pcplantdb

["Lawrence F. London, Jr." <lfl@intrex.net>]

Lawrence F. London, Jr. wrote:

> Stephanie Gerson wrote:
>
> > have to tell me if it qualifies as holy, though.  I also like Rich's 
> > idea of starting a Guacamole Institute.  What would that entail?  
> > Anyone know about this kind of thing?
>
>
> Permaculture Plants Online Databases, Inc., a 501C3 non-frofit 
> corporation -
> (or Permaculture Plants Opensource Databases, Inc.)
> http://ppod.org
>
> peapod for short, catchy and sorta fits

As with "in a nutshell"
a lot of triple distilled knowledge and wisdom in a peapod (PPOD)
a Knowledge Base in a database

of course I think the online DB('s) should have an accompanying/companion
wiki, weblog and website, and several mailing lists, one for users of the DB 
so they can make suggestions and requests

> ppod.org is available
>
> POD1   a plant database
> POD2   a guild/ecological niche DB
> POD3   a PC systems design DB (aquaculture, water and soil conservation, 
> habitat development (ties in with the guild db), terraforming,
>        earthworks and more
> POD4   a gardening/farming/agroforestry DB  (ties in with the plant db 
> and the guild db)
>
> - so PPOD can receive funding directly from donors, foundations, NGO's 




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