Permaculture Database

["Lawrence F. London, Jr." <venaurafarm@bellsouth.net>]

Paul d'Aoust wrote:
> Hi, Lawrence. Can we invite him to the pcdb list? It seems like a
> permaculture database would be just up his alley! And perhaps he'll be
> the one to get the ball rolling, since I think we're all quite involved
> in real-life :-)
>
> Paul d'Aoust

Hello Paul:

Please go ahead and email him and invite him to the pcdb list:

matt  deepwinter@winterroot.net

http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/pcdb

Actually, I'll just go ahead and subscribe him now to make matters 
simpler as I receive subscription requests on a separate computer I keep 
mostly turned off to save $$. Email him and tell him he has been 
subscribed; if this is not OK I can easily remove him.

>> I have been enjoying Permaculture Activist magazine for the past 2 
years
>> and checking up on the website frequently - it's a great resource 
and has
>>   provided me many useful links and new ideas.  I wanted to get in 
touch
>> with you because I thought you might be interested in an idea I 
have, or at
>>   least be able to offer a bit of insight.  Basically, I am a computer
>> scientist in the process of becoming an ecologist.  Though I have 
been a
>> successful
>>   freelance programmer for about 10 years, with projects including
>> computer modeling, information systems, and content management, I 
have found
>>   that my interests truly lie with the hard science of the natural
>> world.  However I have developed a lot of expertise over the years and
>> before I, at least
>>   in part, leave computer programming behind I want to explore arenas
>> for bridging these two fields, and especially sharing with those 
working
>> on the
>>   more radical or unsung levels of the ecological struggle, for 
instance
>> permaculture.
>>
>> With all this in mind my question to you then would be - what kinds of
>> information systems needs can the permaculture movement specifically
>> benefit from?
>> A good deal of my more recent experience has been with the web, so that
>> could be a place to start.  For instance I am involved in the 
development
>> of open source web-based content management software that seeks to 
focus
>> on ease of use for managing web content.  I'm also involved in a 
similar
>> project
>> for managing magazine subscriptions.  Of course, PcA must already have
>> systems in place for these things, but I'm interested in any additional
>> challenges may
>> be from your perspective, especially for managing any information that
>> is permaculture specific.
>>
>> Let me know if you are interested in dialogging about any of this!  If
>> there is some synergy perhaps something mutually beneficial could come
>> from this, otherwise
>> it's just a pleasure to make your acquaintance and keep up the good 
work.
>>
>> matt  <deepwinter@winterroot.net>