AidWork
PDF: Permaculture in Refugee Situations, SAFIRE
Video: Tsunami Warrior
PRI: Guide to working in Sustainable Aid
Holmgren: holmgren.com.au/permaculture-aid-update/
HOMELESS
site: mlf.org/community-first/genesis-gardens/ – CM
Article: Letters from Slovakia
Article: permaculture.co.uk/articles/homeless-happiness
Article: Austin’s Utopian Homeless Village
CHILDREN / ORPHANS
Site: http://www.mothersforall.org/ – CM – co-founder
Site: Permaculture Design for Orphans…
Site: Harmony Farm – Khmer-run grassroots permaculture orphanage
Site: Permaculture Eden at Amrita Children’s Home, Kenya
Site: Sustainable Agricultural Support for Orphans, Rwanda
Site: Thai Orphanage garden, powered by Permaculture
Site: Global Resource Alliance: Musoma orphans project
Site: Orphan Bracelet Campaign
Site: Orphans Family
Site: MOET School
Site: Ndanifor Permaculture Eco village
*Please donate some of your time, talent or treasure to these children. The “Compassion Formula.” 5 acres + Intensive Permaculture Design + 4 adults + 28 Orphans = food for everyone plus surplus and an abundance of edifying love. Let me know about your designs and formulas for helping Orphans and I will post your ideas, blogs, articles, videos or sites here. Thank you! support@fadingleaf.com
AlternativeConstructionMethods
Evans, Smith and others: The Hand-Sculpted House
Alexander: The Timeless Way of Building
Book: Venolia and Lerner: Natural Remodeling for the Not-So-Green…
SOLAR ASPECT – ORIENTATION OF HOME TO THE SUN
Smater Homes: NZ, Orientation of your house
Home Orientation: AU, Home Orientation, with PDF
Site: AU, Window orientation and placement
Site: EcoWho: Orientating your House
From the Article: “The ideal house orientation is that the main long axis of the building runs East-West, i.e the ridge line. You can move this by as much as 20 degrees without ill effect, but the most glass on the building must be facing towards the Sun.”
Site: A Simple Design Methodology For Passive Solar Houses
Calc: Sun path chart program
AUSTRALIA
Gov: Guide to …Sustainable Homes…http://www.yourhome.gov.au/
STRAW BALE
Site: http://www.strawbale.com/
Site: Building With Awareness – vid
Article: Straw Bale Homes and Fire
Book: Building a Straw Bale House – Red Feather
UNDERGROUND OR IN THE SIDES OF HILLS
Site: earth sheltered greenhouses – more
SUPER ADOBE
Site: cal-earth.org
Article: Plans: Approved-Eco Dome Plans
Workshops: calearth.org/learn-to-build/index.html
Film: Eco-Dome, building a small house
EARTHSHIP
Film: The Garbage Warrior
Site: Earthship
Site: earthship.com/network
Site: Tire Bales!
Article: Earthwhip: bluerockstation.com/earthship
TINY HOUSE VILLAGES
Site: CM: http://kevpolk.tumblr.com/
DOME LIVING
Site: www.monolithicmarketplace.com/
Site: Pacific Domes
CLAY PLASTER
Article: Clay Plaster: dancingrabbit.org/about, Video: Earthen Plaster
FERRO CEMENT
Tools: Ferro-cement technical brief
Tools: UNHCR – Large ferro-cement water tank
Tools: Storage tanks – Ferrocement inner forms – pt2
COMPRESSED/RAMMED EARTH
Video: Compressed Earth Block Machine
Video: Compressed Earth Block Machine 2
Video: Hand Jack
BAMBOO
Video: Wattle and Duab
Article: Bamboo Wattle: permaculturenews.org/2013
Nursery: www.bamboogarden.com/
Learn: Permaculture, Sydney: Bamboo Growing Workshop
PRI: The Growing and Utilizing of Bamboo
COBB
Video: Basics
Site: Training: http://www.thiscobhouse.com/
OFF GRID SHELTERS
Site: http://www.offgridshelters.com/
Animals
Book: Out of print but on Ebay: AGASASTE TREE LUCERNE: HIGH PRODUCTION FODDER CROP
ANIMAL CARE
Coleby: Natural Sheep Care, Other Animal Care Books by Coleby
Animal Rescue: http://www.homesforhens.net/
CHICKENS
Book: Ussery: Forward by Salatin: The Small-Scale Poultry Flock…
Blog: urbanchickens.net/
Video: Freedom Ranger Chickens – CM
Tools: Processing tools
Video: Thrifty Farmer: Butchering Chickens At Polyface
Video: polyface poultry evisceration w/ joel salatin
Video: Joel Salatin Processes Chickens
Book: Moore: Backyard Poultry
CATTLE
Article: Allan Savory – Mob Grazing -blog
Video: Joel Salatin– Site: meat processing
DUCKS
Furuno: The Power of Duck
PRI: Ducks in Backyard Permaculture (Alaska)
Article: Using Ducks in the Urban Garden
Book: Holderread: Storey’s Guide to Raising Ducks, 2nd Edition
Article: POULTRY HEALTH: WINTER WONDER GRASS
GOATS
Site: Oberhasli Goats: livestockconservancy.org/
PDF: Successfully Controlling Noxious Weeds with Goats ” I have seen patches of land sprayed with this pesticide, killing everything but the diffuse knapweed it was meant to kill.”
– www.goatseatweeds.com
– www.beyondpesticides.org
This site: Classmate Project with Goats
Training: Basic Training for Goats Eat Weeds Franchise, Lani Malmberg
Law: Colorado: Healthy Living with Back Yard Goats in Ft. Collins, CO
HOGS
Site: Sugar Mountain Farm TM
Site: The Livestock Conservancy: Priority List: Pigs
CM: Facebook Group: Pastured Pigs
CM: Facebook Group: midwest homesteading and permaculture
Article: Heritage Breed Hogs: An Introduction
Article: OSSABAW ISLAND HOG
Book: Klober: Storey’s Guide to Raising Pigs: 3rd Edition
PRI: Maya Mountain Research Farm Update: Pigs and Biochar
Conflict: Michigan farmer faces $700,000 in fines for raising unauthorized breed of pigs.
Speech: Mark at the Michigan Capital at the Ag Committee
–Bakers Green Acres vs. Michigan DNR
Mangalitsa pig: Bringing Home The Woolly Bacon From Hungary
Permies: planning: feed for larger herd
CM- New Ossabaws
PREDATORS
Video: How Wolves Change Rivers
SHEEP
Site: permacultureeden.com/livstock/sheep/
Aquaculture
Kurlansky: Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World
Carp polyculture in Central and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia
Book: Timmons and Ebeling: Recirculating Aquaculture
Book: Parker: Aquaculture Science
AQUAPONICS
Course: The Aquaponic Online Course | Paid
Site: http://permacultureschools.com/ – CM
DVD: Aquaponics Made Easy DVD
– The Aquaponics Triple Pack DVD Collection
– Practical Aquaponics
CHINAMPAS
PDF: Preview: http://www.fao.org/climatechange…3.pdf
– Full PDF of above: Long Download time
– PDF: How to build a Chinampa
FISH POLYCULTURE
PDF: Carp polyculture, Central, Eastern Europe, Caucasus, Central Asia
GEENHOUSE AQUACULTURE
Video: Will Allen, Growing Power | Extremely Abundant System
PONDS
Tools: Dew Pond
*Site: Aquaponics Massive Library – Much more info than just aquaponics. It also includes free plans for the Barrel-Ponics® Manual
Site: Floating Islands International
PDF: Farm Ponds for Water, Fish and Livelihoods
PDF: Managing Mississippi Ponds and Small Lakes A LANDOWNER’S GUIDE
BusinessandFinance
Corporation Sole: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporation_sole
Financial tool: http://www.permaculturecu.org/
Financial Tool: http://www.indiegogo.com/
Financial Tools: http://www.kiva.org/
Site: beginningfarmers.org/farm-business-planning
Blog: Holistic Financial Planning
Handbook: PRI: A FACILITATOR’S HANDBOOK FOR PERMACULTURE
BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
Video: Richard Wiswall discusses the business of organic farming
ECONOMY
Greider: The Soul of Capitalism: Opening Paths to a Moral Economy
Griffin: The Creature from Jekyll Island
Ecomonics: Fight of the Century, Text/Lyrics
Economics: Bill Nighy video backing Robin Hood tax on banks
Economics: The American Dream Film-Full Length
Population: The Last Word on Overpopulation
Population: http://overpopulationisamyth.com/
Pop 101: overpopulationisamyth.com/2-point-1-kids-a-stable-population
Chemicals
*This sections exists so that you can identify chemical types and their levels of proliferation in the environment and ways to deal with their toxic effects. I will try to site opposing or critical views whenever possible.
*Look for chemicals in other sections.
Chemical Compounds in Plants and Animals
Site: Major Types Of Chemical Compounds In Plants & Animals
Fungicide
Herbicide
Video: Commercial compost contains persistent herbicides
Dr. Don Huber
Glyphosate: Video: Dr. Huber on Glyphosate
– Mercola Interviews Dr. Huber about GMO
*Below is a person who disagrees with Dr. Huber.
–Debate: Kevin Folta: Dr. Huber turns down my generous offer
Stephanie Seneff
Glyphosate: Jeffrey Smith with Dr. Stephanie Seneff about Glyphosate
– Quote from the above video: “Our gut bacteria outnumber our own cells 10 to 1. For Every Cell we have, we have 10 bacteria, microbes of various sorts and all of them have The Shikimate Pathway. So, they (all of the microorganisms living in you…”emphasis mine”) are going to respond to glyphosate.”
-Paper: Glyphosate’s Suppression of Cytochrome P450 Enzymes and Amino Acid Biosynthesis by the Gut Microbiome: Pathways to Modern Diseases
-Bio: http://people.csail.mit.edu/seneff/
– Video: Dr. Stephanie Seneff presen… harmful effects of glyphosate
Interview: by: Ari LeVaux: Interviews Stephanie Seneff
More Information In The GMO Section
Pesticide
History: PDF: PESTICIDE USAGE IN THE UNITED STATES: Trends During the 20th Century.
Site: www.beyondpesticides.org
Petroleum Hydrocarbon Contamination in Soil
PDF: Mycoremediation of Aged Petroleum…in soils
“Women who live within a mile of organophosphate or pyrethroids agricultural pesticide applications were more likely to have a child with autism spectrum than women living further away,” said Janie Shelton, an epidemiologist at the University of California Davis…”
Article: Study further confirms link between autism and pesticide exposure
Radiation
Article: Using Fungi to Remediate Radiation at Fukushima
SOLUTIONS
Diatomaceous earth: Lettuce Solutions
NCAP: Take the Pesticide-free Pledge!
***Cover the ground, don’t leave the ground bare (use cover crops or mulch or both), get the soil life active with compost and compost tea, introduce intensive diversity of plants, animals and human care, Don’t compact the soil, capture water…slow it down…soak it in, break the conditioning that weeds are bad, out compete the weeds, compost your weeds, introduce massive amounts of worms and other benificial critters, use rotational grazing, introduce fungal dominated compost tea in and around trees, put the credit card down and pick up a shovel and a pitchfork…! How’s that for a solution? 
