permaculture

[lfl@intrex.net]

Graham Burnett wrote:
> Hi-
>
> at the wikipedia I've added bits on Permaculture
> http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permaculture (cribbed from the intro to the UK
> asscoiation's site- could be expanded on but at least it's a start...)
>
> also Fukuoka http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masanobu_Fukuoka
> (from patrick whitefield's 'Permaculture in a nutshell'- I've just emailed
> him to check he doesn't mind...)

How does one get in touch with Fukuoka?

> and
> propogating fruit trees/rootstocks for fruit trees
> http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fruit_tree_propagation
>
> It's great fun once you get the hang of it and the 'wikipedia militia'
> (guardians against trolls, spammers, etc) seem very helpful &
> accomodating...
>
> Looking forward to the permaculture wiki...

Graham:

The wikipedia already has a subset Agriculture wiki and there ought to 
be a Permaculture entry in that.

I had in mind a single wiki, separate from wikipedia dedicated to 
permaculture, which as an umbrella discipline, encompasses all of 
agriculture, alternative architecture, appropriate technology, renewable 
energy and social systems/spiritual awareness. Scott Pittman introduced 
me to this view of Permaculture; maybe he could offer more insights on 
this. This wiki would be run on ibiblio, not some other server, unless 
someone wants to set uone up elsewhere. I am leaning toward phpwiki
which I may have to set up in my own account, otherwise would be run by 
ibiblio.

I hope you've save some of your energy for the Permaculture Wiki.
There'd be nothing wrong with doing it in wikipedia but I had in mind us 
doing our own so we will have some control over its fate, and to a 
certain degree, its development (we can login/password protect areas
we might not want anonymous users to have access to).

> BTW what's the origin of 'wiki'? at first I thought it was some pagan thing
> to do with wicca or somesuch, hope LL can enlighten us???

a wickiup is a primitive dwelling, don't know if there is any connection

A wiccapedia might be interesting, perhaps a wiccawiki

........ dirtfarmer out




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