permaculture

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

On 1/2/2011 11:29 PM, wenshidi@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
> I agree about getting permaculture into schools. I have a couple of
> aquaponics specialist friends who are making good ground in this area
> in Suzhou.
>
> As for me, I am trying to introduce Introductory courses in Yunnan,
> Guizhou and Guanxi, some of the poorest provinces.  These areas
> suffer terribly from both flood and drought, and even the expats that
> are have set up here have little extra cash to invest in training.
>
> Anyway, I am going to try to get some kind of sponsorship from the
> likes of Cat, Komatsu and Leica, so we will see how it goes. Even a
> training guy just for a day would be a good start.
>
> But who else can I be approaching, there must be other manufacturers
> out there that want to gain access to permaculturalists.

Canon
Nikon
Epson

> Farm equipment manufacturers?

John Deere
New Holland

Toyota
Subaru
Nissan

> Green websites?

Google

> Seed companies?

Johnny's Seeds
Rupp Seeds
Mountain Valley Seeds
Fungi Perfecti
Baker Creek Seed Co. (they do a lot with Asian seeds)

> Any other suggestions?

Publishers:

Chelsea Green
10 Speed Press
Amazon.com
Borders
Barnes & Noble

> Chris