ClassmateBlogs,Projects…
*Some classmate projects exist in other parts of the list.
Blog: Ontario: http://theresamccuaigblog.com/
Blog: Polish: modosz.blogspot.com/, Translate with Chrome
Blog: Portugal: Horses and Permaculture … and Life at Vale das Lobas
Blog: Grow Your Dreams, SketchUp
Blog: Systems Thinking For Life
Blog: Oklahoma: offkilteracres.com/about/
Blog: Massachusetts: www.thegoodlifehomestead.com/
Blog: blog.greenhearted.org/search/label/permaculture
Blog: gardenwithliz.com/blog/
Blog: ferme5elements.com/5-elements-farm/
Blog: locavoreindia.com/
Blog: www.permiekids.com/
Blog: www.jenmendez.com/
Blog: permi-eden.com/
Blog: malleepermie.wordpress.com/
Blog: cheeseheadhomestead.com/
Blog: www.experiencehomesteading.com/
Blog: daddykirbs.blogspot.com/
Blog: Veteran 2013: http://permi-eden.com/
Blog: www.permaculture-notes.com/
Blog: Worthy Farm
Blog: http://modosz.blogspot.com/
Blog: Urban Abundance Project
Blog: tamborinehouse.blogspot.com.au/
PDC Video Reviews by J&J Acres
– Geoff Lawton Online PDC 2014 – Week 1 – Introduction See his channel for other videos.
Climate
Climate: NOAA, Climate Data Online
Site: Global Ecosystems: …usgs.gov/ecosystems/dataviewer.shtml
Video: The Process of Adiabatic Cooling and Heating
Data: http://climate-data.org/, multiple language
BIOMES
Site: Biomes of the World
Site: Biomes Wiki
CLIMATE ANALOGUES
Dave Boehnlein: Analogue Climates – a design tool, site
DRY LANDS
PDF: Plants for the Desert Southwest
PDF: Lush & Efficient Coachella Valley 120 degrees F
PDF: Ground Covers for Arizona Landscapes
Video: Bill – Dryland Permaculture Strategies
Video: Geoff – Self-Replicating Dryland
Site: Desert Harvesters -Brad Lancaster
Site: Permaculture Drylands Magazine
Site: Arid Zone Trees
Site: http://www.drylands.org.au/
PDF: http://www.waterforaridland.com/Books/Subsurface
Site: Desert Legume Program: cals.arizon…gumeprogram/
Article: The Best Fast Growing Trees for Hot, Dry Climates
PDF: California…Native and Drought Tolerant Gardens
PDF: Erosion Control Field Guide
PDF: Guidelines for Windbreaks in New Mexico
BAILEY’S ECOREGIONS AND SUBREGIONS
Map: Bailey’s Ecoregions and Subregions
Site: Description of the Ecoregions of the United States
DMEER
DMEER: Digital Map of European Ecological Regions
KÖPPEN CLIMATE CLASSIFICATION
Wiki: Köppen climate classification
Map: people.eng.unimelb.edu.au/mpeel/koppen.html
Map: Mexico’s seven climate regions
LAST FROST DAYS
Site: Utah Frost days – Extension Service
Site: Global Frost Days Search
Instant Download: .kmz file for Google Earth Map layover: Click
*You need to have google earth free version installed before you click and install this file. It should be automatic once you click the link. You can also see the downlaod page here: koeppen-geiger.vu-wien…shifts.htm
Site: http://koeppen-geiger.vu-wien.ac.at/usa.htm
Site: Köppen climate classification – Google map interactive
TEMPERATE
Site: http://tcpermaculture.com/site/ – CM, very nice site!
USDA-PLANT HARDINESS ZONES
Site: planthardiness.ars.usda.gov/PHZMWeb/
Article: Nice big Key Legend: bonnieplants.com…gardening-zone/
Finder: Sunset Garden Plant Finder
WORLD HARDINESS ZONES
World Climate Zones: blueplanetbiomes.org/climate.htm
World Hardiness Zones: edible-landscape-design.com/
Documentaries
In addition to this section there are more videos spread out throughout the entire list.
Video: Fresh, The Movie
Video: The Agro Rebel
Film: Hope in a Changing Climate
Video: Sepp Holzer’s Permaculture
Video: A Farm For The Future
Video: Tools: Tree Cones – Video
Film: An Ecology of Mind – Gregory Bateson Docu, Website, Amazon
Video: Bill’s Global Gardener
Video: Molokaʻi: Abundant Land, V2, PDF, Mālama Molokaʻi:, V3
Video: Joel Salatin
Video: Permaculture Emilia Hazelip Synergistic
Video: Natural Farming with Masanobu Fukuoka, Site: Fukuoka
Video: Unlocking the Mystery of Life – Trailer
Video: redesigning-civilization-with-permaculture – Toby
Videos: Professor Will Hooker – 40 hours
Video: Arvari- A River Reborn
Video: Watershed Intervention: Earthen Dams
Earthworks
Important: Designer Resources: permaculturenews.org/resources/
PRI: Water Retention Landscape Techniques for Farm and Garden
DVD Course: Nature of Earth: An Introduction to Geology
KEYLINE DESIGN
Video: Keyline Design at the Beach – Darren Doherty
Site: Spiral Ridge Permaculture
PRI: KEYLINE DESIGN Mark IV: Abe Collinsi & Darren J. Dohertyi
DAMS
Back Flooding Swales
PRI: A Guide to Back-Flood Swales
Check Dams
PDF: Log Check Dam
PDF: CHECK DAM
Dams by location
PDF: Guidelines for Dams in Texas
PDF: NSWgov: Building a Farm Dam, AU
Earthen Dams
Video: Water Gandhi
Video: Arvari- A River Reborn
Video Trailer: Earthen Dams, Site, Full Length Video
Misc. Information on Dams
Huge PDF: Small Dams and Weirs in Earth and Gabion Materials
PDF: Design of Small Dams, US Dept of Interior
PDF: Sand Dams in Ethiopia
PDF: Sand Dams in Kenya
Ridge Point Dams
PRI: Ridge Point Dam Earthworks
Small Dam / Fish Pond
PRI: Small Dam/Fish Pond Installation
PRI: Constructing a Fishpond Dam
FAO: PDF: Manual on Small Dams
HUGELKULTUR
Article: hugelkultur
Video: Larson: Diggin a Swale on Contour
Search: google Images
Video: Hugelkultur – proof that it works!
BIOSWALES
PDF: ftp-fc.sc.egov.usda.gov…/technical/water/Bioswale.pdf
PDF: buildgreen.ufl.edu/…_Bioswales_Vegetated_Swales.pdf
Site: Cornell Univ: cornellplantations.org/…/botanical/bioswalegarden
PDF: Design Manual: Biological Filtration Canal
PDF: Biofiltration Swale Design Guidance
Search: EPA: Swale Search, EPA Main Search Page
BOOKS
Book: Moving The Earth: The Workbook of Excavation Sixth Edition
PDF: The 43rd Caterpillar® Performance Handbook
Book: Classic: Water For Every Farm: Yeomans Keyline Plan
PDF: SME MINING ENGINEERING HANDBOOK
LARGE EQUIPMENT
Tool: Land Printer – combine with seed balls
Tools: https://www.tractorhouse.com/
Tools: yeomansplow.com.au/contact-details.htm
Article: Yeomans plow – Keyline Contribution
Site: Border disk for mini swales, Search
SAMPLE LARGE EQUIPMENT LIST
*Some possible equipment choices for a full service consulting business and PC demonstration site.
PDF: Ford F450 DRW 4×4 Crew Cab Pickup 440HP 6.7L V8 Turbo Diesel
Cat: MULTI TERRAIN LOADERS 287D, Cat Attachments
Non-CAT Skid Steer Attachments:
– Hammer SM40 with Tilt, | Video
– Monolithic Portable Concrete Mixer, | Video
– Monolithic GHP 1500 Direct Drive, concrete pump | Video
– Material Spreaders
– Skid Sprayers Search
– Remlinger: Series 700 Screening Buckets, Other
– Skid Steer Chipper Attachment
Cat: SMALL DOZERS D5K2
Cat: MINI EXCAVATORS 308E2 CR SB
CAT Excavator Attachments
– HAMMERS – BACKHOE LOADERS H95E S
– HEAVY DUTY ROCK BUCKETS – MINI EXCAVATOR
– DITCH CLEANING / TILTING
– Hydraulic Thumb
– AUGERS A26B
– PDF: Vibrator Plate Compactor
– Non-CAT, Rockweel, Cutter
Genie: Articulating boom
Water Tanks: Portable Water Storage
IBC Totes: Search
DIGGING SWALES
PRI: A Guide to Back-Flood Swales
Larsen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ak8E_Oxh4U
Larsen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nu5_CO8EHdc
Video: Clamshell Bucket: youtube.com/watch…, | The Results
–2014 Update
Geoff Lawton: Small Dam/Pond Installation by Geoff Lawton
CROP ROLLERS
Site: www.croproller.com/ | Video: www.youtube.com/watch
SURVEYING
Tool: Setting Up a Total Station
Tool: Using a Steel Tape
Article: Geography 411 – Field Techniques – Topographic Surveying
Android App: Mobile Topographer Pro
PPT: How to make a topographic profile, power point
Site: engineersupply.com/default.aspx
Blog: DIY Contour Maps by Erik
Important: Designer Resources: permaculturenews.org/resources/
Calc: Finding Grade or Slope – 1728.org, Slope Distance Calc
Article: The Slope of a Linear Function
Article: Measuring Grade
Article: Reflectorless Laser Distance Measurement
Article: Measuring Horizontal Distances
Video: Abney Level
Video: Annex 1: Using an Abney Level
Video: Surveying: Working on field notes..differential leveling the basics
Video: Measuring & Distance 1, Part 2, Pt 3, Pt 4, Pt 5
TOOLS
Book: Aranya: Permaculture Design: A Step-by-Step Guide
Tool: Huntington MG-XL Military Bearing / Lensatic Compass, Ebay Search
Tool: Helix – Angle/Circle Maker, To help with Aranya’s Compass Bearings exercise. On Ebay
Tool: Slope Meter
Video: Calculating Slope
Tool: Pocket Site Hand Held Optical Level with Stadia
Tool: engineersupply.com/Johnson-Level-Hand-Held-Sight-Level
Tool: Ebay: Tranist Search
Tools: Bosch Laser Distance Measure GLM 100 C
Tools Surveying: Making an A-Frame
Tools Surveying: Basic | How to set up a Tripod
Video: How to usea digital theodolite
Video: Bunyip Water Level – build a berm with a Bunyip
Video: Installing Swales with an A Frame Level
Video: A Frame with Jack Spirko
Video: Dumpy Level – Purdue BCM
Video: Grade Checking: youtube.com/watch?v=HbSbEQnpyH4
SEXTANT
Video: Getting Started in Celestial Navigation
Video: How to use a sextant
Video: How to get height of a tall object in simple way
EnergyAudit
Site: Home Energy Audit
PDF: Energy Audit workbook
PDF: Highschool Energy Audit
PDF: Montana Energy Audit 1992
Site: Energy Cycling
Site: Walkthrough with mention of Audit
Article: lensgarden.com.au/permaculture_essay.htm
Food
Book: Mobbs: Sustainable Food
Baxter: PRI: Growing Nutrient Dense Food
Fallon and Enig: Nourishing Traditions: The Cookbook that Challenges…
Grieve: A Modern Herbal (Volume 1, A-H): The Medicinal, Culinary, Cosmetic and Economic Properties, Cultivation and Folk-Lore of Herbs, Grasses, Fungi, Shrubs & Trees with Their Modern Scientific Uses.
