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Wild Water Botanicals (from 1 month ago)
WildWaterBotanicals Plant-based medicine, teas, salves, and art. Locally-made wildcrafted flower essences, tinctures, salves, and teas shipped nationally. Pickup may be an option for local Victoria, BC orders.

Trees of Antiquity (from 1 month ago)
Trees of Antiquity has been growing and shipping organic semi-dwarf fruit trees across the country for over 40 years from the small Sonoma County heirloom nursery. The nursery is centered on the rich history and discoveries of heirloom fruit, specializing in apples, but also including plums, apricots,...

Hawthorn Farm Organic Seeds (from 1 month ago)
Hawthorn Farm produces certified organic farm selected, open-pollinated vegetable, herb, and flower seeds in Central Ontario (zone 5). Certified organic by Pro-Cert since 1996. They work to support the seed community by hosting workshops and educational tours on the farm, also part of a robust network...

Calluna Holistic Health (from 1 month ago)
Whole medicine for whole people The practice of herbalism has deep roots in history and is still relevant today. Much like the whole food movement argues for less manipulation of the food we ingest, herbalists make the case for using whole medicine. Whole plant medicine empowers the individual...

Batchrocket.eu - Introduction (from 2 months ago)
Introduction of the Batch Box Rocket, a stove with an extremely clean combustion. Designer: Peter van den Berg This website is meant to be a central information resource of what is called the Batch Box Rocket, sometimes Rocket Batch Box or RBB. In U.S. English forums sometimes also referred to as PvdB...

The Agroforestry Research Trust – | Forest Gardening | Fruit Trees | Nut Trees | Perennial Vegetables | (from 2 months ago)
The Agroforestry Research Trust is a non-profit making charity, registered in 1992 in England, which researches and educates about agroforestry and perennial crops. They do practical research on our trial grounds, run courses, publish guides, and sell plants, seeds, and books. It is a carbon-negative...

International Forest Garden / Food Forest Symposium Presentations Online 31 May-4 June 2021and on-demand (from 2 months ago)
International Forest Garden / Food Forest Symposium, Symposium Video Presentations: Achive of many video presentations on food forests throughout Europe, Medicinal Food Forests, etc.

Indigenous Agro-Ecosystems, Knowledge Restoration and Conservation Program (from 2 months ago)
Indigenous Agro-Ecosystems Restoration is a not-for-profit network of Permaculture trainers and practitioners dedicated to introducing self-sufficient, regenerative agricultural practices and conserving and restoring Indigenous agroecosystems throughout East and Central Africa. They apply natural permaculture...

Cortes Community Resilience (from 2 months ago)
Working for a hopeful future by growing community resilience, deepening connectedness, increasing local self-sufficiency, and reducing dependence on fossil fuels. Cortes Community Resilience holds monthly gatherings for fellowship, discussion, and planning around the mission. Through newsletters...

Fasting (from 2 months ago)
A time period of deliberately not consuming food. For thousands of years humans have practiced a wide variety of fasts. Fasting is a part of many spiritual and religious traditions and, especially recently, has been researched and used for its health benefits. Fasting can refer to avoiding one or more...

Earth Passengers (from 2 months ago)
HI!我們是「大地旅人」. Park Gate uses Permaculture is a design system and technology that cleverly uses nature and simulates nature to provide for people's living needs. It is a life attitude and art, and it is a global sustainable life movement that everyone can participate in. Earth...

15th International Permaculture Conference Taiwan 2024 (from 2 months ago)
The 15th International Permaculture Convergence Connecting Urban and Rural Communities for a Resilient Future The IPC has been held every 2~3 years since 1984, hosted in a different region each year by local practitioners. The IPC 2024 will take place on November 30th to December 1 2024 Taiwan with...

Friends of the Trees Botanicals (from 2 months ago)
Friends of the Trees Botanicals is based on the Olympic Peninsula and offers over 150 varieties of herbs both cultivated and wildcrafted. The wildcrafted botanicals are sustainably gathered to maintain healthy plant populations. The majority of the herbs are organically grown on the 1/2 acre herb farm...

The HomeGrown Herbalist School of Botanical Medicine (from 2 months ago)
Online school, store with Herbal kits (first aid, travel, respiratory etc) Essential Oils, and formulas for cats, dogs, and livestock. Dr. Patrick Jones is a practicing veterinarian, Clinical Herbalist and traditional naturopath passionate about herbal medicine and a zeal to teach others about these...

Food Forest Nursery (from 2 months ago)
Food Forest Nursery is a family owned nursery specializing in fruit and nut trees, berry bushes, fruiting vines, nitrogen fixers, and other perennial permaculture plants. We select the varieties we grow for disease resistance (the our humid climate in the Arkansas Ozarks), flavor, overall variety in...

Regenerative Resources Co (from 2 months ago)
Regenerative Seawater Agriculture is an on-shore aquaculture system, that integrates high-tech seafood production with seawater agroecology, mangrove agroforestries, and groves of seagrasses. The key economic system deployed at RRC is a proprietary zero-waste, circular, and regenerative seafood system...

International Herb Symposium (from 3 months ago)
Founded more than 25 years ago by Rosemary Gladstar, this biennial event continues to be a place for herbalists from across the globe to exchange information about the healing power of plants. The Symposium holds a special place among herbal conferences, bringing together people from diverse backgrounds...

International Herb Symposium Courses List (from 3 months ago)
The Symposium holds a special place among herbal conferences, bringing together people from diverse backgrounds and ways of working with medicinals. The backbone of IHS is its classes and teachers. The learning centre has over 150 online courses from dozens of esteemed teachers for herbal students of...

Dragon Tech- Rocket Mass Heating Store (from 3 months ago)
Building and using Rocket Mass Heaters since 2013. Finding products for any RMH build can be challenging. Hand made batchbox doors, secondary air tubes, Dealer for Schott high-temperature glass and Rolled Alloy RA330 high heat metals, and anything rocket stove related. Fireclay, bypasses, RA air tubes,...

Old Ways Herbal School of Plant Medicine (from 3 months ago)
Old Ways Herbal School of Plant Medicine offers both online and hands-on herbal learning in the midst of the forest Botanical Sanctuary, surrounded by native plants and venerable trees, with the sound of the river in the background. The central focus is to help people self-empower to reclaim lost wisdom...

Herbal Medicine Article Library (from 3 months ago)
Free articles on basic concepts in herbalism, medicine making, family herbalism, specific herbs, food as medicine & medicinal herbs, and herbal farmcraft by Juliette Carr of Old Ways Herbal School

Medicine Making Techniques (from 3 months ago)
Free articles on harvesting, making, & using herbal remedies by Juliette Carr of the Old Ways Herbal School

Artisans Cooperative (from 3 months ago)
A member-owned cooperative online marketplace for hand-made goods.

Piteba Nut and Seed Oil Expeller press (from 4 months ago)
The PITEBA is a low cost expeller for the small scale oil seed processor. Almost any conceivable oilseed with more than 25 oil to seed can be processed, normally without any pretreatment. Oil and press cake can be sold in the local market respectively for household use or as protein concentrate in animal...

The Sunflower Seed Huller and Oil Press (from 4 months ago)
-- from Organic Gardening, April 1979, Rodale Press IN 2,500 SQUARE FEET, a family of four can grow each year enough sunflower seed to produce three gallons of homemade vegetable oil suitable for salads or cooking and 20 pounds of nutritious, dehulled seed -- with enough broken seeds left over to...

Permaculture Design Cards (from 4 months ago)
Creative card deck sharing a collection of permaculture principles, strategies, attitudes, tools & frameworks. 230 cards to support permaculture practice, learning, teaching, designing and consulting. Serves as a design tool, game and oracle. This deck is a companion for the Permaculture Design Notes...

How to recycle waste Water Using plants (from 4 months ago)
Permaculture instructor Andrew Millison presents a diagrammed process of the basics of waste water recycling using plants.

The Orchard Community Learning Center (from 4 months ago)
Creating a flourishing local food system by gathering all of the growers, local farmers, and nature lovers to empower real, local food. Providing programs to make it easier to grow good produce and help the community access it. These programs include a student run vegan café, a food-to-food composting...

Permaculture Design Certificate Online (from 4 months ago)
Oregon State University's one-of-a-kind online program allows participants to earn their Permaculture Design Certificate in just 10 weeks. OSU instructor-led Permaculture Design Course is an introductory course and a broad survey of the permaculture design system. The course teaches the design process...

Bean Tree Farm: Desert Foods and Inspiration (from 4 months ago)
A small wild foods farm and learning center offering seasonal products including; fresh salsa, desert fruits, chiles, lacto-fermented vegetables, mesquite and mixed floral honeys, Saguaro / Prickly Pear Elixirs cordials, herb salts rubs and oils, ferments, tinctures and plant sarts and cuttings as...

Permaculture Design for Slope (from 4 months ago)
Designing for slope in a permaculture system is a key aspect for being in beneficial relationships with water, soil, warm and cold air flows, forests, gardens, and the appropriate placement of all elements. This video is an animated summary of much of the information on slope provided by Bill Mollison...

Mission Garden (from 4 months ago)
Mission Garden is a living agricultural museum of Sonoran Desert-adapted heritage fruit trees, traditional local heirloom crops and edible native plants. The Garden is managed by Friends of Tucson's Birthplace, a 501(c)3 non-profit with no religious affiliation. Mission Garden is located at the foot...

Food Forest Farmers: Syntropic farming to regenerate land (from 4 months ago)
Using a combination of permaculture and syntrophic agroforestry, Permadynamics in New Zealand are regenerating a 1.5 acre hillside that was left barren and lifeless after years of sheep grazing.

Food Forest Cooperative (from 4 months ago)
The Food Forest Cooperative is a locally operated sustainable enterprise created to empower community members and the challenge the patterns of our food system through the blending of environmental, social and economic goals.

Record Keeping (from 4 months ago)
Storing information for future use

D & B Nelson Edible Landscapes (from 4 months ago)
Offering to design, install, and maintain edible Landscapes, sometimes also referred to as "Food Forests", which are beautiful, sustainable, and functional landscapes based on natural systems, use no synthetic chemicals, and provide an abundance of fresh, organic, fruits and vegetables. Animal integrations...

Crystal Waters Eco Village (from 5 months ago)
Crystal Waters Permaculture Village in Australia, established in 1987, was the world's first intentional permaculture village and has carried out pioneering work in demonstrating new ways of sustainable, low-impact living. There are over 250 people living in the village of all ages and from diverse...

