Online+Resources

**1 - Social Online**
toc >> **Forums**
 * **permies.com :** Most active permaculture forum

//**Open and generic**//

 * **[|Wikipedia wiki] :** Full of resources such as plant information, taxonomy, generic concepts and designs. Wikipedia is a generalistic encyclopedia, and introduction to permaculture fits as a topic for few pages, not more (see [|permaculture page]).
 * **[|Appropedia wiki] :** Full of resources about sustainable technologies: construction, food production, water harvesting and energy production. Appropedia has also about 68 articles about permaculture, in may 2012. In 2012, Appropedia partnered with Open Source Permaculture campaign that produce an urban permaculture book (see next point) to host the future "open source permaculture wiki" starting from this book. Appropedia has also an encyclopedic approach, and would best fit as an encyclopedia of main permaculture concepts and designs with in depth explanation (chapter 1 and 4 of our topics), rather than an open designer manual, like our goal in this wiki.
 * **[|Open-Source Ecology wiki]** : A wiki for the Open-Source Ecology project that aim to make open-source blueprints for reliable, sustainable and replicable technology. Focusing on manufacturing, farming and construction machines, the full details diagrams of the first prototypes are already out, in may 2012. Project members also support and practice permaculture even though it is not their main concern.

//**Open and permaculture focused**//

 * **permaground.wikispaces.com wiki** : Yes, this wiki, is still active after 1 year, even though same 2 contributors so almost all the work. More than 20 pages of content, but very few structured or reviewed. Notably, Permaculture Books, Compost Factory and Plant Species.
 * **[|permaculture.wikia.com or ParmaWiki wiki]:** Active wiki with many articles (228 pages, with 30 edits in may 2012). Although home and category pages provide an overview of the content, the content is of encyclopedic style, with mostly independent articles and no global coherence, similarly to wikipedia or appropedia. PermaWiki content is probably largest specific and open permaculture content available on the web.
 * **[|en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Permaculture_Design wikibook] :** An open book on Permaculture Design with 15 pages of content (very active in may 2012).
 * **[|OpenSource Permaculture campaign]:** A not yet active, but awaited open-source book, website and wiki about urban permaculture. Guide, Interviews, Tips and education resources are planned. An associated wiki will be hosted at Appropedia.
 * **[|wikieducator.org/Permaculture_design wiki] :**

//**Closed and permaculture focused**//
>> **Inactive**
 * **[|gaiacraft.squarespace.com]** :
 * **[|www.piginthemud.com] :**
 * **[|permaculture.info]:** Offline in may 2012 since 2010, seems to have contained a fair amount of content. The Permaculture Information Web was "a collaborative project to provide a comprehensive resource of permaculture related information. This wiki used a precise language to describe the different parts of human habitat and that language is used to categorize the articles in this wiki. This narrative identifies the categories and shows how they fit together. PEOPLE - organizations | members - THINGS - elements | guilds | built structures | patterns - IDEAS - core concepts | environmental context | zones | techniques | tools | Peak Oil RESOURCES - book reviews | public documents | online resources | design review | blogs | Discussion Groups | Permaculture Wikis PLACES - all locations | ecoregions | permaculture sites | farming". ([|source])

//Open directories//

 * **permitools.wikispaces.com :** 20 pages of relevant links to documents on many topics : Bees and Beekeeping, Community & Culture, Compost, Earthworks & Water, Mycorrhiza and Mushrooms, Patterns, Urban Permaculture
 * **goingpermie.wikispaces.com** : A page with relevant links and few pages with videos.
 * **ecovillages.wikispaces.com:** Page with few links to sites and books relevant for permaculture.

//**Closed directories**//

 * **Permaculture Media Blog** : A blog and directory of movies, books and tips from activist to organic gardening and permacuture, with numerous online resources with many previews and free downloads. This blog is associated with above campaign, and an other open directory for permaculture courses
 * [|permaculture-design-courses.com] : A directory is unfortunately not open nor participative.
 * **[|permaculture.net/resource_list]**

**4 - Local or group focused content**

 * 1) **northeasternpermaculture.wikispaces.com :** Group focused wiki, for networking and information sharing. Describe some demonstration sites, contain educational resources, etc.
 * 2) **phoenixpermaculture.wikispaces.com :** Phoenix location focused wiki, with informations, links and people.

**5 - Plant Database**
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 * 1) **Plant For A Future :**
 * 2) **Practical Plants :**
 * 3) **Gardenality :**
 * 4) **My Folia :**