Price: Nutrition and Physical Degeneration: A Comparison of Primitive and Modern Diets and Their Effects
Niethammer:..Tumbleweed Gourmet: Cooking..Wild Southwestern Plants
HERBS
Site: Isabell Shipard, How can I use HERBS in my daily life
VITAMINS
Video: Vitamin D3, Baggerly, Add K2/MK7 to D3, Dr. Kate Rheaume-Bleue
Video: Natural Treatment for Depression Explained – Naicin B3
SUGAR
Video: Sugar: The Bitter Truth
FERMENTATION
Katz: Wild Fermentation, The Art of Fermentation
THE ECONOMICS OF FOOD
Max: Americans live on a statistical reservation
RAW FOOD
Kefir: Exhaustive information about Kefir
Video: Reverse Diabetes – Raw Foods Diet
Video: Food Matters, Very Important info that will jumpstart your food research.
Debate: Harvard: Raw Milk Debate – February 16, 2012
SPROUTS
Shipard: PRI: How Can I Grow and Use Sprouts as Living Food
HOW MUCH SPACE FOR FOOD
Video: sustainable food – people per acre of food
PRESERVATION
Note: Heat destroys vitamins! Read this forum post first before learning how to can veggies.
Video: Dr. Mercola and David Wolfe Talk about food. Search their names for much more information. Much more on the Mercola site.
Site: The National Center for Home Food Preservation
Search: Any Univ. Extension for Food info: csrees.usda.gov/Extension/
Fungi
Video: Paul Stamets – Mycelium Running – TED – Book
Video: Taylor Lockwood – mushroom ID, site
Site: mycokey.com/new, – Online Muchroom ID
Site: mushroomexpert.com/index.html – Online database
Site: www.mykoweb.com/index.html – Online, has many photos
GROWING MUSHROOMS
Video: Growing Mushrooms and Healing Teas
Video: Low Tech Cultivation
Videos: Large playlist, Forest Farming Siitake – 30 videos
DVDs: Let’s Grow Mushrooms! by Marc R Keith
DVDs: Mushroom People, large list browse site.
MYCORRHIZAE
Site: Video: mycorrhizae.com/, Commercial site with some good info
Site: MycoGrow™: Mycorrhizal Fungi for Healthy Gardens
Search: Terms = “mycorrhizae starter“
Article: THE LIVING SOIL: FUNGI
Video: See how mycorrhizae and mycorrhizal fungi absorb nutrients
Video: Soil secrets 3: On Rhizobia and Mycorrhiza
Video: Dr. Michael Amaranthus Mycorrhiza Lecture
Video: Mycorrhizal Fungi and Tree Planting with Paul Stamets, Life Box
MYCOREMEDIATION
Search: Terms = “mycoremediation“
Article: The Petroleum Problem, Vermi_remidiation of Petroleum
PDF: Mycoremediation of Aged Petroleum…in soils
Video: Environmental Remediation using Mycelium – Paul Stamets
Contrast: Soil Remediation Thermal Desorption System, | This video is here to show the contrast between what we could do naturally with fungi and how soil remediation is usually currently. Calculate the inputs!
Radiation
Article: Using Fungi to Remediate Radiation at Fukushima
GoodBugs,BadBugs,Worms
PEST MANAGEMENT
PDFs: Pest Management Guidelines / UC IPM Online
Site: ATTRA: Pest Management: Huge site. Other info.
Database: With Photos: http://www.projectnoah.org/
BEES
Book: The Thinking Beekeeper: A Guide to Natural Beekeeping…
Bees: Search: American Chemical Society, Scientists link honeybees’
– 5-15-2014: Bees crucial to many crops still dying
Bees: http://www.pollinator.org/
Bees: http://warre.biobees.com/
Bees: http://www.resistantbees.com/index_e.html
Bees: youtube.com/watch?v=_3Eh4Ka_1Bo – CM’s friend
Bees: http://www.crownbees.com/
PDF: J. of Insectology: neonicotinoids impaired honey bees winterization
PREDATORS
Good Bugs: http://www.betterbugs.com/
Good Bugs: Praying Mantids
INVASIVE ALIEN SPECIES
Bad Bugs: issg.org/database/species/search.asp?st=100ss
WORMS
PDF: Manual of On-Farm Vermicomposting and Vermiculture
Site: Big Tex Worms
Article: How to make a ‘wormhive’ worm farm – CM
Site: http://www.ncwormfarm.com/ – CM
Compost Worms: Definition, buy
EarthWorms: www.sas.upenn.edu/~rlenet/Earthworms.html
Greenhouse
Greenhouse: Pit Greenhouse
Greenhouse: Video | Eliot Coleman Keynote at VABF 2011
Greenhouse: growingpower.org/aquaponics.htm – Urban
Tool: The Original Hoop Bender
Homestead
Site: homesteadbloggersnetwork.com
Video: Bullock Brothers Homestead 2
Homestead: apinchofhomestead.wordpress.com/ – CM
Books: 100 Best Permaculture & Homesteading Books
Site: Path to Freedom
ExtensionOffices
Extension Offices: extension.usu.edu/saltlake/
ALL USA Ext. Offices: csrees.usda.gov/Extension/
Kids
PERMACULTURE DESIGN – STEP-BY-STEP
Aranya: Permaculture Design: A Step-by-Step Guide
Tool: Huntington MG-XL Military Bearing / Lensatic Compass, Ebay Search
Tool: Helix – Angle/Circle Maker, To help with Aranya’s Compass Bearings exercise. On Ebay
DRAWING AND DESIGN
Math: Scale Drawings
Video: Drawing Two Point Perspective
Video: Adding Perspective Shadows
Video: Analytical Drawing
Video: Fast Sketch Landscape Site Plan
Tool: http://neolucida.com/
PAINTING LANDSCAPES
Video: Linescapes Drawing
Video: Analytical Section Drawing
MARKERS
Video: Mike Lin, Trees: www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0CIxW8owvU
DIGITAL DESIGN
Video: Site Plan Rendering in Photoshop
Lynda: Learn most software programs
READING MAPS
Symbols: PDF: USGS: Topographic Map Symbols
Article: maps.nationalge…lls_Booklet.pdf
Compass: Map Compass 101
Compass: Know your compass…Simon King, Ordnance Survey Channel
Compass: “Resection” – How To Determine Your Location
PERMACULTURE KIDS CURRICULUM AND PROJECTS
Book: Shanahan: Edible School Gardens, DVD Trailer, Book
PRI: Seed to Seed – Food Gardens in Schools
PRI: permaculturenews.org/2010/08/30/permaculture-for-kids/
PRI: permacultureglobal.com…building-a-childrens-permaculture-garden
Millington and Nuttal: Outdoor Classrooms, ON PRI
Site: www.kitchengardenfoundation.org.au/
PDF: Permaculture Network In Malawi: Children
NSWgov: environment.nsw.gov.au/…/TeachersKitBiodiversity.htm
PDF: Kathleen Gannon: A food centered curriculum
Permies: permies.com/t/29274/permaculture/kids-permaculture
Site: Mother Earth School
Slides: Permaculture Kids Curriculum: SlideShare
PEC kids: http://keikisdayout.com/tag/pearl-city/
PEC Kids: www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/ougc/cgarden.asp
PEC Kids: Oahu Urban Garden Center
Site: http://www.lifeasaschoolhouse.com/ – CM
Patterns
Bio: Wucius Wong: Principles of 2D Design: and other books.
Book: Betty Edwards: Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain
Book: Philip Ball: The Self-Made Tapestry: Pattern Formation in Nature
Elpel: Botany in a Day:…Plant Identification, Other Books
Book: Maggie Macnab: Design by Nature: Using Universal Forms…
Video: Fractals.Similarities. Patterns
Video: Unlocking the Mystery of Life
Online: Draw symmetry online. Fun! Silk
Animation: Music is Math
Music: Computer Driven Music Patterns
Animation: Nature by The Numbers
Kinetic Sculpture: http://howeart.net/
Video: Fibonacci Mystery
Video: Doodling in Math: Spirals, Fibonacci, and Being a Plant [1 of 3]
– Doodling in Math Class: Spirals, Fibonacci, and Being a Plant [2 of 3]
– Doodling in Math: Spirals, Fibonacci, and Being a Plant [Part 3 of 3]
Fermat: Any Problem Worth Doing Fights Back
Video: Viktor Schauberger – Comprehend and Copy Nature
Cobbald: Viktor Schauberger: A Life of Learning from Nature
TypeOneErrors
“One of the great rules of design is do something basic right. Then everything gets much more right of itself. But if you do something basic wrong – if you make what I call a Type 1 Error – you can get nothing else right.” Source: Bill Mollison Interview from 1991
Video: Geoff Lawton: The ABCs of Permaculture
PRI: permaculturenews.org…observations-from-a-new-permie/
Article: spiralridgepermaculture.com/2013/08/
Wiki: Type 1 and Type 2 errors
Article: Aranya explains why design is central to permaculture
“…DO SOMETHING BASIC RIGHT!”
Bill: stewardshipinstitute.info…title=Something_basic_right
Bill: izquotes.com/quote/253756
Williams: awakenedlifeproject…permaculture-sustainability
Blog: puzzlepermaculture.com/blog.html
Article: ibiblio.org/london/permaculture/mailarchives/
TCP: The Problem is the Solution
Article: theblockhouseschool.org/2012/05/pdc-day-2/
Urban
Video: Will Allen – Growing Power – More
Video: Majora Carter: Greening the ghetto
Video: Stephen Ritz: A teacher growing green
David: Self-reliance in LA: backyard farming
Site: The Urban Farming Guys, Video
Site: Inside Urban Green
LandSearch
Land Search: http://www.globalpropertyguide.com/Europe
Land Search: http://www.landandfarm.com/
Land Search: http://www.landwatch.com/
Global: Global Property Guide
LawsandCodes
TRAGEDY AND TRIUMPH
Peter Andrews: nsfarming.com/index.html, Video, pt2, pt3, pt4
WATER LAWS BY USA FED AND STATES
Fed: Reserved Water Rights and the Supreme Court
Oregon: oregon.gov/owrd/pages/pubs/aquabook_laws.aspx
Oregon: Oregon criminalizes permaculture by Mike Adams
AGENDA 21
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ac1Jeo8IcA
Video: UN Agenda 21 is the Blueprint for the Framework…
Site: Freedom Advocates
Search Term: “Agenda 21″ on PRI, On Permaculture_Global
Search Term: Dr. Samuel Alexander’s articles on PRI
WATER
Article: Nestle makes millions selling Great Lakes water
USA: STATE RAINWATER | GRAYWATER HARVESTING LAWS…
TRAGEDY OF THE COMMONS
Video: Tragedy of the Commons – Learn Liberty
Video: Communal ownership vs. Government ownership – A brief look
MUNICIPAL CODE
Site: REED Construction Data by State
Site: MuniCode Library: Codes by State: municode.com/Library
Site: Earthworks: Do you need approval? | 2 PDFS | NSW
MISC
String: ICC Bulletin Board: Subject Earthships at iccsafe.org
Blog: Outlaw Garden
Video: Cape Coral Woman Living Off Grid Being Kicked Out
Video: Bakers Green Acres vs. Michigan DNR
Video: Rawesome Food Owner, James Stewart Tells All
Video: Morningland Dairy raided and another family business destroyed
Article: Morningland Dairy raided
Article: Code says you must have 30% grass
News: Woman Sues City Of Tulsa For Cutting Down Her Edible Garden
Video: Percy Schmeiser vs Monsanto
Article: $75,000 a day in EPA fines for building pond on his property
Law : Proposed FDA rules frustrate farmers
Article: Collecting Rain Water Illegal in many..
