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  • Medicinal Plant Database



  • MR NEEDS GreenTech - Start-up designer and manufacturer of closed-loop, self-sustainable technology systems

    Bruce-Ruhl Design, a Spokane permaculture-centered design firm, production company and think tank are seeking support to establish a co-operatively-owned fabrication industry that will develop closed-loop tech systems and manufacture them, starting with the patent-pending MR NEEDS, a small scale, closed-loop, self-sustainable technology solution for taking your house off-the-grid or for emergency municipal services. MR NEEDS is described further on their Indiegogo page (follow the link).



  • Natural Resources Conservation Service's Web Soil Survey

    Web Soil Survey is operated by the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and provides access to the largest natural resource information system in the world. NRCS has soil maps and data available online for more than 95 percent of the nation’s counties.



  • Nontimber Forest Product Resources for Small Forestland Owners and Businesses

    The purpose of this website is to provide information and tools to help advance commercial development of nontimber forest products (NTFPs) on small forestlands in the United States. For the purposes of this website, NTFPs are defined as all wild, wild-simulated, and cultivated native forest vegetation other than lumber and lumber industry by-products (e.g., industrial turpentine, plywood, sawdust, strand board).



  • Online Permaculture Reader Resource from TreeYo Permaculture

    This Website is a creation brought to you by TreeYo Permaculture as an online service to those who are seeking information about various aspects of Permaculture. By using a  multimedia approach, they hope to bring you as much concentrated information as possible.



  • Online Topo Maps

    Philip Small, Soil Scientist at, and owner of Land Profile Inc. of Spokane shared this information about obtaining topographical maps for your permaculture design locations on the Internet:



  • Open Source Ecology

    Open Source Ecology is a movement dedicated to building the world's first replicable, open source, modern off-grid global village - to transcend survival and evolve to freedom. They are farmer scientists - working to develop a world class research center for decentralization technologies using open source permaculture and technology to work together for providing basic needs and self replicating the entire operation at the cost of scrap metal.



  • Permaculture BC (British Columbia)

    Permaculture BC connects bio-regionally experienced and knowledgeable instructors focusing on theory and hands-on activity for students to graduate with the highest amount of retention, application and inspiration needed to create a positive sustainable future.



  • Permaculture Media Blog

    Free sustainable living & educational on-line media. Over 2000 videos, eBooks, podcasts and documentaries.



  • Permaculture Rising

    Permaculture Rising's Mission is to promote and progress the healing of our planet and establishment of an ecologically harmonious human civilization using the Permaculture design system. They are dedicated to the spread of Permaculture, and offer education, design, and media services towards these ends.



  • Plant Family, Genus, Species Directory



  • Plant Genus Database



  • Plant Growing Database



  • Purdue University's New and Specialty Crop Index

    Online since 1995, NewCROP (New Crops Resource Online Program) is an information-rich site related to crop plants.



  • Real-time On-line Interactive US Wind Map

    An invisible, ancient source of energy surrounds us—energy that powered the first explorations of the world, and that may be a key to the future. This map shows you the delicate tracery of wind flowing over the US. Surface wind data comes from the National Digital Forecast Database. These are near-term forecasts, revised once per hour.



  • Seasonal Tree Maintenance Plan for the Pacific Northwest

    This guide is from from Urban Forest Pro. They provide tree pruning and tree planting in Portland and surrounding areas.



  • Spokane Edible Tree Project Explained (Audio Podcast)

    Kate Burke explains the Spokane Edible Tree Project: Mapping Spokane's fruit and nut tree inventory then tending the trees and gleaning for food assistance programs.

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  • Spokane Permaculture Study Group

    We are a study-group, of motivated individuals, meeting on a monthly basis to:
    Study and Apply Permaculture!

    We meet the third Tuesday of each month at the Spokane Public Library.
    Downtown at 906 West Main Avenue, Spokane, WA 99201
    Come check us out!



  • Spokane Permaculture Study Group - Google Group

    Sign up with this Google Group to keep in the information loop about when this group meets and activities related to it in Spokane.



  • Study Guide to the Science of Botany A Free Online Textbook



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