Eco Minded Club: Permaculture tools (from 5 months ago)
Essential tools for permaculture gardening - multipurpose flat-cutters (ploskorez Fokina), recommended by Sepp Holzer, including the lifelong one, made of titanium; ploskorez "Heart" and what they call "Super-Spade" which is not actually a spade - but a tool for loosening the topsoil.

Calcium in Soil: How It Helps Plants (from 6 months ago)
Most gardens have calcium in soil blends or native soils, but what does it do? This dives deep into what calcium provides for plant growth.

11 Perennial Root Vegetables for Your Garden (from 6 months ago)
An introduction to perennial root vegetables. These root crops come back year after year saving time and energy while providing a harvest.

How Nitrogen-Fixing Works – And the Top 30 Plants (from 6 months ago)
Nitrogen-fixing is an important part of any garden. Here's why you need to plant nitrogen-fixing plants, and the top 30 to consider.

4 Berry Bushes that Fertilize, Too! (from 6 months ago)
Permaculture gardeners look for plants that are multifunctional. These berry bushes can fix nitrogen in the soil while providing edible berries.

Edible Landscaping (from 6 months ago)
A selection of trees, shrubs, herbs, and an array of garden plants are available for purchase on this site or pick up directly from the fruit tree and garden nursery. Shipping is available year-round and plants are grown naturally without herbicides or harsh chemicals.

Plant It Wild: Promoting the Use of Native Plant Species in the Home Landscape (from 6 months ago)
PLANT IT WILD is an independent, non-profit 501 (c) (3) status, native plant group based in Benzie and Manistee counties in Michigan offering education and, a searchable website of local native plants.

natural capital Plant Database (from 6 months ago)
Permaculture Plant Database for Ecological Design In 2001 Paula Westmoreland started designing and developing the Natural Capital plant database with the intent of creating a "living knowledge tool" to assist people in creating polycultures, guild designs, and testing the results. The initial focus...

FoodPrint (from 6 months ago)
A project of Grace Communications Foundation, FoodPrint aims to increase public awareness of the critical environmental and public health issues created by the industrial food system, and to advocate for more sustainable alternatives.

How to Create a Bird-Friendly Backyard (from 6 months ago)
An article that provides useful tips on creating a safe and sustainable environment for birds, including, shelter, food, water and protection from predators. Whether in a sprawling backyard or a compact balcony, creating a bird-friendly environment is a rewarding and fulfilling endeavor. It involves...

Kootenay Lightweb Computing Service (from 7 months ago)
The “Kootenay Lightweb” is a community owned cloud server, communication, Software and IT Educational service which provides community owned “Data” and “Social Network” alternatives to “Big Data”. The “Lightweb” also provides ethical and open-source technology (hardware and software)...

Project Food Forest (from 7 months ago)
Project Food Forest was founded in 2016 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The goal is to encourage, empower, and equip people to plant and care for edible plants all over. The scope of the work includes planting public food forests; implementing programs that add edible trees and shrubs to existing public...

Midwest permaculture (from 7 months ago)
Educational programs on-site and virtual, videos, articles courses, design charettes and design services. We teach the internationally recognized 72-hr. Permaculture Design Certificate (PDC) Course, honoring the original curriculum while updating students on the amazing progress that has occurred since...

Wofati (from 7 months ago)
Developed by permaculturists led by Paul Wheaton, wofati is a natural building method that can most practically be described as an unvarnished log cabin built into a hillside. Aside from homes, there are wofati-style coolers, freezers, and animal shelters.

Gardening Without Irrigation (from 8 months ago)
Gardening Without Irrigation by Steve Soloman can help anyone whose garden depends on a limited or undependable well, anyone who gardens on natural rainfall, for any place faced with the possibility of drought. Originally published by Sasquatch Books a quality west coast publisher specializing in...

American Herbalists Guild (from 8 months ago)
The American Herbalists Guild was founded in 1989 as a non-profit, educational organization to represent the goals and voices of herbalists specializing in the medicinal use of plants.

Home Made 3 bathtub Greywater System (from 8 months ago)
Greywater is a fabulous, though often underused, household resource that should be used wherever possible. Here's a home made 3 bathtub greywater system that's simple but effective.

Design Basics: Mapping the Sun on your Site (from 8 months ago)
When creating a permaculture design, mapping where the sun falls on your site is crucial - here are our favorite tools to help you map light and shade.

Sustainable By Design :tools (from 8 months ago)
Sustainable By Design provides a suite of shareware design tools on sustainable energy topics including sun angle calculators, window overhang calculators and more

Calscape- California Native Plant Society (from 8 months ago)
The goal at Calscape is to help Californians restore nature and save water one garden at a time. This is done by showing people which plants are really native to any location in the state, helping them figure out which ones they want, where to buy them, and how to grow them. True native plants are the...

Permaculture at Tikkum (from 8 months ago)
Permaculture at Tikkun: A story of radical transformation Fourteen years ago, the 7.5 acres at Tikkun was scrubby, semi-arid land with sparse trees, shrubs and cactus. There were no public services or electricity. Like millions of Mexican households, there was no reliable access to water. In the...

DIY Supper Clean Compost Toilet (from 8 months ago)
DIY “Super Clean Composting Toilet” from Midwest Permaculture. A detailed photo essay for a 5-gallon and 26-gallon tote system in use at Bending Oak Farm guest accommodations

Bending Oak Farm (from 8 months ago)
Bending Oak Farm is 25 acre woman-run permaculture educational farm committed to showing people what is possible when looking to create a more sustainable world. Through classes, workshops, school tours, community programs and hands-on experiences, the aim is to demonstrate attainable practices to better...

About Permaculture – Bending Oak (from 8 months ago)
"...As it focuses primarily on design, permaculture mimics the relationships and patterns observed in nature to organize people, their buildings, food, water needs, daily routines and habits resulting in a design that yields an abundance of food, fiber, energy, building materials and all necessary provisions...

NW Permaculture Community (from 8 months ago)
NW Permaculture Community regional map

Swale Calculator (from 8 months ago)
An online tool for calculating water-harvesting swale position and size.

Utah State University Extension Permaculture (from 8 months ago)
Permaculture is more than a list of techniques. In Utah's dry climate, wise water use, soil care, reversing the effects of deforestation, increasing food security, and adapting to and mitigating projected impacts of climate change are emphasized. A permaculture mindset approaches the world with a holistic...

Eat The Weeds and other things too (from 8 months ago)
Green Deane third generation forager shares articles on individual wild plants and their use and preparation.

Singing Frogs Farm (from 8 months ago)
Singing Frogs Farm is a unique, no-till, ecologically beneficial, highly intensive vegetable farm in Sonoma County, California. The regenerative farming practices build soil carbon while bringing back tremendous, healthy populations of pollinators, beneficial insects, and vertebrates. Less water is...

Regenerative Agriculture 101 (from 8 months ago)
Learn about the many practices used in regenerative agriculture.

Pachamama Alliance (from 8 months ago)
Pachamama Alliance's mission is to work with Indigenous people to protect the Amazon and inspire individuals everywhere to bring forth a thriving, just, and sustainable world.

Inland Northwest Permaculture Guild (from 9 months ago)
The Inland Northwest Permaculture Guild is a network of permaculture practitioners in the region of the northwestern U.S. between the Cascade Mountain Range and the Rocky Mountain Range. They host annual gatherings and facilitate communication among Guild members and between the Guild and the greater...

permaculture-design Idaho (from 9 months ago)
Listing of permaculture organizations In Idaho

The Anthroecology Lab (from 9 months ago)
The Anthroecology Lab investigates the ecology and sustainable management of landscapes towards sustainable stewardship of the biosphere. The lab is directed by Erle Ellis, Professor of Geography & Environmental Systems at UMBC. The Anthroecology Lab is an interdisciplinary research group of doctoral...

Permaculture Apprentice (from 9 months ago)
Here’s How My Blog Will Help You Start Your Own Permaculture Farm Permaculture Apprentice was founded after growing frustrated by the lack of info about how, exactly, people start out with a farm and eventually get to the point where they have demonstrations sites, trees that are growing by themselves,...

How a Brix Meter enables you to look after your soil (from 9 months ago)
Meters for Modern Farmers from The Meter Man - David von Pein Obtaining optimum prices by looking after your soil Text of an article based on an interview with David von Pein "Farmers are recognising the need to continually monitor the health of both plants and the soil to ensure their produce is...

Agricultural meters, probes, tools & instruments (from 9 months ago)
Quality agricultural meters at competitive prices. A huge range of innovative farm, agricultural, and horticultural meters, probes, instruments, tools and resources with the bonus of personal and experienced service resources from The Meter Man - David von Pein Soil, Water & Plant Sap Health, Moisture...

Little Fields Farm (from 9 months ago)
Little Fields Farm is a diverse small-scale ecological farm growing vegetables, cut flowers, pasture-raised chicken, turkey, pork, and eggs using regenerative farming practices. The aim is to produce good food in a way that works with the natural environment and the natural instincts of the animals...

Ecosa Institute (from 9 months ago)
The Ecosa Institute of Prescott College is a ecological design certificate program. Ecosa's vision is of a world that blends the ethical values and ecological patterns, with the vitality and dynamism of the design arts. Founded in 1996 by Tony Brown, Ecosa has a goal of providing innovative ecological...

Santa Barbara Organics (from 9 months ago)
DESIGN FOR REGENERATION The goal is to provide design and consultation that fits the needs of the clients and their property – whether it be a residential home or a large farm. To create landscapes that produce abundant food as a byproduct of ecosystem restoration. By working with natural patterns...

Permaculture Design International (from 9 months ago)
Permaculture Design International can help you take your project from conception to completion. Designing for resource abundance by creating regenerative landscapes, resilient communities, and local living economies. To read more about our design philosophy and the specific skills provided, visit the...

Green Barn Farm (from 10 months ago)
Fruit Trees for Our Secure Farming Future Specializing in nut trees, fruit trees berries, etc. for permaculture and agroforestry in cold Canadian climates. Green Barn Farm (formerly known as Green Barn Nursery) has bred and selected an extensive collection of fruit, nut and berry varieties that can resist...