RIGHT TO FARM
Article: Right to Farm Being Stripped from Citizens: Michigan can Now Ban Animals in Backyards {“……Now we’re having to reconsider our business plans and may sell the farm and buy a farm in a more rural area with definite [Right To Farm] protection…”}
Misc.ProjectsofInterest
PC Site: Cabiokid
PC Site: http://www.designedvisions.com/
More PC Sites on PRI: permaculturenews.org/other-permaculture…
Site: Rebecca’s Wild Farm vids at site
Site: http://tcpermaculture.com/site/ Classmate
Site: http://www.pfaf.org/user/default.aspx
Site: http://www.phoenixpermaculture.org/
Places
Noosa: Noosa Forest Retreat
Arizona: PC Site: Veteran 2013: Mike’s High Desert Permaculture Plan
– Mike’s Design Submission for the 2013 PDC
CRMPI: Central Rocky Mountain Permaculture Institute
Guatemlala: Mesoamerican Permaculture Institute [IMAP]
Upcountry Maui: O’o Farm
Hong Kong: KFBG, Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden
Kazakhstan’s wild apples: Search
California: susanspermaculturedesign.com – PDC 2013, Active Designer
Oklahoma, USA: Blog: offkilteracres.com/about/ – CM – Ma & Pa Kilter
Spanish site: ECOLOGICAL IBERICOS PISTACHOS
Spanish site: http://www.casasdepaja.org/
Spanish site: http://www.casadepaja.es/
Spanish site: http://www.conafor.gob.mx:8080/biblioteca/
Spanish site: Proyecto Forestal Iberico
Spanish site: http://www.lineaclave.org/web/index.php
Spanish site: BIBLIOTECA ONLINE PERMACULTURA
Canada: http://www3.telus.net/permaculture/
Portuguese site: Portuguese Permaculture Institute PDC
Egyptian site: SEKEM initiative
German site: http://www.zuture.de/
Argentina: http://manosconoloratierra.blogspot.com.ar/ CM
Finland: http://pohjoinenpermakulttuuri.wordpress.com/ CM
News: Green Prophet: Sustainable News for the Middle East
SoilandCompost
Video: Coleman: Bulbs,…Soil Blocking Mix (@9:55) with Eliot Coleman
BIOINTENSIVE
Site: Bountiful Gardens
Site: http://www.johnjeavons.info/
Video: Authors@Google: John Jeavons
Video: YT Channel: John Jeavons
Videos: Buy the DVD if you can: Grow Biointensive:Beginner’s Guide
BOKASHI
Site: Bokashi: The Fermentation of Organic Wastes
History: EM BOKASHI: goodmicrobes.org/how-to/bokashi.html
Experiment: Extreme Bokashi: make your own innoculant
SOIL ANALYSIS
Munsell: Munsell Soil Color Charts
Video: Soil Texture by Feel
Online Learning: rodaleinstitute.org/learn/online-courses/
PDF+: Harmonized World Soil Database | HWSD Viewer
–Grass GIS might work with the above database | Data Formats
Database+: USDA Web Soil Survey
Brady and Weil: Elements of the Nature… Properties of Soils, 3rd Ed
FORESTRY
Video: Mark Vander Meer: Soils and Forestry
COMPOST
PDF: The Rapid Composting Method: Berkeley Method
Site: vermontcompost.com/product/process/ – Compostopedia
Video: Permaculture Soils
Video: Wheaton: commercial compost contains persistent herbicides
Carbon/Nitrogen Ratios: weblife.org/humanure/chapter3_7.html
STINKY
Stinky: Humanure Handbook – Free Download
Stinky: HUMANURE HEADQUARTERS
Stinky: http://nature-loo.com.au/
Stinky: Jenkins: The Humanure Handbook, Other Books
HUMUS
Article: HUMUS – the foundation of LIVING SOIL
BIO FETRTILIZER – COMPOST TEA
Video: An Introduction to Actively Aerated Compost Tea Brewers
Site: Soil FoodWeb Institute
Compost Tea: PRI: Brewin’ and Bullin’ Basics
Article: BioFertilizer
Compost Tea: Paul Taylor
Site: Hobby Farms: Brew Compost Tea in 5 Easy Steps
DYNAMIC ACCUMULATORS
Definition: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_accumulator
Plants: Composting: Dynamic Nutrient Gathering
MISC
Site: The Soil Food Web – Dr. Elaine Ingham, Video Links Page
– Ingham, Rollins and Eddington: http://www.gardeningwithnature.net/
Site: Rodale Institute – 5 key principles
Article: Increase in Carbon Dioxide Levels “Greening”
Site: Library: http://soilandhealth.org/
MICROBES IN SOIL
Soil Food Web Course / SFWC
Online: Dr. Elaine Ingham’s Online Soils Course
Site: The Soil Food Web – Dr. Elaine Ingham, Video Links Page
– Ingham, Rollins and Eddington: http://www.gardeningwithnature.net/
Site: Rodale Institute – 5 key principles
Video: Dr. Elaine Ingham, see suggested videos for more from Elaine
*DVD: Soil Foodweb Institute -dvds page
Online: Dr. Elaine Ingham’s Online Soils Course
Video: Dr. Elaine Ingham, see suggested videos for more from Elaine
– Site: www.soilfoodweb.com/
– Tool: Dr. Elaine Ingham recommends this Microscope for soil analysis. See the videos on this page to see how she does her soil analysis. NOTE:Dr. Ingham’s recommendation for a microscope may change during the course please refer to the members area for confirmation.
Video: Soil Secrets | A video about conventional farming. How would you help these farmers?
Nematodes
PDF: Nematodes Soil Biology Basics
Video: Soils, Biodiversity and Climate Change
EM-EFFECTIVE MICRO ORGANISM
*more research on this subject in the future. Em- is best for compacted soil in an anaerobic state to help decompact the soil according to Dr. Elaine Ingham. She does not support all of the other claims of healing made by the producers of EM. She talks about this product in this video.
Video: Effective Micro Organisms – EM – DR. HIGA, site
SOIL TESTING
Video: Using the Ferry Morse Soil Test Kit
Service: Soil Testing: www.kinseyag.com/SoilAnal.htm
Service: Labs: Soil Foodweb Laboratories For Microbiological Testing
TOXINS IN SOIL / REMEDIATION
Article: The Petroleum Problem, Vermi_remidiation of Petroleum
GMO
Site: GMO Seralini
Study: studies that established a relationship between previous glyphosate use and increased Fusarium infection.
Article: Scientist warns.. consequences…widespread use of glyphosate
Article: The USA owes China 2 trillion dollars. Hey, Let’s sell our GMO corn to them and pay off some of our debt! Nope,
China Refuses 8 Shipments of U.S. GMO Corn
Site: GM Watch
Video: Dr. Huber on Glyphosate search these terms for more vids.
– Mercola Interviews Dr. Huber about GMO
Video: Jeffrey M. Smith: http://vimeo.com/6575475
Video: Jeffrey Smith to New Zealand on Glyphosate
Site: Institute for Responsible Technology, Latest News, Blog
Site: Earth Open Source
Map: http://www.centerforfoodsafety.org/ge-map/
Map: http://www.gmo-free-regions.org/gmo-free-regions.html
Map: http://en.biosafetyscanner.org/mappa_superfici.php
Article: USDA organic standards allow GMO
Article: NO GMO labeling
InformationByTeacher
*This is a ‘Quick List’ of as many teachers as possible with a link to one of their lectures, videos or projects. That way you can see at a glance, people that have shaped this and other movements of interest related directly or indirectly to Permaculture. Please expand your understanding of each persons teaching by key word searching for more content. If I miss someone important please contact me and I will make chages to this list.
*This list is just a fraction of the teachers out there. If you know of someone that needs to be on this list please send me their link.
Aranya: PC design Step-by-Step, Video
Bill Mollison: Agricultural policy has some very obscene results.
Bill Wilson: Intro to Permaculture
Brad Lancaster: Rainwater Harvesting Basics
Danial Lawton: PC Tools, Prof. Bio, curric. vitae, Future WS, PRI Profile
Dan Jason: Gardens of Destiny
Darren Doherty: Keyline Design at the Beach
David Holmgren: holmgren.com.au/about-permaculture/
Dervaes Family: Path to Freedom: playlist
Don Huber (Dr.): GMO Crop Pathogen and Infertility, interview
Doug Crouch: TreeYo: An Online Permaculture Reader Resource, Site
Elaine Ingham (Dr.) : Soil Food Web, Site
Eliot Coleman: How to Make Compost…
Emilia Hazelip: Synergistic Garden
Geoff Lawton: Greening the Desert Tree Tour
Isabel Shipard: Plants that could save your life
Jack Dody: http://abundaculture.org/
Jack Spirko: thesurvivalpodcast.com/tag/permaculture
Jared Stanley: ..Online PDC 2014 – Week 8 – Soil, Site: jandjacres.net
Joel Salatin: How Joel Salatin Nets 60k/year on 20 Acres of Rented Land
Ken Fern: Permaculture Plants – Pt1, pfaf.org/user/default.aspx
Mark Shepard: Restoration Agriculture
Mark Vander Meer: Restoration Ecologist: Soils and Forestry
Martin Crawford: forest garden | Video | Agroforestry Research Trust
Masanobu Fukuoka: Makes Seed Balls
Matt Kilby: Global Land Repair – Video
Michael Phillips: Practical Orcahrd Health
Patrick Whitefield: How to Make a Forest Garden
Paul Stamets: 6 ways mushrooms can save the world
Paul Wheaton: Rich Soil, Paul Wheaton’s Permies
PA Yeomans: Keyline in the Kiewa Valley 1981 – Map: Kiewa Valley
Peter Andrews: nsfarming.com/index.html, Video, pt2, pt3, pt4
Peter Proctor: One Man, One Cow, One Planet
Richard Wiswall: Organic Farmers Business Handbook
Robert Hart: Forest Gardening with Robert Hart
Robert Kooyman: Rainforest Rescue
Robert Kourik: robertkourik.com/
Scott Mann: www.thepermaculturepodcast.com/
Sepp Holzer: Farming With Nature
Theron Beaudreau: PRI page, Open Source Video
Toby Hemenway: How Permaculture Can Save Humanity
Warren Brush: Quail Springs Permaculture
Will Allen: Growing Power
William Hooker: Presentation, Videos |
Design
Important: Designer Resources: permaculturenews.org/resources/
Book: A Pattern Language, Christopher Alexander
Video: Paul Taylor: Permaculture Transformation In 90 Days
FREE VECTOR AND JPEG IMAGES
Vector Images: Free Vector Downloads: Trees
Vector: Free Vector Graphics World Map
Free: Most Stock Photography Sites Offer Free Images with limited use.Here is one of the sites I have used over the years. Just search for what kind of images you need.
