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This website to share with you all the information that I have found useful as a permaculturist and that I think would be of value to others for their own work.
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USDA Zones…Gardener Powered!
Folio - USDA Zone for garden Our zone map is created by thousands of gardeners from all around the world. Sign up and add your zone! Search by address on this map to find your local USDA Zone! (anywhere in the world) map [folia] Tagged: Garden, Pe...
Cartagen 0.5 – Mapping Tools
Cartagen (http://cartagen.org) is a vector-based, client-side framework for rendering maps in native HTML 5. Written in JavaScript, it uses the new Canvas element to load mapping data from various sources, including OpenStreetMap. In short, Cartagen ...
Learn how to use a dumpy, tilting, automatic, or rotating laser level
Level There are many types of leveling instruments. This website shows you how to set one up. How to use a level? ...
Climate change in Google Earth
Explore the potential impacts of climate change on our planet Earth and find out about possible solutions for adaptation and mitigation, ahead of the UN’s climate conference in Copenhagen in December (COP15). Find out more and raise your voi...
How to make a rocket stove
* IMPORTANT NOTE * be sure to use BLACK STOVE PIPE when building rocket stoves… apparently, the silver galvanized piping used in this video releases toxins while burning. source ...
DIY Permablitz Kit
This is a useful Do It Yourself Permablitz kit. DIY Permablitz Kit (PDF) Source ...
View your FreeMind mindmap online with Flash
I had a lot of interest around my article on FreeMind, the free mind mapping software. See my original article here. Since writing this post I have found a useful way of presenting the mind map on-line with Flash Browser. This tool allows you t...
Permaculture Slideshows
Here is a group of slideshows using the keyword Permaculture. You may find something of interest here. Slideshows ...
A Free Toolkit for NGOs and Social Enterprise
IDEO partnered with International Development Enterprises (IDE), Heifer International, ICRW, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to create a toolkit for applying Human-Centered Design to inspire new solutions to difficult challenges within co...
A Pattern Language
Summary of a book by Christopher Alexander, Sara Ishikawa, Murray Silverstein, with Max Jacobson, Ingrid Fiksdahl-King and Shlomo Angel. Published by Oxford University Press. The original book contains much essential detail behind each of the followi...
Compost mix calculator
This Compost Mix Calculator solves for the TOTAL carbon to nitrogen ratio of up 4 materials (or less) in a mix. The calculations use average bulk weights per cubic foot, average moisture contents and take into account the availability of carbon. Wood...
Calculate your roof’s solar potential
We are a solar array modeling service and community determined to help consumers evaluate solar for their home or business and to create greater awareness for solar overall. Calculate your roof’s solar potential. RoofRay ...
Print what you like
I normally don’t promote a website like this on my blog, but I think that this find will not only help you save money and paper but also support the environment so it deserves a mention. Tired of printing web pages only to find your printout is...
FreeMind – Free mind mapping software
Why not convert your permaculture ideas into a mind map? What is a mind map? A mind map is a diagram used to represent words, ideas, tasks, or other items linked to and arranged around a central key word or idea. Mind maps are used to generate, vis...
Capturing HEAT Five Earth-Friendly Cooking Technologies and How to Build Them
By Dean Still and Jim Kness Contents: 4 INTRODUCTION 4 Saving Biomass Resources Worldwide 7 MARIA TELKES SOLAR COOKER 8 How to Design a Powerful Solar Cooker 10 How to Build the Plywood Telkes Cooker 16 CONICAL COOKER 16 Reflections on Solar Cooking ...