What is Caretaking? (from 10 months ago)
Caretaking is all about healing and caring for the Earth. It is about healing the damage that we humans have done to the Earth, as well as preventing and minimizing further damage and interference. As well, we have an inherent role to play on this planet to work in harmony with nature and help it to...

Ontario Wildflowers - Native Species (from 10 months ago)
A list of Ontario Native Wildflower species found on this site, in order by the Common Name. The distinction of Native and Non-native species is sometimes not clearcut. For the purposes of this website various sources are used. Generally speaking, a species is considered to be non-native if it did not...

Fruition Seeds (from 10 months ago)
From the Finger Lakes of western New York, Fruition shares organic, regionally adapted seeds as well as the tools, inspiration & insight to thrive. The emphasis is on organic seeds & trees that are well adapted to thrive in a short season with early maturity, cold hardiness as well as disease resistance....

Native Seeds/SEARCH (from 10 months ago)
Native Seeds/SEARCH (NS/S) is a nonprofit seed conservation organization based in Tucson, Arizona that seeks to find, protect and preserve the seeds of the people of the Greater Southwest so that these arid adapted crops may benefit all peoples and nourish a changing world. A collection of southwest...

Juniper Farm (from 10 months ago)
Organic and biodynamic farm in Wakefield QC. The farm has self-guided tours, visitor-friendly farm animals as well as a farm store and tearoom with a farm-to-table takeout window featuring farm food and artificial ferments. The contents of the CSA produce box vary with the seasons. The farm also hosts...

Goats VS Sheep - Which Is Better For Your Backyard? (from 10 months ago)
Covers the difference in feeding, stocking rates, and pasture requirements for sheep and goats for the homestead.

Goat School (from 10 months ago)
Goat School® is the answer to the question "Where can I learn about goats and get some hands-on experience before I purchase my first goat?" This 2-day course is for those that have been dreaming about starting a farm or homestead but lack any first-hand experience with goats. Graduates will gain the...

Neumark Design (from 10 months ago)
Nursery: Specialists in hardy edible and perennial plants, including plants for food forests and permaculture landscaping. The majority of the plants we offer are grown onsite, using natural inputs at Terra Perma. Discounts for not-for-profit organizations, landscapers, and garden centers. Design: On...

Tripple Brook Farm (from 10 months ago)
A unique New England nursery that specializes in permaculture offering a diverse collection of cold-hardy perennials, natives, edible plants, and various bamboo species. Also on offer is a patented TBF Root Cutter, for transplanting trees and shrubs, as well as a Complete Tree Digging System for larger...

Quiverwood Nursery (from 10 months ago)
A small-scale permaculture nursery and homestead that grows and sells trees and shrubs online that specialize in nutritious fruit- and nut-producing species that are easy to grow and care for. Located in the rolling hills of Richford, NY, Quiverwood Nursery produces fruit- and nut-bearing woody plants....

Permaculture Artisans (from 11 months ago)
Permaculture Artisans create landscapes infused with beauty, nourishment, and habitat with a specialization in fire-resilient landscaping, water-use efficiency, food production, and restoration projects. Founded in 2005, all the work—from design to installation and project management—serves the triple...

The South Island Farm Hub (from 11 months ago)
The South Island Farm Hub is a farmer-driven produce distributor, serving southern Vancouver Island. The goal is to make fresh, local food, accessible to everyone in the community. The online platform allows local farmers to offer seasonal produce direct to charities, consumers, retailers, and wholesalers. Since...

Native Plants PNW (from 11 months ago)
Directory of sources of info on native plants in the PNW: The Washington Native Plant Society, The Native Plant Society of Oregon, The Native Plant Society of British Columbia. Native Flowers for Attracting Hummingbirds, Outstanding Northwest Native Landscape Plants, Native Flowers for Attracting Butterflies,...

Wayne Weiseman and The Permaculture Project (from 11 months ago)
Wayne Weiseman - Teacher, Designer, Consultant, Author... Wayne Weiseman is a permaculture teacher, designer, consultant and author. He lives in Carbondale, Illinois with his wife, Frances and daughter, Halima.  He was certified to teach permaculture by Bill Mollison, the founder of permaculture,...

Beginners Guide to Foraging: BC’s Wild Edible Plants (from 11 months ago)
Beginners Guide to Foraging in BC Covers the benefits of foraging and why it's becoming trendy, how to get started with foraging, the top five wild edible plants to try, and a few suggestions for the best foraging inspired restaurants to try in Vancouver, Tofino, and Galiano Island. Top three wild...

Botanical Information (from 11 months ago)
E-Flora BC provides information on the biogeography and identification of the plants, lichens, fungi and algal species of British Columbia. Atlas pages include interactive map, photographs, taxonomic descriptions and links to outside sites.

Family Permaculture (from 11 months ago)
Family Permaculture is a team of passionate practicing permaculturists, teachers and designers whose mission is to bring permaculture into the family setting! This is achieved by empowering families with education on sustainability and regenerative living through online classes, podcasts, and one on...

Worm Farm (from 11 months ago)
Geoff Lawton demonstrates setting up an outdoor worm farm using an old sink, setup harvesting and feed stocks

How to Make Your Own Worm Farm (from 11 months ago)
How to article to make a worm farm DIY farm. A stacking wormery, inexpensive compared to branded models and no fancy tools required. Materials list, instructions and pictures.

Elk Root Conservation Farm Society (from 11 months ago)
Farming Conservation at Elk Root The vision is a thriving fish, wildlife and human population in the Slocan Valley and Little Slocan River watershed that is functioning and sustainable. The not-for-profit mission is to alleviate food insecurity, and to protect, restore and enhance fish, wildlife and...

Bear Roots Forest Apothecary - Herb Gardens & Apothecary (from 11 months ago)
Bear Roots Forest, a permaculture and biodynamic herb farm in Southern New Brunswick, offers dried herbs and hand-crafted herb products for the mind, body and soul. Tea blends, extracts, classes, consultations and herbal CSA. The Bear Roots Forest CSA is a quarterly box of herbal medicines, created...

The Urban Farmer (from 11 months ago)
Ron Berezan is the founder and proprietor of The Urban Farmer and is joined by colleagues internationally in this work. He has a close working relationship foundations in Cuba and regularly takes groups of Canadians to Cuba for educational tours and permaculture internship opportunities. Ron...

Lost Valley Educational Center (from 11 months ago)
Lost Valley Educational Center is a non-profit 501(c)3 in Dexter, Oregon, 20 minutes east of Eugene. They take a holistic approach to sustainability education, engaging students in ecological, social, and personal growth. The center is host to an intentional community inspired by Sociocracy and guided...

Health Research Institute (from 11 months ago)
The Health Research Institute employs advanced mass spectrometric and molecular genetic approaches to make the invisible visible, catalyzing transformation in both the biomedical and the nutritional-food-agricultural sectors. Untargeted metabolomics enables HRI to comprehensively, globally, and quantitatively...

BC Seed Suppliers (from 11 months ago)
Directory of BC based small seed companies, many open pollinated and organically grown

Blackwater Creek Orchard (from 11 months ago)
A second generation mixed fruit and vegetable farm on 4 acres near Devine, British Columbia. The farm is owned and operated by Riley Peterson and Olivia Kester. They grow a variety of fruit including apples, cherries, plums, pears, melons, strawberries and a variety of vegetables. The farm is certified...

Hügelkultur Bed – A Natural Way to Garden (from 11 months ago)
Learn how you can make old rotting wood useful to build your garden soil in a Hügelkultur bed. YouTube video demonstration included!

Omaha Permaculture (from 11 months ago)
Omaha Permaculture is an environmental non-profit organization that maintains unwanted vacant land to elevate the property's utility and value for the surrounding neighborhood by creating healthy ecosystems through urban agriculture-related economic development. The vision for Omaha Permaculture (OP)...

Introduction to Dryland Strategies in Permaculture (from 11 months ago)
Chapter 11 - Dryland Strategies in Permaculture, Section 11.1 - Introduction to Dryland Strategies in Permaculture, Permaculture Designers Manual "The development of conservative strategies for the preservation of dry-land species, and for the responsible human use and management of arid lands is probably...

Alberta Seed Companies (from 11 months ago)
The following is a list of Albert-based seed companies offering heirloom vegetables and flower seeds.  A'bunadh Seeds Bright Bush Farm Circle Farms Eagle Creek Seed Potatoes Harmonic Herbs  Wildrose Heritage Seed Wild About Flowers    

Heirloom Seed Vault (from 11 months ago)
Heirloom Seed Vault is a small family-run heirloom seed company focusing on Old World, Open Pollinated, Non-GMO, seeds and is based in Southern Alberta, Canada. Although not certified organic, only organic growing mediums are used in the gardens and greenhouses, and pesticides or insecticides are never...

Soil Health Labs (from 11 months ago)
The aim is to help farmers, researchers & conservationists better understand healthy, functioning soils. The team has a proven track record of soil and crop research. We’ve partnered with producers, researchers and NRCS reps around the country, learning and collecting data from all different types...

Heirloom Seeds & Plants (from 11 months ago)
Americas Largest selection of Heirloom Vegetable seeds. Herbs Seed, Flower Seed, and more, over 1000 Varieties. These varieties have often been saved and passed down by gardeners for generations. Heirloom varieties are packed with flavor, beauty, and fragrance. Free shipping in the USA. SAFE SEED...

Electroculture for Beginners (from 11 months ago)
Electroculture is the ancient practice of increasing yields utilizing certain materials to harvest the earth's atmospheric energy. This was presented in 1749 by Abbe Nollett, in the 1920s by Justin Christofleau, and 1940s by Viktor Schauberger. This energy is always present and all around us also known...

Iron gardening tools versus copper gardening tools: What we were never taught (from 11 months ago)
Viktor Schauberger was invited by King Boris of Bulgaria to examine the reasons for the great decline in that country's farming production during the 1930'S. The conclusion drawn from these observations was that another material other than iron should be used for farming equipment. His attention focused...

long-wind-farm (from 11 months ago)
Long Wind Farm began in 1984 with Dave Chapman and a team of oxen. For three decades, they have provided New England with truly delicious and organic tomatoes. Grown in Vermont soil in glass greenhouses, the tomatoes are available as early as March and as late as December each year. Dave Chapman is...

Real Organic Project (from 11 months ago)
Real Organic Project is a grassroots, farmer-led movement and add-on label created to distinguish soil-grown and pasture-raised products under USDA organic. Industrial powers are changing the definition of USDA organic. Real organic farmers are struggling to compete in a dishonest marketplace. Eaters...