Music for Video: incompetech.com/music/ | Free, I have used site in the past and they have a great selection.
Some Free: Video B-roll Footage. Also search b-roll + Free+Video for more choices.
NASA: Free NASA Images and B-roll
Free Images and Video: Wikimedia Commons: A large library of images and video. Search for what you need. Read the license agreements.
Video Backgrounds: This one has some nice shots. | Search Term
Paid for Video B-roll: Envato Marketplaces
*ALL Stock Photography sites will give you something for free to get you to sign up for package deals. Just keep hoping around to all of the different sites until you find what you need. If you are making a Permaculture video you might spend $50 on images and video clips to really make your project shine. It’s well worth it. Always check the legal language of each site, image or video so that you know exactly how you can and can’t use the media you donwload. Have Fun!
GEOFF LAWTON
Video: Redesigning an Urban House – Geoff Lawton (2011)
Design Exercise talk: http://permaculturedesigns.org/forum/
PDC: Student Designs
Tool: Padlet: The easiest way to create and collaborate.
Interview: Geoff Lawton. The A,B,Cs of the CONSTANTS
GUIDED PRACTICE DESIGN BY ERIK 2013 VETERAN
*Thanks Erik for your wonderful work!
Part 1: Getting the software
Part 2: Aerial photography for your background
Part 3: Contours from online maps
Part 4: Contours from google earth
Part 5: Doing your own contour survey
Part 6: Stitching together pictures for high-resolution aerial photography
Part 7: Exploring Inkscape
Part 8: Research tools for permaculture design
Part 9: Zones, sectors, and shapes
MUST SEE THESE FINAL PDC 2013 DESIGNS FIRST
Final Designs PDC 2013: permaculturedesigns.org/forum/
Drawing Symbols: vassaudesign.blogspot.com/
Drawing Symbols: permibliss.blogspot.com
Drawing Symbols: Search
Drawing Symbols: U of Minnesota
PERMACULTURE SITE ASSESMENTS AND QUESTIONS
Book: Permaculture Design: A Step-by-Step Guide
PDF: SITE ASSESMENT WORKBOOK: southwoodscenter.com
PDF: Site Observation
Site: Large amount of info
Tools: PC Design Questions
PC Design Assignment: Urban Permaculture Design
PC Design Assignment: Site Assessment Workbook
PC Design Assignment: Assessment Phase
ONLINE LEARNING
Tools: Learn almost anything for free – | Free, Khan Academy
Tool: Lynda.com – we use this in our HS | Paid
CALCULATORS
* There are many thousands of calculators online. Here is a nice group of useful calculators.
Area
Calc: Cogo: Land Survey Computations and geomatics
Calc: Google Maps Area Calculator Tool; Acerage
Conversion
Conversion: Metric – US/Imperial Conversion Charts
Distance
Calc: Distance calculator: www.distance.to/
ObjectsOverhead
Calc: Flight Path: Are you under a direct flight path? This link leads to all current Southwest airline flights that are live. Search other “Random Flights” and then click all. Play with it a little and expand the view to full screen. There is a ton of traffic overhead.
Calc: J-Track 3D Satellite Tracking, More stuff over your head.
Pattern
Calc: General search for fibonacci calculators
Plants
Plants: calculator: beetlemoose.com/PlantDB/charSelect.php
Slope
Calc: Finding Grade or Slope – 1728.org, Slope Distance Calc
Solar
Calc: Many Solar Energy calculating links
Calc: Solar Position Calculator
Calc: suncalc.net
Calc: sunearthtools.com
Calcs: Sun Angle
Calcs: How to Calculate Sun Angles – Ehow
WaterandWeather
Calc: Water Volume pool, ponds etc…
Calc: Analysing evaporation and seepage from water storages
Calc: Google Rooftop, Rain Catchment Calculator
Calc: Rainwater Harvesting Supply Calculator
Calc: USA: National Stormwater Calculator
SUNLIGHT
Site: Gaisma
Calc: Solar Position Calculator
Video: Mechanisms of the Seasons
Sim: Seasons Interactive
Sim: Sunlight Simulation
Calc: suncalc.net
Calc: sunearthtools.com
Calc: Many Solar Energy calculating links
MOBILE APPLICATIONS
Apps: sun-seeker-3d-augmented-reality
Apps: http://leafsnap.com/
Apps: http://www.si.edu/apps/leafsnap
Apps: Measure Map
SOFTWARE
The most important things are an understanding of the design essentials mentioned in the PDC course and avoiding “type one” errors. With that said…
… all you need are some markers and paper to communicate your ideas the below software might help you speed up the process and make your designs shine. I am linking to some expensive software so that you will know your options. Some expensive programs will supply trial periods which will give you enough time to try it out or maybe even finish a design. Most of these programs have difficult learning curves. I also list free and open source applications that are just as good as the paid versions. Most programs marked “Paid” offer trial periods.
PHOTO MANIPULATION
GIMP: Open Source Drawing and photo manip. GIMP | Free
-Article: How to make gimp work more like Photoshop
Tools: Resize Images for free | Free
Tools: Adobe Products trials page | Paid
Video: The Power of Illustrators 3D capabilites
FILE FOMAT CONVERSION
Tools: http://www.cometdocs.com | Free
Tools: for video: http://www.zamzar.com/ | Free & Paid
Tools: Files: http://www.docspal.com/ | Free
2D AND 3D CONSTRUCTION
Tools: Blender 3D Open Source, Tutorials | Free
PDF List: 2D & 3D list of software apps: docs.google.com/file/d/0B.. CM
SKETCHUP
Tool: Google Sketch-Up, Training vids, | Paid
– Video Tutorials: lynda.com/search?q=sketch+up+pro | Paid
Site: SketchUp 2014 : The Complete Guide
Video: Instant Contour
Import dwg or dxf: How should I prepare a CAD file for import…
Import Vectors: Vectors from Illustrator to SU
Drawing Quickly: help.sketchup.com/en/article/115429
Site: Learn SketchUp
SketchUp Layers: Avoid common mistakes watch this.
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Tools: gardencad.net/web/, | Paid: gardenCAD costs $AUD 49.95 – approximately $USD 40.00.
*** Garden Cad can work with SketchUP
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SKETCHUP WAREHOUSE
Classmate: Collections, Warehouse Design Elements for PDC design.
*Kubity is in BETA but it promises that we can upload our designs from SketchUp so that our clients will be able to walk around in our designs, take screen shots and email questions from anywhere in the world with a web connection. It is functional but has bugs at the moment but it’s very cool!
For Presentations: https://www.kubity.com/
– Instant Download for PC: https://www.kubity.com/download/
Candy: http://twilightrender.com/| Plugin for SketchUp
– IES Data for light plugin in SketchUp’s Twilight Render-TR Engine. You can use any IES file and attach it to a specific spotlight in TR. Here is a company that sells lights. | Click to visit | They include the downloadable IES data that you can use from within the TR menus. Click on the light from their product page. Click on Design Data. Find the IES button and download.
MAPS
*Remember, the map is not the land. What you see on a map may have changed drastically. Make sure you get out there and take measurements.
Android App: Mobile Topographer Pro
Zillow: http://www.zillow.com/ | Find sales history and other info
Open Street Map: www.openstreetmap.org/#map=5/51.500/-0.100
Vector: Free Vector Graphics World Map
Article: Reading Maps: maps.nationalge…lls_Booklet.pdf
Map: https://www.mapbox.com/
Map: mytopo.com/maps/index.cfm
Map: Mapping Support Topo | Online map, not software
Map: National Map Viewer – USA | Online map, not software
Map: http://www.terraserver.com/
Map: http://www.bing.com/maps/
Map: Area Measure: acme.com/planimeter/
Border Maps: 1.american.edu/ted/ice/border-maps.htm
Google Earth: google.com/earth/ | Free & Paid
Earth Point: earthpoint.us/topomap.aspx | Free
Caltopo: caltopo.com/kmz.html | Free the left nav bar provides overlays for Google Earth.
Tools: Grass Free GIS software, | Free and open source Geographic Information System (GIS) software suite used for geospatial data management and analysis, image processing, graphics and maps production, spatial modeling, and visualization.
Tools: iTree, | Free urban and community forestry analysis and benefits assessment tools
TERRAIN RENDERING
Tools: Terragen | Paid
Links: vterrain.org/Packages/Artificial/, Large Links page with very interesting programs.
CAD TYPE SYSTEMS
Tools: vectorworks.net/landmark/ | Paid
Tools: BRL-CAD | Free
Tools: archimedescad.github.io/Archimedes/ | Free
Tools: gardencad.net/web/, | Paid: gardenCAD costs $AUD 49.95 – approximately $USD 40.00.
–*** Garden Cad works well with SketchUP
Tools: ideaspectrum.com/arch, | Paid
MINDMAPPING
Mind Map: Free Mind Map Soft– Video tutorial, Overview, | Free, You can add images to your mind map and link them to make a slide show. Watch the videos.
Mind Map: http://www.xmind.net/, Trial and Paid Versions
VECTOR AND PAINTING
Tools: InkScape | Free | Video: Basics Tutorial | He has an entire series of videos expaining inkscape.
SCREEN CAPTURE AND RECORDING
These are important if you want to walk someone through your designs. You can have your design open on your screen and zoom in and out while you are giving an explanation. While you are doing this your voice and everything on the screen will be recorded in a video which you can upload to You Tube or Vimeo.
Tools: Screen Capture: mirekw.com/winfreeware/mwsnap.html| Free
Tools: Record Tutorials: http://www.fraps.com/ | Free & Paid
Tools: Tutorial Builder: techsmith.com/camtasia.html | Paid
OFFICE APPLICATIONS
Tools: http://www.libreoffice.org/ | Free
Tools: OpenOffice | Free
Tools: scribus.net/canvas/Scribus | Free
Tools: neooffice.org/neojava/en/index.php | Free
PHOTOGRAPHY AND VIDEO PRODUCTION
*For those who want to produce high quality video for their Permaculture Presentations.
Education
*Search You Tube or other video sites with the name of the software you want to study plus the term ‘tutorial’ or the word ‘basics.’ Warning: some people can get pretty vulgar on their You Tube videos and aren’t always thorough with their information. If you want to avoid this pay-as-you-go, the $25 per month and learn from the Lynda.com professionals.
Adobe: Adobe TV: http://tv.adobe.com/channels/
Lynda: Huge software library: Paid for online tutorials.
Video Editing
Video: Adobe Premiere Pro CS6 Tutorial: Basic Editing
Royalty Free Music
Tools: Royalty Free Music: incompetech.com/music/ | Free, I have used site in the past and they have a great selection.
