permaculture

[Chris Watkins <chriswaterguy@appropedia.org>]

Great news, thanks Lawrence. Glad to see that the work that
contributors have put on can be built on and shared again.

Looking at the front page- there's an interesting aim:

"In this wiki community members are using principles of permaculture
design to build a base of knowledge for designing human habitats"  -
I'll be interested to see what that looks like in practice, and
whether there are ideas there for the structure of Appropedia.org. Or
perhaps someone can give some feedback on Appropedia's structure -
www.appropedia.org/Appropedia:CategoryTree - we've put in a lot of
work on the categories, but they can definitely be improved. But that
could be a whole other thread.

Open source wiki knowledge FTW!

Chris

On Wednesday, September 8, 2010, Lawrence F. London, Jr.
<venaurafarm@bellsouth.net> wrote:
>
> (Attention: Chris Watkins, Rich Morris, Scott Pittman, Dick Pierce, Bob 
> Waldrop and Paul, Matt, Jedd, negiliblek, Christophe, Sean, Lonnie, 
> Richard, and others from the pcdb list and earlier discussions.]
>
> [What an oddyssey it has been for permaculture.info ...:LL]
>
> After over a year, maybe more, of being offline due to hosting problems, 
> the Permaculture Wiki, permaculture.info, is now back online and ready to 
> accomodate anyone interested in continuing the work they started there 
> and/or begin new work. ibiblio is hosting our site and we owe them much 
> gratitude for this.
>
> We need contributors and mid-level admins. Hope we get a flood of 
> volunteers. I am not sure how to proceed with building a core development 
> group or a community of registered contributors; suggestions welcome about 
> this aspect of the project.
>
> There is a separate mailing list for a development team. It is:
> http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/pcdb
>
> Project example:
> A group could create an ethics in permaculture section to be referred to as 
> the Ethics In Permaculture FAQ (frequently asked questions). List users 
> interested in this could be referred to this document-in-progress instead 
> of reinventing the ethics wheel, instead, giving it a turn,
> a revolution to stir the pot.
>
> Guild discussion in this list? Post highlights in the Guilds section of 
> permaculture.info wiki.
>
> The site runs in MediaWiki and is referred to as the Permaculture 
> Information Web on the main page. This is not a fixed name for the wiki., 
> just a convenient description.
>
> http://www.permaculture.info
> Hosted by ibiblio
> PERMACULTURE.INFO
>
> Main Page
> From PIW
> Jump to: navigation, search
>
> The Permaculture Information Web is a collaborative project to provide a 
> comprehensive resource of permaculture related information. This wiki uses 
> a precise language to describe the different parts of human habitat and 
> that language is used to categorize the articles in this wiki. This 
> narrative identifies the categories and shows how they fit together. Follow 
> links to start exploring the content.
>
> If your just joining, here's author guidance. For more information the 
> category system go to page type.
> Quick Jump Table
>
> PEOPLE - organizations | members
>
> THINGS - elements | guilds | built structures | patterns
>
> IDEAS - core concepts | environmental context | zones | techniques | tools 
> | Peak Oil
>
> RESOURCES - book reviews | public documents | online resources | design 
> review | blogs | Discussion Groups | Permaculture Wikis
>
> PLACES - all locations | ecoregions | permaculture sites | farming
> Category Index
> Overview
>
>         In this wiki, community members are using principles of 
> permaculture design to build a base of knowledge for designing human 
> habitats.
>
>         The living parts of these habitats are made of elements; things 
> like apple trees, chickens and dandelions. Groups of elements that interact 
> in a beneficial way are organized into guilds. A guild is defined by a few 
> core elements that define that guilds character.
>
>         One or more guilds guilds can be associated with built structures 
> as suited to a particular location to create a pattern. For example, a 
> hayfield, mulch, a chicken tractor, chicken forage plant guilds, fencing, 
> and a compost system may combine into a chicken forage garden system, where 
> chickens and materials are moved around to achieve a particular economy and 
> diverse yield. patterns, built structures, and even elements are associated 
> with the zones that describe the proximity to our homes and paths of travel.
>
>         These patterns are tuned to local context, described by hydrology, 
> soils, and landscape setting. designs must be attuned to the creations of 
> nature as well as the natural disturbance regimes that dominate landscapes. 
> Techniques and tools are used to evaluate and construct these patterns.
>
>         Ecological design and permaculture work are done by organizations 
> and groups that are doing work on specific sites or have online resources. 
> These sites are distributed across many lands, and are similar patterns 
> occur within the natural provinces of the earth called ecoregions.
>
>         On this site people share ideas as well as online resources, books, 
> documents, and their designs
>
>
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