Mavourneen Farm (from 11 months ago)
Mavourneen Farm is a small, Real Organic Certified operation that specializes in three areas: spring plant sales, fall vegetable production, and ecological landscaping services. They are based on family land in rural Monroe County, just outside Bloomington, Indiana. Their production ethics are rooted...

Garden Master Course (from 11 months ago)
Discover the Garden Master Course. Online course to learn about permaculture, market gardening, commercial food forests, and more. Taught in person at Wheaton labs in February in Montana and filmed for students around the world. Helen Atthowe's Garden Master Course goes above and beyond - teaching...

How much land do you need? (free calculator) (from 11 months ago)
A step-by-step article that addresses the question of how much land is needed based on walking through an exercise to explore the intended lifestyle, activities, and yields of the intended property. Includes information on space requirements and a calculator . 1. Decide on your intended lifestyle and...

How to Set up a Permaculture Farm in 9 Steps (from 11 months ago)
Once someone has several acres of countryside to steward, it can be somewhat overwhelming about where to begin. With a PDC in hand and a dream of a permaculture farm, there are all these pieces that need to fit together and a way to prioritize design tasks and development. The challenge is that permaculture...

How to Save Vegetable Seeds (from 11 months ago)
The old Farmers Almanac guide to Seed-Saving 101. A concise beginner guide on the benefits of saving seeds, which seeds to save, and how to save seeds from common vegetables.

Edible Ontario: Foraging for wild ingredients (from 11 months ago)
Ontario is rich with wild, edible plants that can elevate almost any meal, from salads to creamy soups and locally-inspired cheese and charcuterie boards. Included here are just a few edibles that call Ontario home, Red Clover, Dandelion, Wild Ginger, Evening Primrose, Lamb's quarters, Wild Mustard,...

Gaia College (from 11 months ago)
Organic horticulture courses for home gardeners, market gardeners, and landscape professionals. Gardening knowledge and landscape design courses to restore human and environmental health. Established in 2003, Gaia College offers a proven curriculum in Organic Land Care. Online courses start in January,...

How to Make Your Own Worm Farm - Vermiculture (from 1 year ago)
Working Worms - Learn how to make a worm farm, and convert organic waste into fresh useful compost with an easy DIY method.

Arctic Acres (from 1 year ago)
Arctic Acres was founded to foster self-sufficient and sustainable living across Canada. Growing Domes® are state-of-the-art geodesic greenhouses designed for year-round growing - even in Canada. Growing Domes are an innovative progression of both the geodesic dome design and greenhouse technology....

Wild Muskoka Botanicals (from 1 year ago)
Wild Muskoka Botanicals is the producer of artisan wild foods and cocktail mixers. The ingredients are locally foraged in a sustainable manner, and then hand-produced on a small scale in an effort to maintain high quality products made with ecological integrity. Wild Muskoka Botanicals is based out of...

Four Season Greens (from 1 year ago)
Four Season Greens is a producer of sprouts and micro-greens in Muskoka, operating since 2010. They supply most of the restaurants in Muskoka, specialty retail outlets, resorts and caterers with fresh produce year-round. Individuals also purchase through the sprout subscription program ("CSA") The sprouts...

Build A Bat House (from 1 year ago)
How to build a simple single-chamber bat house made from supplies available from your local home center in 4 min.

RIDGEDALE FARM AB (from 1 year ago)
Ridgedale Farm is taking a pause from being a commercial food producer, but remains a pioneering educational site and is the homestead of Richard Perkins. Here at 59°N in Sweden he teaches Farm Scale Permaculture Design, Regenerative Agriculture, Keyline Design, Agroforestry, Pasture based livestock...

30 Edible Flowers You Can Eat Right Out Of Your Garden (from 1 year ago)
A surprising number of common garden flowers are edible. Here's 30 edible flowers and weeds that may just be hiding in your garden.

Grow Mushrooms Canada (from 1 year ago)
A small family-owned company that grows mushrooms in Sayward BC on Vancouver Island and is shipped with care across Canada. Mushroom kits are grown on organic Canadian rye and bran and pure sawdust. Cultures are guaranteed to be healthy, contaminant-free and capable of producing high yields of mushrooms...

Manorun Organic Farm (from 1 year ago)
Manorun Organic Farm is a family run farm set on the outskirts of Hamilton in Copetown, Ontario Chris Krucker and Denise Trigatti, alongside their four children, have been farming organically here for 25 years, offering organic vegetables through Community Supported Agriculture (CSA). Working to mitigate...

Design Jam Permaculture (from 1 year ago)
Regenerative Landscape Design. Adrian is a Permaculture Designer, Facilitator and Educator, working from Hamilton, ON. He founded Design Jam Permaculture offering Collaborative Design and Decision Support services to help people with urban and suburban projects. He is knowledgeable on a range of issues,...

The Complete Guide To Starting A Mushroom Farm (from 1 year ago)
The ultimate beginner's guide to starting a mushroom farm. Learn everything you need to know about cultivation, and how to start a mushroom farming business.

ViNE Permaculture (from 1 year ago)
A team of Permaculture Designers and Educators determined to bring permaculture solutions to the forefront of tackling the problems the world faces. All our designers are permaculture practitioners and are certified with a PDC. Online educational programs, Permaculture Design for households and businesses,...

Limestone Permaculture (from 1 year ago)
Limestone Permaculture Farm is a highly productive one-acre demonstration property, created using Permaculture Design Processes & Principles, located in the beautiful Karuah Valley NSW. Our vision is to deliver ethical, health-conscious & empowering permaculture goods & services to our surrounding...

The Gamble Farm (from 1 year ago)
The Gamble Farm is a family-run farm located in Port Sydney, Muskoka. On offer are farm-raised fresh chicken, duck, and quail eggs, as well as organic vegetables and a variety of other local offerings from honey to strawberries. Every year we strive to learn and grow to become more efficient and environmentally...

Pigeonlake Permaculture Farm (from 1 year ago)
1st generation farmers growing organic, fresh food for our community small-scale farming, sustainable agriculture. Weekly fresh produce CSA box

Balkan Ecology Project (from 1 year ago)
The Balkan Ecology Project is a permaculture-inspired, grassroots project based in South Eastern Europe, Bulgaria. It is a family-run project - Paul, Sophie and their two boys Dylan and Archie. Founded 2010 the Balkan Ecology Project aims to develop and promote practices that provide nutritious affordable...

Growing Hope Farm (from 1 year ago)
A small 5 acres urban farm that sells grass-fed organic meat. Specializing in organic grass-fed pork, chicken, and beef. The farm is run by volunteers that donate the majority of the net profits to the Mennonite Central Committee to support farmers overseas

Biotonomy (from 1 year ago)
Biotonomy is a global company that develops autonomous buildings, communities & cities with Nature Based Solutions (NBS). They offer solutions through a combination of ancient, modern, and nature’s design principles. Biotonomy specializes in ecological, economical, and social projects that addresses...

Blossom Meadow Farm (from 1 year ago)
A small Organic farm in Southold NY focused on growing premium berries, making award-winning jam, and raising mason bees. Blossom Meadow Farm was designed with the knowledge that native pollinators pollinate 2-3 times better than honey bees and that more complete pollination of a flower results in higher...

Elemental Permaculture (from 1 year ago)
Dan and Aaron through their business partnership Elemental Permaculture have established the Illawarra region as a centre for school and community Permaculture gardens. Engaging schools & community through a participatory design approach and building community capacity through facilitating dynamic group...

Inspiration Farm (from 1 year ago)
A Homestead style farm with holistic regenerative integrated systems that create a thriving abundant environment, supporting inhabitants of the land, ecosystem, and community. A model of holistic regenerative integrated systems. Supporting inhabitants of the land and community. Offering farm tours,...

Permaculture Association (from 1 year ago)
The Permaculture Association is working to radically and positively change the way people live in the UK and actively supports a worldwide movement. It focuses on education, networking, support, and events to beneficially transform communities and landscapes. It is associated with permaculture Wales...

Twig & Stone Botanical Medicine (from 1 year ago)
Rebecca Singer is a Certified Medical Herbalist who combines a biomedical understanding of medicine and health with the traditional knowledge of healing. She approaches herbalism from a vitalist perspective incorporating Western herbalism, holistic nutrition, aromatherapy, Ayurvedic philosophy, and...

Fireweed Farms (from 1 year ago)
The farm is 1/4 acre of mixed vegetables and medicinal plants , as well as a plant nursery. The goal is to be a place for growing food and medicine, for gathering, knowledge sharing, and healing. Fireweed farm operates under the belief that all life is connected, that nature is our greatest teacher,...

Dream Village (from 1 year ago)
Dream Village is a registered organization, co-creating regenerative socio-economic development and advocating nature-based solutions in the rural communities of Ghana. Regeneration puts life at the center of every action and decision. It applies to all of life—grasslands, farms, insects, forests,...

Long Way Homestead (from 1 year ago)
Long way Homestead is a family-owned and operated fibre farm and wool mill in Eastern Manitoba. It provides fibre processing from local farmers, supporting producers, makers, and dyers within the regional fibre shed. Farm tours and educational workshops also connect people with local food and clothing...

How To Start a CSA (from 1 year ago)
CSA stands for community-supported agriculture. Farmers use this model to sell “shares” of their harvest to supporters. In exchange for a flat fee paid upfront, subscribers receive weekly (or bi-weekly) boxes of produce throughout the season that can be picked up at predetermined locations at set...

Localharvest CSA directory (from 1 year ago)
For over 25 years, Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) has become a popular way for consumers to buy local, seasonal food directly from a farmer. Here are the basics: a farmer offers a certain number of "shares" to the public. Typically the share consists of a box of vegetables, but other farm products...

Biology 2e, OpenStax (from 1 year ago)
Biology 2e is designed to cover the scope and sequence requirements of a typical two-semester biology course for science majors. The text provides comprehensive coverage of foundational research and core biology concepts through an evolutionary lens. Biology includes rich features that engage students...

E.O. Wilson Biodiversity Foundation (from 1 year ago)
The mission of the E.O. Wilson Biodiversity Foundation is to reimagine the way we care for our planet. The Half-Earth Project inspires informed collective action to save the biosphere. “The Half-Earth proposal offers [a solution] commensurate with the magnitude of the problem: …only by setting...

