Eco-Links

Ecovillage / Intentional Community Resources
ic.org 
Directory of the Fellowship of Intentional Communities

gen.ecovillage.org
Global Ecovillage Network  

nasco.coop
North American Students of Cooperation 

International

Edinstvo Ecovillage (Russia)
http://new-life.newmail.ru/sotros/eng/edinstvo.htm

Permaculture Resources

Permaculture Activist
http://www.permacultureactivist.net

David Holmgrens site
http://www.holmgren.com.au/aboutpermaculture.html

Earthaven Learning Center
Programs in sustainable living at Earthaven Ecovillage in the mountains of North Carolina. www.earthavenlearningcenter.org

PC Listserv

Subscribe or unsubscribe, information about the list, set or change
user configuration, access to posting and browsing the message
archives:
http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/permaculture

The list's message archives:
http://lists.ibiblio.org/pipermail/permaculture

Eugene Permaculture Guild 
eugenepermacultureguild.org 

Animals

American Poultry Associatio
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

Homepower Great resource for catalog and articles.
www.homepower.com

Straw Bale Building
Out On Bale biwb@juno.com
The Last Straw Journalthelaststraw@zianet.com

Energy Source Builder, Nuts and Bolts Newsletter on building energy efficient homes
http://oikos.com/esb/index.html

www.Greenbuilders.com then page down to Institute for Planetary Renewal
Solar Toilets

http://www.solartoilet.com The Solar Composting Advanced Toilet

Humanure
www.earth-cycle.com Ron Davis- composting toilet designs

Economics

Eco-trust Blueprint for a sustainable World
www.conservationeconomy.net/

Hazel Henderson: Futurist, Worldwide syndicated columnist, Advocate for and consultant on equitable ecologically sustainable human development and socially responsible business and investment
http://www.HazelHenderson.com

Education 

ecoversity.org

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/
http://www.permaforesttrust.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
www.organicgardening.com www.organicgardening.com/library/

The compost Resource Page
www.oldgrowth.org/compost/index.html
Everything from worms to poems

Garden Escape
www.garden.com
Offers plenty of information, such as garden plans, encyclopedia and test gardens. Can also sign up for membership (free) to access newsletter, use their garden planner and make purchases

City Farmer
www.cityfarmer.org/urbagnotes1.html#notes

Garden Guides
www.gardenguides.com/ 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

The Gardening Launch Pad
http://www.io.com/neighbor/ Even free clip art section

Herbs, Gardening, Cooking, and Travel. Bulletin Boards, a Seed Exchange
http://www.mybackyard.com

North American Fruit Explorers resource for handbook and magazines on fruits
http://www.nafex.org

Farming

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

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

Phenology Web Links: Sequence of Bloom, Floral Calendars, What's in Bloom
http://www.attra.org/attra-pub/phenology.html

North Carolina State on integrated pest management
www.ipm ncsu.edu/INSECT_ID/AG136/

IPM Access
www.efn.org.~ipmpa.

Worm Digest
http://www.wormdigest.org/home.html
Key articles and information about worms

Northwest Coalition Against Pesticides (NCAP)
www.pesticide.org

Land

The Land Trust Alliance-a national nonprofit organization overseeing land trust activities-
www.lta.org

Coalition of Oregon Land Trusts (COLT)-coordinates the land protection efforts of land trusts thruout the state
www.oregonland.org

Mushrooms

Indoor Mushroom cultivation
http://members.aol.com/PeroxyMan/

Fungi Perfecti Catalog: PO Box 7634 Olympia,WA 98507 206-426-9292

Nursuries

Plants

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)

Sustainable Agriculture

Biodiversity in Agriculture
http://www2.gov.pe.ca/roundtable/landscape/Bmaintain.asp

Resource for Sustainable Ag Information
http://users.caribnet.net/~lec/susweb.html

Agriculture, Horticulture, and Natural Diversity
http://csf.colorado.edu/elsewhere/plants.ntml
Wide variety of topics appear on these pages: cooperatives, architecture and Community, Permaculture, Trees, agroforestry, Silvaculture, Unusual vegetables, ,etc

Community Supported Agriculture e-mail list and discussion group: csa@franklin.oit.unc.edu

Tilth: Oregon Organic Certification Program
e-mail: organic@tilth.org website: www.tilth.org

Wild Ones Handbook- A voice for Natural Landscaping
http://www.epa.gov/glnpo/greenacres/wildones/
Site offers instructions:bird, bat houses, small pond building

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 varieities-over 1500 in all-

Soil

Elaine Ingrams soil site- full of fascinating info.
www.soilfoodweb.com

Sustainable Investing

Social Investing Forum Has referrals of a directory of advisers and planners
www.socialinvest.org

Co-op America
www.coopamerica. Dedicated to addressing social and environmental problems.

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

Water

Ken Yeoman's e-mail in Australia ken@keyline.com.au

How does keyline work, consultation fees
Try this excellent site which includes engineering drawings http://www.greywater.com/

Flowforms America:
http://www.flowformsamerica.com/index_2.htm

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/

U.S. Geological (usgs) survey launches waterwatch website for nations water data
Unveiled in September 2002, WaterWatch gives visitors a direct picture of water conditions nation wide and allows users to retrieve maps and graphs of real-time stream flow, as well as discharging data for individual states and USGS gauging stations.
Http://water.usgs.gov/waterwatch/

Misc.

www.discoverkulana.com
Affordable Artists Sanctuary

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.

http://www.berkana.org Berkana intentionally supports those who are giving birth to the new forms, processes, and leadership that will restore hope to the future.

*Many of the above links were provided by Jude Hobbs, one of our main instructors, and can also be found on her website @ www.cascadiapermaculture.com