Sound
Tools: Wireless Lavalier Microphone for Video Beginners, This YT channel has many other well done tutorials.
Cameras
Tools: Intempo HD Action Video Camera – 5MP
Special: Your own, Private, Social, Collaborative, Network…Yammer!
Video Production Companies
Production: Metta Media Ethical Video Production
Experimenting
Note: The Zonum tool is easy to use. The experiment is to see what FREE program we can use the Zonum data in. ArcGIS is suggested in the article but it is expensive. QGIS is Open Source and looks promising but is a little complicated.
Article: EXTRACT ELEVATION/HEIGHT DATA FROM GOOGLE EARTH
– Zonums tool: .zonums.com/gmaps/terrain.php?action=sample, Free
Earth Point: Excel to KML: Use the Zonum data in Google Earth.
-Tools: Other Zonum Tools
– QGIS: qgis.org/en/site/forusers/download.html, Open Source, See the “plugins” folder to add functions to the program.
ArcGIS: www.arcgis.com/home/, trial available for online map making.
– ArcGIS: Google Search
Self Publishing
Site: Blurb
Site: LULU
Tools
* Other sections contain tools also. Look for the ‘Tools’ tag
Danial Lawton: Permaculture Tools, Prof. Biography, curriculum vitae
-Permaculture tools DVD – Kickstarter Project
Site: www.forestry-suppliers.com/
Tool: Renaissance Charge
COMMUNITY EFFORTS
Tools: Farm Hack: http://farmhack.net/home/
Tools: Open Source Ecology: http://opensourceecology.org/, Video
Tools: Everywhere Tech
GARDEN AND FARM
Tools: Johnny’s: johnnyseeds.com/c-5-tools-and-supplies.aspx
Tools: FarmTek: farmtek.com/farm/supplies/home
Tools: Davebilt Nut Picker
Tools: Planet Whizbang: whizbangbooks.blog…, Books
Tools: Geoff’s: permaculturenews.org…/tools-equipment/
Article: Permaculture Tools workshop at Zaytuna Farm
MICROSCOPY
Microscope: Basics
Microscope: How to use a microscope and oil immersion, more, YT chann
– Tool: Dr. Elaine Ingham recommends these Microscopes for soil analysis. See the videos on this page to see how she does her soil analysis. NOTE:
Dr. Elaine Ingham recommends only 400x magnification see this video
Article: Connecting a camera to a microscope
Canon T3i: Use the T3i with a microscope
Canon: RMS 2 Canon EOS mount Microscope Objective
Canon: Infinity Objective
Handheld Microscopes
Handheld: PLANT EYE PRO ™
Handheld: Search: “Handheld Miscroscope“
Ipad/Iphone: ProScope
DVD: Compost Soil and Tea Microorganisms
Site: Martin Microscope: MCVG20 HD VIDEO PACKAGE
Site: www.martinmicroscope.com/microscopes/
Video: Water Bears in HD
Video: Giant Red Velvet Mites in HD
Site: www.microbeorganics.com/#Microscopes_for_sale
PDF: Protozoa and plant growth: the microbial loop in soil revisited
Book: Soil microbial loop and nutrient uptake by plants
Paper: The mycorrhiza helper bacteria revisited
Article: Turn Your Cellphone Into a High-Powered Scientific Microscope
UNIQUE INVENTIONS
Invention: Hand Powered Hay and Leaf Baler
Tool: http://opensourceecology.org/
Antique Tools: www.brassshipclocks.com/antique-tool/
* Other sections contain tools also. Look for the ‘Tools’ tag
Power
COMBINATION
Article: Mollison Power Generation
COMBUSTION
Rocket Stove: http://donkey32.proboards.com/
COMPRESSED AIR
Tools: compressed air vehicles
Tools: Trompe
Search: Venturi Pumps
Video: The Venturi Effect
ENERGY EFFICIENT APPLIANCES
Frig: PDF: A fridge that takes only 0.1 kWh a day
SOLAR
Site: www.builditsolar.com/
– $2K Solar Space + Water Heating — One Simple DIY System
– Evaluating Your Site For Solar Energy
– sonnenhaus-institut.de/baukonzept.html, German, use Chrome Translate
Site: National Solar Radiation Data Base
Site: U.S. Solar Radiation Resource Maps
Site: www.solardevelopment.com/
Schaeffer: Real Goods Solar Living Source Book
PDF: Free if you sign up for a free newsletter. What The Solar Industry “Experts” Don’t Want You To Know!
Tools: Solar Panels
Tools: http://www.solarpathfinder.com/
Tools: Solar Still
Tools: backwoodssolar.com/
Book: Solar Energy Projects for the evil genius
WATER / HYDROPOWER
Tools: Pulser Pump – more – Video
WIND
Tools: Wind Turbines
Map: http://hint.fm/wind/
Data: Wind Direction Historical USA
Article: Prevailing Winds: Pilots
Article: Enviropedia: Wind
Site: http://www.wunderground.com/
MISC.
Energy: Six star energy efficiency requirements
Seeds
Site: Farm Seed| Uses and Benefits
Seeds: Koanga Institute
Seeds: http://www.echocommunity.org/
Dry Land: Aravaipa Heirlooms
Book: PRI: Seed Savers’ Handbook
Manual: PRI: Local Seed Network Manual
Seeds: Agretti-(Salsola soda)Terroir Seeds
Seeds / Plants: http://www.greenbarnnursery.ca/
Seeds / Plants: http://www.jeffriesnurseries.com/
Seeds: DavesGarden.com
Seeds: http://www.kitazawaseed.com/
Seeds: http://www.rareseeds.com/
Seeds: J. L. Hudson, Seedsman
Seeds: http://www.seedsofchange.com/
Seeds: http://www.seedsavers.org/
Site: http://www.navdanya.org/
Site: http://www.nativeseeds.org/
Seeds: http://www.bountifulgardens.org/
Plants
Site: ELLENBERGS INDICATOR VALUES FOR BRITISH PLANTS
– Extending Ellenberg’s Indicator Values…
Sunset: Main Site: The Western Garden Book collection by Sunset
Planting Guide: Pollinator, ecoregional planting guides
Cover Crops: BIODIVERSE COVERS
Aboriginal: Aboriginal plant use, including Banksia spp. (Banksias)
KEW: DVD: Kingdom of Plants
APPS
*More apps can be found in different parts of the list.
App: LeafSnap
AGROFORESTRY
Plants: World: www.worldagroforestrycentre.org/
Plants: midwestpermaculture.com…plant-guilds/
Plants: myfolia.com/plants
Plants: http://www.theplantlist.org/
BAMBOO
Bamboo: completebamboo.com/buy_bamboo.html
Bamboo Nursery: bamboodirect.com/
Video: Geoff’s Farm
BIODIVERSITY HERITAGE
Huge Database: www.biodiversitylibrary.org/
HARDINESS ZONES
Interactive Map: planthardiness.ars.usda.gov…interactivemap.aspx
HERBS
Isabel Shipard: Plants that could save your life
NINE LAYERS OF THE EDIBLE FOOD FOREST GARDEN
TCP: Nine Layers of the Edible Food Forest Garden
NITROGEN FIXATION
Article: Nitrogen Fixation Congress
PASTURE
Video: Joel Salatin of Polyface Farms discusses grass-fed cattle
– Video: The Salatin Consultation 2010
Article: Pasture Primer: A Look at Pasture Plants
Article: Poisonous Plants- A primer to keep your horse safe
Article: Permaculture…Animal Fodder and Pasture Plants
PLANT IDENTIFICATION
Database: All Things Plants
Site: New South Wales: nsw.gov.au/floraonline
Huge Database: http://plants.usda.gov/java/, BY STATE
Plant ID: onlineplantguide.com/Index.aspx
Book: The Sunset Western Garden Book
Plants: Permaflorae: www.permaculture.eu.org/permaflorae/
Plants: Plants and Fungi Species Browser
Plants: Native Plant database for North America
Plants: calculator: beetlemoose.com/PlantDB/charSelect.php
Plants: practicalplants.org/wiki/Practical_Plants
Plants: plants for a future
Site: Natural Capital: Plant Database
PLANT PROPAGATION
Propagation: PDF: Vegetative Propagation Techniques
Video: Grafting: Plants and Trees: Grafting Techniques
PRI: Propagation Using Willow Water
Book: McGroarty: Easy Plant Propagation
PERENNIAL VEGETABLES
Book: Crawford: How to Grow Perennial Vegetables
Book: Toensmeier and Sears: Perennial Vegetables: From Artichokes…
WILD FOOD
Plants: Edible Wild Food
Book: Elias and Dykeman: Edible Wild Plants
TEMPERATE CLIMATE PLANTS
Plants: Temperate Climate Permaculture list
Plants: PDF: by zones: livingschools.com…permaculturespecies.pdf
Plants: 7000 Temperate climate plants
Plants: PC plants Europe
TROPICAL CLIMATE PLANTS
Plants: Tropical Database
Plants: Raintree Tropical Plant Database
Plants: Article: Forage
Plants: Permaculture Livestock Feeding
LEGUMES
Plants: Legume trees as feed
Plants: Legume Database: http://www.ildis.org/
Lewis, Schrire, Mackinder and Lock: Legumes of the World
Online: KEW: Online Publication: Legumes of the world
PLANTING SYSTEMS
System: Mobile Edible Wall Unit
System: Vertical Wall Potato Harvest
System: hugelkultur – the ultimate raised garden beds
COMPANION PLANTING
Plants: Companion Planting
Video: Sepp: www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxRH7MNdpqA
Book: Carrots Love Tomatoes, Roses Love Garlic
PRI: Companion Planting Guide
Site: AU: www.sgaonline.org.au/companion-planting/
POLLINATOR MAPS
Maps: Interactive: http://www.pollinator.org/guides.htm
ZONE PLANTING GUIDES
Plants: by Zone: www.gardenate.com/zones/
MISC
Site: http://apiosinstitute.org/
Map: USDA Plant Materials Centers
WEEDS
Site: Eat the Weeds – more – vids
Site: www.beyondpesticides.org
PDF: Successfully Controlling Noxious Weeds with Goats ” I have seen patches of land sprayed with this pesticide, killing everything but the diffuse knapweed it was meant to kill.”
This site: Classmate Project with Goats
Examples of Weeds Goats Like to Eat
*Examples below are from: …Why use goats…?