Das Geotheanum (from 1 year ago)
The Goetheanum, a weekly for anthroposophy Founded in 1921 by Rudolf Steiner and Albert Steffen. ISSN: 1422-7622 "Anthroposophy is a path of knowledge, to guide the Spiritual in the human being to the Spiritual in the universe. It arises in man as a need of the heart, of the life of feeling; and...

Agrarian Trust (from 1 year ago)
As the current generation of farmers and retire, millions of acres of land will change hand in the next 20 years. The goal of the Agrarian Trust is to ensure that this land comes under stewardship and care of next-generation farmers producing food in a sustainable regional economy. It wants to prevent...

Community Land Trusts (from 1 year ago)
Community land trusts (CLTs) are nonprofit organizations governed by a board of CLT residents, community residents and public representatives that provide lasting community assets and shared equity homeownership opportunities for families and communities. CLTs develop rural and urban agriculture projects,...

The Solar Commons Project (from 1 year ago)
The Solar Commons Project is a community-engaged, multi-disciplinary research project based at the University of Minnesota, applying the Solar Commons Model of low-income community trust ownership in Living Labs with community partners. The project is co-creating and testing the legal and digital dashboard...

Schumacher Center for New Economics (from 1 year ago)
Founded in 1980 the _Schumacher Center for a New Economics_ works to envision the elements of a just and regenerative global economy; undertakes to apply these elements in its home region of the Berkshires in western Massachusetts; and then develops the educational programs to share the results more...

Resilience.org (from 1 year ago)
Resilience.org aims to support building community resilience in a world of multiple emerging challenges: the decline of cheap energy, the depletion of critical resources like water, complex environmental crises like climate change and biodiversity loss, and the social and economic issues which are linked...

Surviving the Future: Culture, Carnival and Capital in the Aftermath of the Market Economy by David Fleming (from 1 year ago)
Fleming worked for thirty years to produce a massive book Lean Logic: A Dictionary for the Future and How to Survive It, which was finished just before his death in 2010 and published by Chelsea Green in 2016. Many core themes of that book were skillfully distilled (by his colleague Shaun Chamberlin)...

Doughnut Economics Action Lab (from 1 year ago)
The Doughnut offers a vision of what it means for humanity to thrive in the 21st century - and Doughnut Economics explores the mindset and ways of thinking needed to get us there. First published in 2012 in an Oxfam report by Kate Raworth, the concept of the Doughnut rapidly gained traction internationally,...

International Association for the Study of Commons (from 1 year ago)
The IASC is the leading professional association dedicated to the commons. The association, founded in 1989 by Elinor Ostrom and others, is devoted to bringing together multi-disciplinary researchers, practitioners, and policymakers for the purpose of improving governance and management, advancing understanding,...

The Commoner’s Catalog for Changemaking: Tools for the Transitions Ahead (from 1 year ago)
Amidst the daunting challenges of our time, there is some great news: The commons is rising. Looking beyond the market and state, commoners are applying their social imaginations and collective power to build a new world of possibilities. The emerging Commonsverse can be seen in relocalized food...

The Resiliency Institue (from 1 year ago)
The Resiliency Institute is a nonprofit organization using permaculture education and design to foster nature and human connection, grow food security, and build resilient communities. Permaculture is an ecological and ethics-based philosophy for designing resilient lifestyles, landscapes, and communities...

John "Eesawu" Kimmey (from 1 year ago)
If there was an appropriate term to describe the lifeworks of John "Eesawu" Kimmey it would be as a 'seedplanter.' He had an innate characteristic of a visionary/community developer, working for years with the native people of the American Southwest. John became a student of the elders of the Hopi village...

World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms | WWOOF (from 1 year ago)
WWOOF started 50 years ago and has grown to a worldwide community of hundreds of thousands of people today. From the beginning, national WWOOF organisations grew individually in countries but with a shared mission to educate people through hands-on and inspiring cultural exchanges, and support local...

Camphill Association (from 1 year ago)
Glenora Farm a lifesharing community, where adults with developmental disabilities live, work and learn together with their caregivers.

The Farm Ecovillage Training Center (from 1 year ago)
The Ecovillage Training Center assists transition towards a sustainable society by instruction in meeting basic needs for food, shelter, energy, fuel, gainful employment, and community process and progress. Featured classes include carbon farming, financial permaculture, natural building, and biodynamic...

Ecosystem Restoration Camps (from 1 year ago)
Ecosystem Restoration Camps is a grassroots non-profit organisation that seeks to transform damaged landscapes into thriving, biodiverse ecosystems. The Ecosystem Restoration Camps are local living labs where campers work together with the local community to actively implement restoration strategies,...

Wild Edible Plants of British Columbia (from 1 year ago)
A guide covering edible plants of British Columbia (Canada) including the Vancouver area, the Gulf Islands, Haida Gwaii, and the Kootenay, Yoho, Mount Revelstoke, and Glacier National Parks.

Wild Edible Mushrooms of British Columbia (from 1 year ago)
A guide covering edible mushrooms of British Columbia (Canada) including the Vancouver area, the Gulf Islands, Haida Gwaii, and the Kootenay, Yoho, Mount Revelstoke, and Glacier National Parks.

Edible Berries of British Columbia (from 1 year ago)
A guide covering edible berries of British Columbia (Canada) including the Vancouver area, the Gulf Islands, Haida Gwaii, and the Kootenay, Yoho, Mount Revelstoke, and Glacier National Parks.

Edible Landscape Design (from 1 year ago)
Consultation, design, and coaching in support of a beautiful future bursting with super-foods, right outside our doors, where landscapes and communities are regenerated with every home-cooked meal. The team brings decades of combined experience and education in regenerative design, organic horticulture,...

Sociocracy 3.0 (from 1 year ago)
Sociocracy 3.0 — a.k.a. “S3” — is social technology for evolving agile and resilient organizations at any size, from small start-ups to large international networks and multi-agency collaboration. Inside this practical guide you’ll discover a comprehensive collection of tried and tested...

Root Rescue (from 1 year ago)
Root Rescue contains many species of fungi used as inoculants for annual, perennials shrubs and trees to enhance the mycorrhizal community in the plant-soil interface. Benefits can include greater transplanting success, more drought tolerance, and reduced fertilizer use. The Root Rescue transplanter...

Worlds Advance Saving Project (from 1 year ago)
3D printing is WASP’s heart since a small and fast printer that materialises objects made of bio-plastic, clay, silicone and biocompatible materials, which mills wood and aluminium, makes it easy to start mini-productions. The revenue from the sales is invested in the research and development of...

Food Forest Canada (from 1 year ago)
Food Forest Canada is a venture by Permaculture Designer and farmer Lindsay Brandon. Specializing in food forest design, vegetable gardening and researching and developing hemp fibre and grain crops in Alberta Canada.

Nutcracker Nursery (from 1 year ago)
We produce and provide hardy nut trees grafted and seedlings that are not easily found in Eastern Canada. The production is a variety of nut trees and fruit producing trees, and a vast range of oak species. By cultivating indigenous and noble species, Nutcracker Nursery is working at maintaining biodiversity...

Food Forest Farm (from 1 year ago)
Growing Resilience for People & Planet Food Forest Farm aims to help people create low-maintenance, regenerative food systems. They grow, supply, and teach about perennial vegetables and other multipurpose plants. Consulting is available to design landscapes that are sustaining and nourishing for people...

Lacewing Plants and Seedlings (from 1 year ago)
A nursery specializing in Ontario native plants that feed and provide habitat for pollinators including birds and butterflies, and other beneficial insects (like Lacewings!) The plants are carefully chosen for their beauty and resilience. On-line store.

The Permaculture Academy (from 1 year ago)
The Verge Permaculture Academy offers live online masterclasses with world-class faculty, collaborative learning experiences, and global networking on one simple, intuitive private platform.

FiddleHead Nursery (from 1 year ago)
Fiddlehead Nursery began in the spring of 2012. The Nursery is run with the help of Woofers, or international farm workers who work in exchange for room, board, and education. Plants are grown for hardiness in USDA Zone 5a, where winters reach lows of -28.9C. Only those perennials that survive the...

Hardy Fruit Tree Nursery (from 1 year ago)
The aim is to bring trees bearing the promise of fresh, tasty fruit and nuts, to even the toughest of Canada’s northern regions. The online nursery features a selection of cold-hardy fruits, nut trees, and shrubs for zones 1-6. Trees are grown on-site and shipped bare roots in the spring. Articles...

Miracle Farms, a 12-acre commercial permaculture orchard in Southern Quebec (from 1 year ago)
This brief film gives an introduction to the 20 yr journey of Stefan Sobkowiak from the purchase of an organic orchard to the development of a biodiverse polyculture orchard based on permaculture principles. The orchard now counts over 100 cultivars of apples, plus several types of plums, pears, cherries,...

The PFAF Shop (from 1 year ago)
Plants For A Future online book shop. PDF and softcover versions of books for permaculture-based landscaping. Titles include "Edible shrubs", "Edible Perennials", "Plants for Your Food Forest", "Edible Trees", "Woodland Gardening" and "Edible Plants". Some titles available also available in French.

Permaculture in Ontario (from 1 year ago)
This map presents submissions from an ongoing survey of 59 Permaculture practitioners in Ontario, Canada. The site details the origins of the survey, a short video introducing the map, a searchable map, and project listings by region.

Slocan Valley Grown (from 1 year ago)
The Slocan Valley Economic Development Commission (SVEDC) endeavours to serve communities in the Slocan Valley through programs and activities which are beneficial to positive economic growth and development. Find super fresh, healthy & local food produced right here in the beautiful Slocan Valley! Support...

Shadow, Self, Spirit (from 1 year ago)
Transpersonal Psychology concerns the study of those states and processes in which people experience a deeper sense of who they are, or a greater sense of connectedness with others, with nature, or the spiritual dimension. Pioneered by respected researchers such as Jung, Maslow and Tart, it has nonetheless...

B Corp Certification (from 1 year ago)
B Corp Certification is a designation that a business is meeting high standards of verified performance, accountability, and transparency on factors from employee benefits and charitable giving to supply chain practices and input materials. In order to achieve certification, a company must: * Demonstrate...

DIY Rainwater Harnessing System (from 1 year ago)
Step by step instructions to a simple DIY rainwater harnessing system. There are dozens of different options for collecting rainwater. However, the basics are the same for all of them: * Funnel the rain from your roof * A container to capture the rain you are funneling from your roof * Easily...

