The Center for Pattern Literacy is a consortium of educators, researchers, and designers who use permacultural tools to develop sustainable solutions and strategies in a wide variety of fields. Their mission is to help the public, as well as design professionals, businesses, teachers, and policy-makers adopt and promote practices that are socially, economically, and environmentally responsible.
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The Center for Pattern Literacy
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The Center for Pattern Literacy's Permaculture Reading List
A valuable, comprehensive resource.
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The National Agricultural Library Catalog
The NAL Catalog (AGRICOLA) provides citations to agricultural literature.
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The Northeast Washington Permaculture Guild Facebook Page
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The Permaculture Apprentice
The "Permaculture Apprentice" is a powerful information hub for permaculturists. William Horvath founded Permaculture Apprentice after growing frustrated by the lack of info about how, exactly, do people turn a profit from their permaculture work. The website seeks to answer these questions for its users:
How can I make the transition to a permaculture lifestyle?
How can I handle the financial insecurity that making the switch from a 9-5 job to a permaculture lifestyle may involve?
How do I start a profitable permaculture farm?
What should I do first with my property?
How do experienced ‘permies’ do it, and what are some proven models I can follow?
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The Permaculture Guild
The Permaculture Guild [no direct affiliation] is a permaculture and sustainability consultant and teaching organization dedicated to forwarding the practices of consciously designing human systems to produce more, while doing less harm. One area of focus is on high poverty areas that exist within very degraded environments – these situations can illustrate the power of permaculture solutions and we feel that our future and survival is bound up with all others.
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TopoQuest
TopoQuest is your ultimate resource for USGS topographic map viewing, and free downloads of USGS DRG (GeoTIFF) digital map files. If you're into hiking, camping, fishing, prospecting or just a GIS enthusiast, TopoQuest has the USGS topographic maps you need available for online viewing.
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Transition Spokane
Transition Spokane is a networking site supporting the Transition Movement. This site and many like it are being developed through grassroots participation.
Transition Spokane is a networking site supporting the Transition Movement.
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Tree Database
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Washington State Watersheds Interactive Map
In accordance with Section 303(d) of the federal Clean Water Act, every two years each state must identify its polluted water bodies and submit this list to EPA. Our maps show where in Washington State these estuaries, lakes, and streams are located. Just so happens it also makes for a very nice watershed map.
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Worldchanging (Open Architecture Network)
How do you improve the living standards of five billion people? With 100 million solutions.
Worldchanging is an online, open-source community dedicated to improving living conditions through innovative and sustainable design.