Canada thistle: www.ext.colostate.edu/pubs/natres/03108.html
Cheat grass: Cheatgrass or Downy Brome
Common tansy: fs.fed.us/database/feis/plants/forb/tanvul/all.html
Common mullein: fs.fed.us/database/feis/plants/forb/vertha/all.html
Dalmatian toad flax: Ecology and Management of Dalmatian toadflax
Dandelions: Grazing goats for fun and profit, Technical
Downy brome: PDF: Downy Brome in native Grassland
lndian tobacco: Lobelia Inflata, Images
Knapweed: Know your Knapweed
Kudzu: Video, Technical
Larkspur: www.ars.usda.gov/Services/docs.htm?docid=9943
Leafy spurge: CSU: Leafy Spurge
Loco weed: ars.usda.gov/services/docs.htm?docid=9948
Musk thistle: www.ext.colostate.edu/pubs/natres/03102.html
Oxide, oxeye daisy: Images, Article
Plumeless thistle: ag.ndsu.nodak.edu/invasiveweeds/plumeless.htm
Poison hemlock: Conium maculatum, | Classmate Project with Goats
Purple Loosestrife: invasiveplants.net/plants/purpleloosestrife.htm
Scotch thistle: Onopordum acanthium
Spotted Knapweed: Diffuse and Spotted Knapweed
Yellow Sweet clover: ipm.ucdavis.ed…WEEDS/yellow_sweetclover
Yellow star thistle: ipm.ucdavis.edu/PMG/PESTNOTES/pn7402.html
Yucca: plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=YUGL
Larger List of Weeds Goats Eat: http://werentgoats.com/faq/
Another List: www.goatgrazers.com/what-goats-eat.html
Common Weeds: CSU: Ref. only! I am not promoting Chem use
Article: Transition to Organic: Weed Management
WEEDS AS SOIL CONDITION INDICATORS
Site: sierra-worm-compost.com/soil-fertility.html
Site: gardeningknowhow.com/gar…soil-types-and-weeds.htm
Book: Sepp Holzer’s Permaculture – Has Section on Weeds
PDF: The Canadian Organic Grower – Weeds
Site: Weed Indetification – Illinois
Site: Weeds Austrailia
Article: Conventional Farming Site but Good Data
Book: Weeds and what they tell us
Article: Walking with Weeds
Article: The Secret of Weeds
PDF: Read your Weeds
Article: Listen to Your Weeds
Blog: What Weeds Can Tell Us About Our Soil
Article: Don’t Kill those Weeds!
Problem Links:
Plants: Inland Northwest PC Guild
*see more in the trees section below.
Trees
Videos: Grafting: Plants and Trees: Grafting Techniques
Site: Digital Representations of Tree Species Range Maps
Site: Trees of Antiquity
DVD Review: The Permaculture Orchard
Ashforth Oaks: Sweet Acorn Oaks
Hobson: Pruning, Training and Shaping Trees and other books
AGROFORESTRY
Site: http://agroforestry.net/about-us
Tree ID: http://forestry.usu.edu/htm/treeid/
Tree ID: Agroforestree Database
Site: agroforestry.co.uk/
Tree ID: Tree Browser
ALLELOPATHIC TREES
Article: Potential Allelopathy in Different Tree Species
Article: Allelopathic Plants
DROUGHT TOLERANT
PDF: Drought Tolerant Fruiting Trees Shrubs Fruiting Trees
Article: The Best Fast Growing Trees for Hot, Dry Climates
ECOFORESTRY
Site: Robert Kooyman: Rainforest Rescue
Video: Merve Wilkinson Ecoforestry
Video: Site: vanwild.com/ – Vid: Mark Soils Site: Here
Video: Mark Vander Meer speaks at Michael Pilarski’s Permaculture
Video: Hugelkultur – proof that it works!
FRUIT TREES
Phillips: The Holistic Orchard, Other books by Phillips
Otto: The Backyard Orchardist: A Complete Guide
PDF: Fruit Tree Propagation
PLANTING TREES
Tools: Tree Cones – Video
Tools: Tubex: TUBEX 12D Degradable Shelters
Video: Apple Grower Michael Phillips
– Holistic Orcharding with Michael Phillips DVD Trailer, DVD
– Day Long Fireside Chat with Michael Phillips
SHELTERS AND WINDBREAKS
Book: Caborn: Shelterbelts And Windbreaks
SILVOPASTURES
Pecan Research: Establishing and Managing Silvopastures
Article: Why alley-cropping with fast growing legume trees has not lived up to the expectations
TRANSPIRATION
Site: Transpiration – The Water Cycle
TREE INDENTIFICATION
Tree ID: waynesword.palomar.edu/arbimg1.htm
Tree ID: http://trees.luidp.net/en/index.php
Tree ID: dendro.cnre.vt.edu/dendrology/map/
Tree ID: www.realtimerendering.com/trees/trees.html
Tree ID: What is that Tree
TREE SPECIFICS
Bunya Pine: watch?v=a4vYCTotIyE
Black Locust: Vid1,
Pecan: Permies Pecans
Pecan: TCpermaculture – Classmate
Pecan: Water Needs During Drought
Tree DVD: UK woodland trees
Tree App: V Tree for Iphone
Site: Tree Crops A Permanent Ag – as PDF
Studying:
PDF: Sida rhombifolia L., arrowleaf sida, MALVACEAE
PDF: Tagasaste (tree lucerne)
Water
Book: Craig Childs: The Secret Knowledge of Water, on Amazon
Interactive Map: USGS Real Time Stream Flows by state
Water Plan: NAWAPA XXI Animated Overview, PDF
Video: Blue Gold : World Water Wars
FILTERS
Tools: FILTRO DE AGUA – more
Book: Wilkes: Flowforms: The Rhythmic Power of Water
FLOWFORMS
Site: flowform.net/agriculture/
FOG, MIST AND CONDENSATION
Site: FogQuest
IRRIGATION
Article: How Irrigation works
Site: Drip Irrigation Tutorials: dripdepot.com/education
Search: PCnewsOrg: “irrigation“
RAINWATER HARVESTING
PDF: Texas Guide to Harvesting Rainwater
Video: Rainwater Harvesting Basics – Brad Lancaster
Video: Brad Lancaster Urban water harvesting
Book: Lancaster, Brad. Rainwater
Article: Rain water Catchment Area
Tool: www.rainsaucer.com
Video: Locals Promote Rainwater Harvesting In Creative Forms
Video: Overview of Lancaster-Homestead Water-Harvesting Strategies
STORM WATER
PDF: Large pdf: Storm Water Quality Handbooks
TOXINS IN WATER
Article: 60% of China underground water polluted
Site: Fluoride Action Network
Search: “Pharmaceuticals passing through sewage systems“
Nurdle: Video: Confronting Plastics and Microplastics in the Sea
Flow: Amazon Video. Sorry, the only place that still has it.
Article: THE GREAT PACIFIC GARBAGE PATCH
WATER FIRST
Video: Nature Was My Teacher: Viktor Schauberger (30 June1885 25 September1958) was an Austrian forester/forest warden, naturalist, philosopher, inventor and Biomimicry experimenter. Books: Living Water.
Schauberger: The Water Wizard: Extraordinary Properties..Natural Water
Video: 7 FACETS Darren Doherty: youtube.com/watch?v=MvVlz…
Site: Biologic Design: Wet Systems: biologicdesign.co.uk
WATER FROM WIND
Video: MAX WHISSON, Windmills
Article: Aqua Magic, The site is dead I would love to find if they are still working with these machines.
WATER HOLDING
Site: Warka Water Towers
Site: 3 Sisters Eco Farm
Video: Homemade Cisterns Help Harvest Rain
WATER MEASUREMENT
PDF: WATER MEASUREMENT MANUAL
WATER PUMPS
Blog: Airlift Pump
Video: Air lift Pump – lung test, You Tube Channel, Website
Video: Luftheber Mammutpumpe
Video: Mike Adams: device pumps well water using compressed air!
WATER SHED MANAGEMENT
Site: Watershed Management Group – Phoenix
Site: FAO Watershed Management Field Manual
WICKING BEDS
DIY: From the Botom Up, A DIY Guide…Wicking Beds
Video: Wicking bed how to.. A self watering garden bed
Video: Wicking beds.. How to make IBC self watering garden beds
Wiki
Note: Some of the below sites are just starting. Please help out!
Wiki: permaculture-wiki.bitnamiapp.com – by Matt – CM 2014
Wiki: tspwiki.com/index.php?title=Main_Page
Wiki: wikipedia.org/wiki/Permaculture
Wiki: northeasternpermaculture.wikispaces.com/
Wiki: http://www.appropedia.org/Permaculture_wiki
Wiki: appropedia.org/Category:Permaculture
Wiki: phoenixpermaculture.wikispaces.com/
Wiki: permaculturesource.wikispaces.com/Permaculture+Links
Wiki: List of permaculture projects – List
Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permaculture
VillagesandCommunities
Noosa: Noosa Forest Retreat
Site: Village Homes Davis, CA – pdf – vid – bill visits
Site: dancingrabbit.org/
Site: permaculturenews.org/ – List of Articles
Vocabulary
ENTROPY
Video: MIT: Entropy, Disorder
Video: The Problem with Entropy
Video: Building Forgiveness into a System
Lesson: Khan: Reconciling Thermodynamic … of Entropy
– Or, How many more states can a system take on.
FORESTRY
Vocabulary: Glossary of Forestry Terms
SURVEYING AND MAPPING
Vocabulary: Glossary of Surveying & Mapping Terms
Tools Vocab: How Tools Work: Laser Levels
SOLAR ENERGY
Vocabulary: Glossary of Solar Energy Terms
SUSTAINABILITY
Vocabulary: Sustainability Glossary
WATER
Vocabulary: Drip Irrigation
Vocabulary: Aquaponics Glossary
GEOLOGIC TERMS
Vocabulary: Geologic Terms – 2 – 3 – huge list
Vocabulary: Glossary of Soil Science Terms
PERMACULTURE
Video: A Great Definition of Permaculture – Geoff @TED
CLIMATE
Definitions: Desert Climate – Mediterranean Biome
Definitions: Köppen climate classification
TheBooklist
The list of books below are the suggestions posted by the students and
veterans of 2013 and 2014 online PDC forum. Thank you!
*Some books are listed below as well as in some of the
other catagories in this list.
A
Aleklett: Peeking at Peak Oil
Alexander: A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction
Alexander: The Timeless Way of Building
Alexandersson: About, Schauberger: Living Water
Anderson: Tending the Wild: Native American Knowledge…, Other Books
Andrews: Back from the Brink: How Australia’s Landscape…
Aranya: Permaculture Design: A Step-by-Step Guide
Ashworth: Seed to Seed
B
Bane: The Permaculture handbook
Bates and Toensmeier: Paradise Lot
Barker and Pilbeam: Handbook of plant nutrition
Bartram: Bartram’s encyclopedia of herbal medicine
Baxter: PRI: Design Your Own Orchard
Baxter: PRI: Growing Nutrient Dense Food
Baxter PRI: Save Your Seeds
Baxter: PRI: Koanga Garden …Guide to Gardening Organically..Sustainably
Baxter: PRI: Change of Heart – The Ecology of Nourishing Food
Berry: The Unsettling of America: Culture & Agriculture
-Berry: The Art of the Commonplace: The Agrarian Essays
-Berry: Think Little- PDF
Brady and Weil: Elements of the Nature… Properties of Soils, 3rd Ed
Burn: Living High: An Unconventional Autobiography
C
Caborn: Shelterbelts And Windbreaks, Other Books
Cal-Earth’s: Earth and Art Architecture Book Store
Caterpillar: Performance Handbook 43d edition: PDF and Video
Chatwin: The Songlines, Aborginals’ ancient “Dreaming-tracks.”