DIY Rainwater Harvesting Systems (from 1 year ago)
Rainwater harvesting is one of the most self-sufficient and environment friendly methods of using water. This site presents 37 simple DIY ways to collect rainwater.

DIY Home Greywater System (from 1 year ago)
Most people living in the average American household have no reason to contemplate disposal of the water that enters and leaves their homes, but more and more people are looking for a simple way to do a greywater system for their home that cleans and reuses the water for irrigation. The site presents...

DIY Electric Bike (from 1 year ago)
This Instructables site provides 11 steps that cover the basics of installing, using, and customizing a DIY electric bike conversion kit.

Clearbot (from 1 year ago)
Clearbot endeavours to imagine and create efficient, autonomous and electric boats that augment different marine services around the world. This electrically powered floating robot uses artificial intelligence to clean trash, plastics and oil from harbors, shorelines and other water bodies. Clearbot...

The International Journal of the Commons (from 1 year ago)
As an interdisciplinary peer-reviewed open-access journal, the IJC is dedicated to furthering the understanding of institutions for use and management of resources that are (or could be) enjoyed collectively. These resources may be part of the natural world (e.g. forests, climate systems, or the oceans)...

The Post Carbon Institute (from 1 year ago)
Post Carbon Institute provides individuals and communities with the resources needed to understand and respond to the interrelated ecological, economic, energy, and equity crises of the 21st century. They help build resilience to withstand these crises, and support social and cultural change to make...

Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life (from 1 year ago)
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life (2007) is a non-fiction book by Barbara Kingsolver detailing her family's attempt to eat only locally grown food for an entire year. The book revolves around the concept of improving the family's diet by eating only foods that her family was able to grow...

The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals (from 1 year ago)
The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals is a nonfiction book written by American author Michael Pollan published in 2006. Technology has made foods that were previously seasonal or regional available year round and in all regions. The relationship between food and society, once moderated...

Mysticism (from 1 year ago)
An individual's direct experience of their relationship to a fundamental reality Characteristics of some mystical experience: * Noesis: something experienced as fundamentally real, proven, obvious or not needing proof. * Ineffability: beyond being conveyed in language. * Timelessness: The experience...

ACISTE (from 1 year ago)
American Center for the Integration of Spiritually Transformative Experiences The ACISTE experiencer forum is a social network to foster mutual support among people who have had spiritually transformative experiences. It is readable by members only, to provide a safer space. ACISTE also curates...

Antarabhav (from 1 year ago)
There are three aspects of this project: The development of new protocols that address and remedy spiritual emergence situations. Recent explorations have shown that it may be possible to support people undergoing spiritual emergencies remotely via the internet, video conferencing, etc. To vet...

Spiritual Emergency: The Understanding and Treatment of Transpersonal Crises (from 1 year ago)
The term Spiritual Emergency was coined to validate the experiences of people who are at risk of being pathologized for challenging consensus reality. For many people, it is an empowering alternative to psychiatric diagnosis. Spiritual Emergence suggests a curious and respectful attitude to experiences...

How to Save Seeds (from 1 year ago)
A simple, one page step by step guide includes: to what and how to grow, when and how to harvest, and proper storing of seeds.

Have Fun. Learn Stuff. Grow. (from 1 year ago)
Homeschooling and the Curriculum of Love Essays about the author's experience watching his two daughters learn and grow in an unschooling family. Thoughtful, heartfelt and inspiring reading for unschoolers and would-be unschoolers.

Bringing Deep Democracy to Life (from 1 year ago)
Deep Democracy is seeking to notice and understand diverse perspectives, including privileged and marginalized voices. This article is an overview of deep democracy by Amy Mindell. Voices can be marginalized because of systemic oppression, because they are difficult to understand, because what they...

US Department of Agriculture Organic Regulations (from 1 year ago)
The USDA organic regulations describe organic agriculture as the application of a set of cultural, biological, and mechanical practices that support the cycling of on-farm resources, promote ecological balance, and conserve biodiversity. These include maintaining or enhancing soil and water quality;...

Canadian Organic Grower's Guide to Canadian Organic Standards (from 1 year ago)
To label a product with the Canada Organic logo, producers are required, by law, to follow the Canadian Organic Standards. These apply whether growing vegetables, raising laying hens or processing convenience food. The standards, however, can be challenging to read, but it is critical that producers...

The Farm (from 1 year ago)
Over the last 50 years The Farm has become known for many things — natural childbirth and midwifery, healthy lifestyle, gourmet vegan cuisine, creative arts and performance, permaculture and carbon farming, advanced electronics and alternative energies, ecovillage design and networking, and its partnerships...

Sociocracy for All (from 1 year ago)
A nonprofit that works to make sociocracy accessible to more people through online resources, courses and books.

Many Voices, One Song (from 1 year ago)
A detailed how-to guide to implementing classical sociocracy in organizations of all sizes. Topics covered include consent decision-making, integrating objections, feedback, defining membership, circle structure, meeting processes, role selection and transitioning an organization to sociocracy.

Salt Spring Center of Yoga (from 1 year ago)
We are a non-profit educational and spiritual retreat centre dedicated to teaching the core principles of yoga which embody peace, resilience, and belonging.

Share Nelson (from 1 year ago)
Located in the heart of the Kootenays, SHARE Nelson is a non-profit secondhand store, supporting humanity and responsible ecology. They support our community by financially contributing to Our Daily Bread (ODB) and being ecologically mindful in our daily practices. Thanks to purchases and generous donations,...

UN Sustainable Development Goals (from 1 year ago)
The Division for Sustainable Development Goals (DSDG) in the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA) acts as the Secretariat for the SDGs, providing substantive support and capacity-building for the goals and their related thematic issues, including water, energy, climate, oceans,...

Perishable Food Recovery Program - BC Food Banks (from 1 year ago)
Over $6 Billion of food is wasted in BC every year; healthy food that is sent to landfills, when it could be redirected to feed hungry families. To address the urgent need to reduce this unbearable waste and get more fresh and healthy food onto the tables of British Columbians, Food Banks BC launched...

Greenways Land Trust (from 1 year ago)
**Enhancing Natural Areas for People and Wildlife** Greenways Land Trust is a registered charity and conservation organization that works to enhance the community through the creation and management of greenways networks, based on principles of stream and land stewardship. They act as an umbrella...

Stream to Sea: K-12 Education (from 1 year ago)
The Stream to Sea education program supports and provides resources to educators in British Columbia and Yukon. Students learn to become aquatic stewards by understanding, respecting and protecting freshwater, estuarine and marine ecosystems.

Shirts to Bags (from 1 year ago)
Salvation Army Canada receives 90 tonnes of discarded clothing per week, some of which ends up in landfill sites. Four women from Campbell River are reducing what would end up in the landfill by retrieving the shirts the SA and turning them into shopping bags

Salish Sea Ecoretreats (from 1 year ago)
Offers Wilderness Vigils (aka wilderness rites of passage vision fasts) in the tradition of The School of Lost Borders. Available for youth, adults, and elders and consisting of three or four days solo fasting in a wilderness setting- mostly on Mt. Tuam on Saltspring Island. The ceremony provides a deep...

Cortes Family. Ca (from 1 year ago)
The Cortes Community Health Association operates the Family Support Program and the Youth Programs to foster wellness, connection, and resiliency among the families and kids of Cortes. Programs include sports and outdoor adventure programs for children and youths, the teen scene, and the first years...

The Humanure Handbook (from 1 year ago)
Compost toilets can provide a sanitation solution when water or electricity are not available, or when you simply want to make more compost or less environmental pollution. Now in its 4th edition, not only does the book address what to do with human manure, but it is also a priceless manual for anyone...

Play Is More than Just Fun (from 1 year ago)
A pioneer in research on play, in this Ted Talk, Dr. Stuart Brown says humor, games, roughhousing, flirtation and fantasy are more than just fun. Plenty of play in childhood makes for happy, smart adults -- and keeping it up can make us smarter at any age.

FAQ (from 1 year ago)
Answers to some common questions about the Creative Culture Guide project.

Earth: A Graphic Look at the State of the World (from 1 year ago)
**A concise and comprehensive overview of the state of the planet and humanity.** Earth's ecological and human systems are in severe crisis. Although there is a wealth of information available, much of it is fragmented. The convergence of issues facing the earth are so interrelated that most of them...

Rodale Institute (from 1 year ago)
Widely recognized as a founder of the modern organic movement, Rodale Institute has been a global leader in regenerative organic agriculture for over 70 years. Rodale Institute is growing the regenerative organic movement through research, farmer training, publishing and consumer education.

Introduction to Permaculture (from 1 year ago)
Introduction to Permaculture is an updated and revised version of the first two permaculture books, Permaculture One (Mollison and Holmgren, 1978) and Permaculture Two (Mollison, 1979), and replaces them. Bill Mollison was the founder and director of the Permaculture Institute, He taught and developed...

Twigroot Botanicals (from 1 year ago)
Made on Cortes organic facial care, healing balms, and much more.

Laughing Willow Community Garden (from 1 year ago)
The Laughing Willow Community Garden is located at the corner of Lawson Grove and Simms Rd. in Willow Point, Campbell River. Family orientated, organic gardening in a friendly, peaceful environment to enrich lives and community.

Earthlight Permaculture (from 1 year ago)
Bringing food and medicine close to home; using permaculture design to create unique, abundant habitats and nurturing healing spaces: edible landscaping and water-wise gardens; herbal medicine and pollinator gardens; food forests and resilience plantings; fire smart landscaping. Services include consultations,...

That’s Awesome! Industrial & Creative Welding (from 1 year ago)
Industrial welding services and ornamental metal designs are available year round. Anything from beautiful garden gates to heavy equipment repairs; from ornament repairs to a new metal building structure.

Nurture in Nature (from 1 year ago)
Nurture In Nature is a collaborative community space for practising a sustainable, healthy, new way of life. As a team, they are in the process of transforming a 40-acre piece of property into a holistic and resilient ecosystem that produces food as well as provides for community education, growth,...

Cortes Creations (from 1 year ago)
Cortes Creations are handmade with love on beautiful Cortes Island, British Columbia. Leslie and her family cultivate a large, beautiful organic garden from which she harvests medicinal plants that are transformed into healing salves and natural skincare products. All Cortes Creations are free of parabens,...

