.gov/
• Plant Dictionary www.hcs.ohiostate.edu/plants.html
• Urban Agriculture Notes cityfarmer.org
Maintained by a group in Vancouver, BC-how to grow food in densely populated areas
• Plants for a Future http://www.scs.leeds.ac.uk/pfaf/index.html
Excellent site for exploring plants. descriptive of 7,000 plants
Web: http://www.pfaf.org/
Main Site: The Field, Penpol, Lostwithiel, Cornwall, PL22 0NG, England
Email: pfaf@scs.leeds.ac.uk (web related queries only)
• USDA: Cross referencing common and botanical names, plant characteristics, photographs.
http://plants.usda.gov/plantproj/plants/index.html >(from garden gate 6/99)
• Oregon State University
www.oregonstate.edu/dept/ldplants/index.htm-excellent site for viewing plants that are hardy in the PNW
• http://www.neoflora.com thousands of plants w/ many characteristics
• Oregon Plant Atlas
http://www.oregonflora.org/oregonplantatlas.html
Seeds
• Seedsaving and Seedsavers Resources"
http://homepage.tinet.ie/~merlyn/seedsaving.html
horticultural plant genetic resources, the how & why of seedsaving, on sources (world-wide) for organic, heirloom, open-pollinated and non-GMO seed and plants, on seed-swapping with other gardeners/growers, on crop and varietal information etc. http://www.earthseed.com/
• Seeds of Change http://www.store.yahoo.com/seedsofchange
Wonderful selection of heirloom, traditional, medicinal, and original seed varieties-
• Organic Seed Alliance Supports the ethical development and stewardship of the genetic resources of agricultural seed. http://www.seedalliance.org
Soil
• Sustainable Soil Management: http://www.attra.org/attra-pub/soilmgmt.html
• Elaine Ingrams soil site- full of fascinating info.
soilfoodweb.com
• The role of microbial communities in recoupling Carbon and Nitrogen cycles in the transition to organic soil managemen: http://vivo.library.cornell.edu/entity?home=5&id=16359
Water
• Ken Yeoman's e-mail in Australia
http://www.keyline.com.au/ How does keyline work, consultation fees
• U.S. Geological Survey Launches Website For Nation’s Water Data
http://water.usgs.gov/waterwatch disseminate water-quality data from rivers and aquifers, historical ground-water level data, and real-time water quality, precipitation, and ground-water levels: http://water.usgs.gov/waterwatch/index.php?map_type=real&state=or
• Water saving tips: http://www.eweb.org/Home/water/index.htm
• Water Harvesting in Drylands: http://www.harvestingrainwater.com/
• Harvested Rainwater Guidelines
http://www.greenbuilder.com/sourcebook/RainwaterGuide3.html#filtering
Waste Water
• The Ecological Engineering Group
http://www.ecological-engineering.com/advanced/alternative
wastewater and resource conservation solutions
• Treating Wastewater the Ecological Way
http://www.ProgressiveEngineer.com/frm_fea1.htm
• Cornell Waste Management Institute site
http://www.cfe.cornell.edu/wmi/
• Oasis Design applies ecological principles to the design of greywater systems
http://www.oasisdesign.net/
• Try this excellent site which includes engineering drawings http://www.greywater.com/
• Oceanarks.org
Eco-Cities to Living Machines: Principles of Ecological Design Nancy Jack Todd John Todd
Ecologically based working designs and prototypes. Restoration of pure water, bioremediation of wild aquatic environments, food productivity, and urban design
Economics
• The Citizens Fund
www.citizensfund.com Has the largest/most detailed free database of social info on the Web
• The Council on Economic Priorities
www.cepnyc.org Rates companies on their record of environmentalism, treatment of women and minorities, working conditions, charitable donations, family benefits and community outreach.
• Good Money and Green Money
www.goodmoney.com Links to lists that help in screening companies
Sustainable Investing
• Social Investing Forum Has referrals of a directory of advisers and planners
wwww.socialinvest.org
• Co-op America
www.coopamerica. Dedicated to addressing social and environmental problems.
Misc.
• http://www.truefoodnow.org/
Greenpeace site on Genetically Modified Organisms
• http://www.positivenews.org Positive News is a not-for-profit company publishing a quarterly international newspaper reporting on the people, events and influences that are creating a positive future.
• WWOOF_USA World-Wide Opportunities on Organi Farms in the USA
309 Cedar Street #5C Santa Cruz CA. 95060 831-425-FARM
info@wwoofusa.org www.wwoofusa.org
• Daily weather updates http:// www.AccuWeather.com
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