Childs: The Secret Knowledge of Water, on Amazon
Coats: Book about the life of Viktor Schauberger: Scribd Book
Cloyd and Nixon: IPM for Gardeners,…integrated pest management
Cobbald: Viktor Schauberger: A Life of Learning from Nature
Coleby: Natural Sheep Care, Other Animal Care Books by Coleby
Coleman: The Winter Harvest Handbook
Crawford: How to create a forest garden | Video
– Agroforestry Research Trust
D
Dagget and Bean: Rediscovering Our Importance to Nature
Darling: SME Mine Engineering Handbook…Society of Mining Engineers
Davis: One River: Explorations and Discoveries… Amazon Rain Forest
Dawnborn/Smith: PRI: Permaculture Pioneers; stories from…new frontier
Deardorff: What’s Wrong With My Fruit Garden? | Other Books
Denzer and Field: Build Your Own Earth Oven: A Low-Cost, Other Books
Deppe: Resilient Gardener, Other Books
Diamond: Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
E
Edwards: Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain
Ekarius: Small-Scale Livestock Farming: A Grass-Based…, Other Books
Elpel: Botany in a Day:…Plant Identification, Other Books
Emery: The Encyclopedia of Country Living, Ebay Search
Evans and Jackson: Rocket Mass Heaters: Superefficient Woodstoves
Evans, Smith and others: The Hand-Sculpted House
Evenari, and others: The Negev: The Challenge of a Desert
F
Facciola: Cornucopia II: A Source Book of Edible Plants
Falk: The Resilient Farm and Homestead, Video
Fallon and Enig: Nourishing Traditions: The Cookbook that Challenges…
Fanton M. and Fanton J. Seed Savers Handbook
Fanton and Immig: Seed to Seed Food Gardens in Schools
Fanton: PRI: Local Seed Network Manual
Fern: Plants for a future, All Publications
French: Backyard Self-sufficiency, Other Books
Fukuoka:
– Sowing Seeds in the Desert
– The natural way of farming: Theory and practice of green philosophy
– The one straw revolution
Furuno: PRI: The Power of Duck
G
Glueck: Rivers in the Desert: A History of the Negev
Goodsell: The Machinery of Life
Greider: The Soul of Capitalism: Opening Paths to a Moral Economy
Grieve: A Modern Herbal (Volume 1, A-H): The Medicinal, Culinary, Cosmetic and Economic Properties, Cultivation and Folk-Lore of Herbs, Grasses, Fungi, Shrubs & Trees with Their Modern Scientific Uses.
Griffin: The Creature from Jekyll Island
Grohman: Keeping a Family Cow
H
Harper: PDF: Solar Energy Projetcs for the Evil Genius
Harris:
– Growing shiitake commercially
– Growing wild mushrooms
Hart: Forest Gardening: Cultivating an Edible Landscape | Video
Hartung: Growing 101 Herbs That Heal, Other Books
Haughton: Green Immigrants: The Plants that Transformed America
Heiser: The Sunflower and other books
Hemenway: Gaia’s Garden: A guide to home-scale permaculture
Hemenway: The Thinking Beekeeper: A Guide to Natural Beekeeping…
Hobson: Pruning, Training and Shaping Trees and other books
Hoffmann: Life’s Ratchet:..Molecular Machines Extract Order from Chaos
Hoff and Shephard: Tao of Pooh & the Te of Piglet
Holmgren: Permaculture: Principles and pathways beyond sustainability
Holzer:
– Desert or paradise
– Sepp Holzer’s Permaculture
I
Ingham: Soils, Audio and books,
– PDF: The Compost Tea Brewing Manual
– Other Books: www.soilfoodweb.com/Books.html
-Book: Soil biology primer
J
Jacke and Toensmeier: Edible Forest Gardens (2 volume set), ON PRI
Jenkins: The Humanure Handbook, Other Books
Jevons: How to grow…+ all books
K
Kaplan: Urban Homesteading: Heirloom Skills…
Katz: Wild Fermentation, The Art of Fermentation
Kelsey: Edible Perennial Gardening: Growing Successful
Kimball: Planet Whizbang, Other Books
King: Farmers of Forty Centuries – Free Kindle edition
King, Lindell, Brater: Handbook of Hydraulics, Ebay Search
Klober: Storey’s Guide to Raising Pigs: 3rd Edition
Kourik: Roots Demystified
Kurlansky: Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World, Other
L
Lancaster: Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands… Volumes 1 and 2
Laughton: Surviving and Thriving on the Land
Law: Woodsman, The Woodland Way
Levario: Design for Water: Rainwater Harvesting…
Levy: The Complete Herbal Handbook for Farm and Stable
Lewis, Schrire, Mackinder and Lock: Legumes of the World
Lipton: The Biology of Belief, Other Books
Logan: Dirt: The Ecstatic Skin of the Earth
Logsdon:
– Small Scale Grain Raising
– The Contrary Farmer
Lopez: Arctic Dreams: Imagination and Desire in a Northern Landscape
Lowenfells and Lewis: Teaming with Microbes
Lowenfells: Teaming with Nutrients
Ludwig: Water Storage Tanks, Cisterns, Aquifers, Ponds…, Other Books
M
Mann: 1491, New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus
Mann H.T. and Williamson: Water Treatment and Sanitation
Macnab: Design by Nature: Using Universal Forms…
Marrow: PRI: Earth User’s Guide to Permaculture 2nd Edition
Mars and Holmgren: Basics of Permaculture Design
Mars, Jenny and Ross: Getting Started in Permaculture
Matson: Earth Ponds Sourcebook: Pond Owner’s Manual
McCaman: All of his books
McGroarty: Easy Plant Propagation
McKenzie with Schneider: A Facilitator’s Handbook for Permaculture
McKibben: Oil & Honey
Millington and Nuttal: Outdoor Classrooms, ON PRI
Mobbs: Sustainable Food
Mollison:
– Mollison and Holmgren: Permaculture one
– Permaculture two, Get it at PRI
– Permaculture: A Designers’ Manual
– Introduction to permaculture
– The Permaculture book of ferment and Human Nutrition
– Travels in Dreams: An Autobiography
Monbiot: Searching for enchantment on the frontiers of rewilding
Moore: Stone Age Farming, Backyard Poultry, Other Books
Morell, Sally Fallon: newtrendspublishing.com/
Morrow: The Earth User’s Guide to Permaculture
Munroe: Manual of On-Farm Vermicomposting and Vermiculture
Murphy: Greener Pastures on your Side of the Fence
N
Nabhan and McKibben: Growing Food in a Hotter, Drier Land
Nader: calearth.org: Earthbag, all books, All DVDs
Navazio: The Organic Seed Grower
Newton: Speciation and Biogeography of Birds
Niethammer:..Tumbleweed Gourmet: Cooking..Wild Southwestern Plants
Nichols and Day: Moving the Earth: The Workbook of Excavation
Nikiforuk: The Energy of Slaves
Nugent and Boniface: Permaculture Plants: A Selection, 2nd Ed, On PRI
Nugent: PRI: Permaculture Plants: Agaves and Cacti
O
Oehler:
– The Earh Sheltered Solar Greenhouse Book
– The Fifty Dollars and Up Undrground House Book
Ohlson: The Soil will Save Us
Otto: The Backyard Berry Book: A Hands-On Guide
Otto: The Backyard Orchardist: A Complete Guide
P
Pain: Another Kind of Garden, goodreads
Parker: Aquaculture Science
Phillips: The Holistic Orchard, Other books by Phillips
Pearce: When the Rivers Run Dry
Perry, Oren and Hart: Forest Ecosystems
Peterson and Gould: Rainwater catchment systems for domestic supply
Pollan: Omnivore’s Dilemma: a Natural History of Four Meals
Price: Nutrition and Physical Degeneration: A Comparison of Primitive and Modern Diets and Their Effects
Q
Quinn: My Ishmael, Ishmael, Beyond Civilization
R
Rael: Earth Architecture
Reich: Grow Fruit Naturally: A Hands-On Guide, All of His Books
Reynolds: Earthship Biotecture: Onine Store
Riotte: Carrots love tomatoes
Rodale: Complete Book of Composting, and other books
Rollins and Ingham: 10 Steps to Gardening with Nature
S
Salatin, Joel: All of Joel’s books
Savory and Butterfield: Holistic Management
Schaeffer: Real Goods Solar Living Source Book
Seymour: The new self-sufficient gardener, Other Books
Shanahan: Edible School Gardens
Schauberger: The Water Wizard: Extraordinary Properties..Natural Water
Shepard: Restoration Agriculture
Shein: The Vegetable Gardener’s Guide to Permaculture
Shipard, How can I use HERBS in my daily life
Shipard: PRI: How Can I Grow and Use Sprouts as Living Food
Shipard: PRI: How Can I be Prepared With Self-Sufficie… Survival Foods?
Simonds, Ormsbee and Starke: Landscape Arch: …Enviro Plan, design
Smith: Elements of Ecology (8th Edition)
Snook: On Ebay: AGASASTE TREE LUCERNE: High Production Fodder Crop,Amazon – Out of Print,
Solomon: Gardening When It Counts
Solomon & Reinheimer: The Intelligent Gardener Site: SoilAnalyst.org
Southwick: Grafting Fruit Trees
Stamets: Growing Gourmet and Medicinal Mushrooms, Other Books
Stephens: PDF: Manual on Small Dams
Stewart: The Earth Moved
Storey’s Guide: All Books, Multiple Authors
Sunset: Main Site: The Western Garden Book collection by Sunset
T
Tal: Google Sketchup for Site Design
Timmons and Ebeling: Recirculating Aquaculture
Tompkins: Secrets to the soil and other books
Toensmeier and Sears: Perennial Vegetables: From Artichokes…
Toensmeier and Bates: Paradise Lot
Tremayne and Dougherty: The Good Life Lab: Radical Experi…, | Blog
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Ussery: Forward by Salatin: The Small-Scale Poultry Flock…
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Venolia and Lerner: Natural Remodeling for the Not-So-Green House
Voisin and Savory: Grass Productivity
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Walker and Salt: Resilience Thinking: Sustaining Ecosystems and People
Wallace: This is Water
Weatherford: Indian Givers: How Native Americans Transformed…
Weismann: Countdown: Our last, best hope for a future on earth?
White: Revolution on the Range: The Rise of a New Ranch…
– Courtney White is the Co-Founder of the: quiviracoalition.org
Whitefield: How to Make a Forest Garden
Wilken: Good Farmers: Traditional Agricultural Resource Management
Wilkes: Flowforms: The Rhythmic Power of Water
Wing: The Bread Builders: Hearth Loaves and Masonry Ovens
Wiswall: The Organic Farmer’s Business Handbook
Woodrow: The Permaculture Home Garden
Wolff: Original Wisdom: Stories of an Ancient Way of Knowing
Wong: Grow your own drugs: Easy recipes for natural remedies
Wong, Wucius: Principles of 2D Design: and other books.
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Yeomans P.A. and Ken B. Yoemans: Water for Every Farm
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LISTS OF BOOKS
Shigo and Trees Associates LLC: Trees List
MAGAZINES
PRI: Permaculture International Journal Magazine Sets
Site: Permaculture Activitst
Site: Permaculture, Practical Solutions for Self-reliance
Site: http://www.lowtechmagazine.com/ | Extension to the site
Upcycled
*new section. Feel free to send me your links. Etsy has some pretty interesting upcycled items.
Site: Garden upcycle – new trellis from old security screen |
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