Cortes Community Housing (from 1 year ago)
The mandate of the Cortes Community Housing Society (CHS) is to provide and operate affordable housing and incidental facilities for low to modest-income households on Cortes Island, BC. This includes the creation of year-round homes for singles, couples, and families of all ages.

One Community (from 1 year ago)
One Community’s purpose is to help people create a better world by creating a solution model that creates solution-creating models for The Highest Good of All. One Community is creating open-source blueprints for a sustainable civilization. These plans are designed to demonstrate and inspire, believing...

Foundation for Intentional Community (from 1 year ago)
The Foundation for Intentional Community is a resource hub for the intentional communities movement, and has over 35 years of partnership with hundreds of intentional communities around the world; envisioning a just, resilient, and cooperative world where everyone has the opportunity to thrive in community. VALUES: ...

Permaculture and Sociocracy Working Together: Grow Engagement with Systems Design (from 1 year ago)
Recordings of a conference held in October, 2020. - John Buck: Permaculture and Sociocracy Working Together: Grow Engagement with Systems Design - John Schinnerer: “Designing Holistic Futures – Sociocracy, Permaculture, and Human Being” Henny Freitas and Rakesh Rootsman Rak: How permaculture...

Sociocracy: A Deeper Democracy (from 1 year ago)
**Collaborative Governance — Transparent, Inclusive, and Accountable** This site is a resource on sociocracy and democracy and the ways they support each other. It examines the principles and practices and the ways in which together they could better achieve their objectives.

What Is Sociocracy and Why Does Democracy Need it? (from 1 year ago)
An introduction to the concept, values, systems and methods of a working sociocracy.

How To Build A Geothermal Greenhouse: DIY Geothermal Heating (from 1 year ago)
Water and soil under a garden and backyard area have a massive amount of thermal energy. This energy can easily convert into heat which can be utilized to maintain the day and nighttime temperature fluctuation within a greenhouse and maintains a healthy humidity level throughout the whole year inside...

17 Brilliant DIY Wind Turbine Design Ideas For Living Off The Grid (from 1 year ago)
DIY wind turbine seems like a daunting project, but wind is a clean, free, and renewable energy source. Check out these DIY wind turbine designs, ideas, and tips to get started in no time!

Wind Turbines: Pros and Cons (from 1 year ago)
With increasing awareness of environmental issues across the planet, including climate change, more and more industries and individuals are looking toward renewable, clean energy sources to provide them with the power they need. Wind energy is one of these energy sources, and is quickly growing in popularity...

Instructables (from 1 year ago)
Instructables is an online community of people who design and make things, from crafts, cooking, housing, vehicles, machinery and much more — step by step projects submitted from innovators, teachers and life long learners.

Art Wolfe, Nature and Cultural Photographer (from 1 year ago)
Art Wolfe is an American photographer and conservationist, best known for color images of landscapes, wildlife, and native cultures. His photographs document scenes from every continent and hundreds of locations, and have been noted by environmental advocacy groups for their "stunning" visual impact.

A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction (from 1 year ago)
_ ** A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction**_ is a 1977 book on architecture, urban design, and community livability. It was authored by Christopher Alexander, Sara Ishikawa and Murray Silverstein of the Center for Environmental Structure of Berkeley, California _ "At the core... is the...

Sustainable Housing – How to Enable Environmental Sustainability with Eco Living? (from 1 year ago)
A home is everyone’s basic right. And Sustainable Housing is one of the hottest trends in sustainable architecture and constructions today. However, with the Earth population climbing up each day, how do we ensure our basic right doesn’t cost the Earth more than it already has? Are there ways...

Build Your Own DIY Composting Toilet Cheaply and Easily (from 1 year ago)
Step by step illustrated instructions from Green Citizen on how to build a composting toilet.

Holy S--t: Managing Manure to Save Mankind (from 1 year ago)
In his insightful book, _Holy S--t: Managing Manure to Save Mankind_, contrary farmer Gene Logsdon provides the inside story of manure-our greatest, yet most misunderstood, natural resource. He begins by lamenting a modern society that not only throws away both animal and human manure-worth billions...

Biochar Fact Sheet (from 1 year ago)
##What is Biochar? Biochar is a kind of charcoal produced by burning biomass (organic material) in a low-oxygen environment. This process, known as pyrolysis, converts the carbon in the biomass to a form that resists decay. When the charcoal is buried or added to soils, most of the carbon can remain...

Oral History Association (from 1 year ago)
Since 1966, the Oral History Association has served as the principal membership organization for people committed to the value of oral history. OHA engages with policy makers, educators, and others to help foster best practices and encourage support for oral history and oral historians. With an international...

Recordkeeping and History (from 1 year ago)
From the Khan Academy: How We Chronicle the Past Although many species note the passing of time, only our own species, Homo sapiens, is capable of sharing accounts, or memories, of past events and turning these into stories or “histories.”

Recycling Council of British Columbia (from 1 year ago)
The Recycling Council of British Columbia is a multi-sectoral, non-profit, membership driven organization that promotes the principles of zero waste through research and information services.

John Todd Ecological Design (from 1 year ago)
In situ remediation systems, called Restorers, can jumpstart the ecology of a water body, digest sediments and reduce nutrient levels, bringing the water body back into ecological health. They can also serve as habitat for wildlife and as a recreational amenity within a community. John Todd Ecological...

Soil Food Web Laboratory Technicians (from 1 year ago)
The soil food web is an integral part of healthy soil. SFW Lab-Techs examines soil samples under a microscope to determine the diversity of biology in your soil. Technicians can determine the balance of organisms and make recommendations for improving the soil's food web. SFW Lab-Techs are certified...

David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet (from 1 year ago)
David Attenborough, a 94 yr old naturalist, recounts his life and the evolutionary history of life on Earth, reflects upon both the defining moments of his lifetime and the devastating changes he has seen, grieves the global nature loss and loss of wild places in a single lifetime, and offers a powerful...

Harmony (from 1 year ago)
With integrity, balance, right proportion, and in accord with context

Useful (from 1 year ago)
Beneficially fulfilling a genuine and relevant need

RegeneraVida (from 1 year ago)
RegeneraVida is a online platform supporting sustainable communities and regenerative lifestyles in Costa Rica. The website, created by Upward Spirals and offered in both English and Spanish, includes a directory of businesses and organizations, event listings, and discussion forms focusing on sustainable...

Cortes Farmer’s Markets (from 1 year ago)
Cortes Island Farmer’s Markets are at the heart of island community life. Three weekly markets offer vibrant gathering places for local food producers and artisans to sell their wares. Markets occur year-round on Fridays in Mansons landing, and seasonally at the George Harbor.

BC Farms & Food: Guide to Farmers Markets (from 1 year ago)
A guide to farmers' markets on Vancouver Island and Salt Spring Island, featuring local fresh produce, live music, and more. Listings for Victoria, Victoria Westshore Communities, Saanich Peninsula, Cowichan Valley, Ladysmith to Nanaimo, Parksville/Qualicum, Port Alberni, mid-Vancouver Island and, Salt...

Whaletown Garden Centre (from 1 year ago)
The Whaletown Garden Centre offers organic seeds, hand tools, garden supplies, bagged mulches and manures, soil mineral powders, and mixed organic fertilizers, compost tea brewing kits and hydroponic materials are included. From early spring until late fall vegetable starts, perennial herbs, and flowers...

Dispute Resolution (from 1 year ago)
Ways to equitably resolve disagreements and effectively avoid fighting

Appropriate Technology Library (from 1 year ago)
Community Sustainability Libary from the Appropriate Technology Insitute. Topics include Solar Devices, Mechanical Devices, Animal Husbandry, Water Systems, Chemical Devices, Agriculture and Agroforestry, Building, Rural Self-reliance and Permaculture Links

Global Village Institute for Appropriate Technology (from 1 year ago)
Global Village is a non-profit charity created in 1974 for the purpose of researching and disseminating promising new technologies that can benefit humanity in environmentally friendly ways. Carbon farming, transition towns, biochar, climate farming, and financial Permaculture are some of the many...

Solar Cooking Wiki (from 1 year ago)
The Solar Cooking Wiki, sponsored by Solar Cookers International, serves as an interactive knowledgebase to support solar cooking worldwide. This wiki aims to improve and disseminate solar thermal technology for its positive impact on health and environmental degradation. It contains 1,800+ articles...

SeedWise (from 1 year ago)
SeedWise is a marketplace where seed farmers can sell organic, non-gmo, heirloom and open pollinated seeds directly to home gardeners and small farmers so as to give a greater level of choice and provide income directly to the farmer. Gardeners can find seed growers in their bio-region and know exactly...

Resilient Seeds (from 1 year ago)
​The Backyard Beans and Grains Project (BBGP) began in 2008 as a response to the challenge of incorporating locally-grown staple foods into the diet. The main activity of the Backyard Beans and Grains Project has been to research varieties of dry legumes, grains, and seed crops that may grow well...

The Festival of What Works (from 1 year ago)
The Festival of What Works is a unique, days-long, online celebration of community-led approaches to living well in place here in Salmon Nation—from the northern California coast to the slopes of Alaska and between. We spotlight who and what you need to know to build a bioregion where people, culture...

Pure pasture farms (from 1 year ago)
Pure Pasture is a regenerative farm -- beyond organic meats & eggs direct sales. Pasture-Raised Meat & Eggs. Animals are rotated daily on regenerative pastures. Antibiotic and GMO-free feeds. Patrure rasied Chicken, Ducks, Turkey. Beef and lamb are raised grain free.

Plants For a Future Database (from 1 year ago)
Edible, medicinal and other uses of over 8,000 plants. Plants For A Future (PFAF) is an online database and associated website for those interested in edible and useful plants. Originally focused on plants suitable for temperate regions, it has now been extended to include many of the more important...

Rainwater Harvesting (from 1 year ago)
Rainwater BC (by Eco-Sense) –designs and installs harvesting systems, filtration, living roofs, swales, rain gardens, and well-water storage cisterns and compost toilets on Southern Vancouver Island. Gord has is ASSE Rainwater Designer & Installer Certification is an ARCSA Accredited Professional...

RetroSuburbia: the downshifter's guide to a resilient future. (from 1 year ago)
RetroSuburbia is the gateway to retrofitting a home, a garden, and life. It aims to help prioritize the myriad things anyone can do at home to create a better, and more resilient, life. We are living in unprecedented times. This book is being made available by David Holmgren as a ‘pay what you feel’...

SeedChange (from 1 year ago)
SeedChange works with small-scale farmers around the world to strengthen their ability to grow good food, starting with local seeds. We partner with family farmers and like-minded nonprofits around the world to reclaim the power of food by delivering tailored projects that help farmers improve their...

Sustainable Food Edmonton (from 1 year ago)
Sustainable Food Edmonton is a non-profit charitable organization that initiates and supports projects and programs to encourage community building through urban agriculture. To connect communities and kids with their food, how it’s produced, and the planet that makes it all possible Sustainable Food...

The Local Good - Edmonton (from 1 year ago)
The Local Good helps connect and mobilize people in Edmonton who want to support the local economy and lead more sustainable lives. They provide: - listings of local events - a blog with commentary on sustainable living issues in Edmonton - monthly "Green Drinks" events - online resource directory

Eco-Sense (from 1 year ago)
Regenerative Design: Water, Food, Energy, Lifestyle Consulting for Rain Water and Compost Toilet Systems, online classes, Book-- “Essential Composting Toilets“, Workshops, presentations, and speaking engagements and the Eco-Sense permaculture Nursery.

Auto Composter (from 1 year ago)
Auto aerated and watered large compost pile demo. Using a perforated pipe, a bounce house blower, wire mesh, and drip hoses, Matt Powers demonstrates a short time-lapse of building of an auto compost pile.

Régénération Canada (from 1 year ago)
The term “regenerative” refers to a process – the process of improving one’s state. With regenerative agriculture, the journey improves the state of the soil, of the ecosystem overall, of the climate, and of human health. Regenerative agriculture’s benefits are far-reaching. However, at...

VI Pests, Pollinators and Beneficials (from 1 year ago)
The Vancouver Island Pests Pollinators and Beneficials Project (VIPPB) aims to increase knowledge of agricultural pests, pollinators and beneficial organisms across Vancouver Island, BC through workshops, monitoring and our biweekly newsletter.

Wild Bee Florals (from 1 year ago)
Wild Bee Florals is a creative pursuit in connecting science, art and culture together as an offering to the community. With regenerative farming guiding the growing principles, they aim to be an ethical brand that doesn’t compromise on style and focuses solely on flowers grown in BC.

L’Arche Comox Valley (from 1 year ago)
L’Arche Comox Valley is a community of people with and without developmental disabilities sharing life together and celebrating the unique value of each person, revealing each other’s gifts and recognizing our need for one another. Several of our core members and assistants live in Jubilee House,...

Project Watershed (from 1 year ago)
Project Watershed is a non-profit organization dedicated to watershed restoration and stewardship in the Comox Valley. Since 1990 the organization has carried out research, educational programs and consulting--aiming to encourage the people and organizations in the community to take personal and collective...

RootShoot Soils (from 1 year ago)
RootShoot Soils is an independent agriculture consulting agency and extension service based in Vancouver, British Columbia Canada. They are a formally recognized soil food web lab by the Soil Food Web Inc. Consultation services provide guidance on enriching and diversifying your soil's biology for...

Ever Green Recycling Institute (from 1 year ago)
Ever Green Recycling Institute (EGRI) is a social enterprise organization established to recycle plastic and rubber waste in Liberia. EGRI collects and recycles waste plastic materials by turning them into diesel fuel, petroleum, and affordable building materials. The organization is dedicated to...

Valhalla Farms (from 1 year ago)
Valhalla Farms is an 80 acre Permaculture farm coop focusing on regenerative agriculture founded in 2012. The members of the coop are working to transform what was formerly a GMO corn and soya field (that provided employment to less than a single farmer) into an example of what all-natural regenerative...

StoneCroft Farm (from 1 year ago)
StoneCroft Farm is an organic regenerative farm, raising heritage turkeys on range and blueberries in season. Glen and Kathy are second-generation farmers. The farm specializes in fresh Thanksgiving and Christmas turkeys that are processed in their licensed plant. The farm store carries frozen turkey,...

Northstar Organics (from 1 year ago)
We’re committed to farming organically and sustainably for a healthier, happier community. Composting, cover cropping, and crop rotation techniques are used to sustain the soil. Pest control is achieved through preventative measures such as screening and covering crops against pests and introducing...

Transfarmation Farm (from 1 year ago)
Transfarmation... More than farming: Growing Cultural Change. We can transform our communities, our society and, ultimately our culture, by transforming the way we think, live, work, play and eat. By using practical permaculture and bio-intensive methods to grow 16,000 pounds of vegetables and fruit...

Food Forest Abundance (from 1 year ago)
Aiming to create abundant food forests in every neighborhood. Offering consultations, design, and installation services. Food forests are low-maintenance, sustainable, edible landscapes perfect for suburban yards, retirement villages, schools, community gardens, businesses, and everywhere in between.

Moderation (from 1 year ago)
Avoiding excessive or unnecessary use of resources

Lighting (from 1 year ago)
Optimal and efficient light sources

Modular Design (from 1 year ago)
Designing things so the parts can be worked on separately and reconfigured to work in various ways

Cooling (from 1 year ago)
Efficient and ecologically responsible ways of reducing heat

Simplicity (from 1 year ago)
Avoiding unnecessary complexity

Repairable Design (from 1 year ago)
Designing things to be fixed, rather then discarded, when they break

Thermal Storage (from 1 year ago)
Systems for storing heat energy

Heating (from 1 year ago)
Non-polluting, ecologically responsible and efficient sources of heat Heat is used in numerous ways in low-tech as well as high-tech societies. Producing heat often causes air pollution and uses large amounts of energy. One of the most significant use is maintaining indoor temperatures warm-enough for...

Economic Accessibility (from 1 year ago)
At a cost that is in proportion to resources used and value provided, and within the means of those that need it

Passive Design (from 1 year ago)
Strategically working with naturally occurring energy flows to reduce the need for energy inputs

Durability (from 1 year ago)
Long-lasting and robust usefulness

Marketing for Hippies (from 1 year ago)
Ethical marketing for uncertain times. Free resources, core strategies, workshops, and coaching programs to develop appropriate feel-good marketing for values-based businesses.

Organics (from 1 year ago)
Free from synthetic, toxic, or artificial materials

Textiles (from 1 year ago)
Ethical, sustainable, and local production of fibre and cloth

Add Creative Culture Sector (from 1 year ago)
Add a sector to the Creative Culture Guide

Add Creative Culture Standard (from 1 year ago)
Add a Creative Culture standard.

Beauty (from 1 year ago)
Objective aesthetic harmony and sublime quality

Terra Flora Soilworks (from 1 year ago)
Terra Flora Soilworks provides a variety of products to build living soil; including compost worms and castings, vermicompost systems, bokashi compost setup, and supplies. Additional products include mulch mixes, mineral-based soil amendments, and consulting.

homegrownbee.ca (from 1 year ago)
A beekeeping supply and education business located on Vancouver Island, in the Comox Valley that provides beekeeping essentials, live bees, and packaged kits as well as educational workshops and consultations

Cowichan Green Community (from 1 year ago)
Cowichan Green Community Society, (CGC) is a non-profit organization that has been focusing on environmental sustainability in the Cowichan Region since March 2004. CGC’s mandate is to improve food security by developing strong relationships with local food producers, increasing capacity for local...

LUSH Valley Food Action Society (from 1 year ago)
LUSH Valley is a catalyst for food-related projects, working to strengthen relationships in the local food system and build on individuals’ food skills in an effort to increase self-reliance. Fruit harvesting and farm gleaning remain core programs that supply local food box programs, in addition to...

Growing with Nature (from 1 year ago)
Growing with Nature is about cultivating abundance for people, plants, and wildlife. A place where nature-lovers can gain the skills they need to support wildlife, grow food, and heal our living world. It contains simple articles and blog posts on incorporating wildlife habits, perennial foods into the...

Living Future Institute (from 1 year ago)
The Living Future institute is an international organization based in Seattle, USA with a wide range of programs focused on social justice and ecological regeneration — including their Living Building Certification and Living Product Certification.

Aquarian Systems (from 1 year ago)
The principle of Aquarian Systems, Ed Hoeppner, has over 25 years of experience designing and building houses and over twenty years of experience in researching and developing innovative water management systems. He has worked closely with community organizations, homeowners, regulators, architects,...

Rewilding Water & Earth Inc. (from 1 year ago)
Specializing in wetland and stream restoration including site assessment and restoration design, permitting, project management and construction supervision. Rewilding Water and Earth Inc. works with governments, municipalities, NGO's, schools, and private clients to restore wetlands and streams —...

Wetland Restoration and Training Resources (from 1 year ago)
There are countless publications available about wetland restoration and construction. Not all are the easiest to understand or the most practical in terms of bringing the knowledge home to where you live and work. Here, you will find publications and resources that are based on in-field experiences...

indinature (from 1 year ago)
IndiNature makes bio-based construction products, namely a zero waste natural fiber insulation that captures carbon, and is made from local hemp crops.

Place Design principles (from 1 year ago)
Some basic principles for designing great homes and neighbourhoods

Wikihouse (from 1 year ago)
The aim of WikiHouse is to put the knowledge & tools to build beautiful, zero-carbon buildings into the hands of every citizen, community and business. WikiHouse is a manufactured building system for houses and small buildings. It uses structural timber (usually plywood) sheets which are cut to 0.1mm...

Global Village Construction Set (from 1 year ago)
The Global Village Construction Set (GVCS) is a modular, DIY, low-cost, high-performance platform that allows for the easy fabrication of the 50 different Industrial Machines that it takes to build a small, sustainable civilization with modern comforts. The project is to develop open-source industrial...

Ravenhill Homestead (from 1 year ago)
Ravenhill Homestead is a small farm in rural Metchosin providing local alpaca fiber. They offer raw fiber, pindrafted fiber/wool, and knitted items. Sandy Jenkins

Francis O Vineyard Wool (from 1 year ago)
Francis O Vineyard provides locally produced wool from a small herd of sheep Merville BC. The discovery that only two animals (sheep and goats) eat baby broom, led to the introduction of sheep on the farm.

Guthrie Farm (from 1 year ago)
Guthrie farm has been raising sheep for 28 years ago. A recently acquired flock of Shetland sheep is being raised for their exquisite fleeces. They are an ancient breed and have retained their ‘old’ survival instincts. Fleeces are processed on the farm and ready for clients to use in whatever craft...