FOSL Links: Lots of interesting and informative sites

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AGRARIAN LIFE

• Small farm magazine

• Excellent small farm advocacy – professor

• Living more naturally

  
  

AGRICULTURE

• AQUACULTURE
  • Aquaculture magazine

  • Information network link

  • World Aquaculture Society

  • USDA aquaculture site

  • UC Davis – California Aquaculture

  • USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspections Services (APHIS) aquaculture

  • Frog farming

    
    

• COMPOST
  • Humanure

• CULTIVATION AIDS
  • University of Texas Algae info

  • University of Texas Austin Algae

    
    

• LIVESTOCK
  • Largest Registry of Holistic and eco-friendly products

  • Jersey cows U.S. assoc. website

  • Jersey cows OSU info site and Hoard’s Natl. Dairy Magazine

  • World Jersey Cow Site

  • U.K. Royal Jersey Association and genetics

  • Official Jersey Cow genetics exporter

  • World-wide horse/pony breeds

  • Gotland ponies and other ponies and horses

    
    

• GARDENING METHODS
  • Bio-intensive teaching institute

  • Bay Area Seed Interchange Library

  • John Jeavons gardening institute and apprentice program

  • John Jeavons catalog of products

  • Intensive gardening site

  • Urban bio-intensive institute

  • French Intensive Gardening (Chadwick method)

  • Rudolph Steiner College – Bio-dynamic gardening

  • No cultivation agriculture

    
    
    

• HERITAGE AGRICULTURE
  • Farming and gardening at the heart of all Shaker communities

  • State of Pennsylvania Agriculture Department

  • U.S. largest carriage, wagon, wheel manufacturer for horses/oxen

  • Wagons/carriages new and used

  • Journal for farmer/loggers using horses/mules/oxen

  • Amish country and product information

  • California Rare Fruit Growers

    
    

• HYDROPONIC INFORMATION AND SOURCES
  • Hydroponic pepper production

  • Hydroponic Magazine - Australia

  • Parker’s nutrients

  • Gutter and troughs

    
    

• NUTRIENTS AND PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS ORGANIC AND CHEMICAL
  • Parker’s nutrients

  • Plant growth regulators

    
    

• EDUCATION: AGRICUTURAL SCHOOLS. ADVICE, SOCIETIES, BOOKS,ARTICLES
  • Mater gardeners by County in California

  • International Horticultural Society

  • Mater manual for organic gardening

  • Article on bio-intensive growing and marketing

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• SEEDS, PLANT MATERIALS, IMPORTANT PLANTS
  • Herbal Encyclopedia

  • Very good seed site

  • Seed saving and seed Bank Site

  • Seed saving and seed savers resources

  • Oregon State University – Sugar beet information

  • Intl. seed site with lots of rare seeds

  • Indiana University seed saving tips and heirloom seeds

  • Seed savers exchange

  • Information on Hops

  • Seed saving and seed resources

  • Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds – One of the best seed sites

  • Hop information and sources

  • An advanced seed company – BUT the enemy

    
    

• SOIL
  • Article on newly discovered micro-organisms in soil

    
    
    

• SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE
  • Books on sustainable agriculture and Permaculture

  • National Sustainable Agriculture site

  • U.S.D.A. Alternative Agriculture site

    
    

ART

• Landscape Artist

  
  

CLIMATE CHANGE, AND CLIMATE INFORMATION

• NOAA on climate change

• Possible climate change effects South Central Canada

• Paleoclimatology of the West Coast

• Climate information sources

  
  

COMMUNITIES

• A women’s eco-village

• Overview and directory of sustainable communities’ links

• A non-hierarchical somewhat self sufficient community

• Eco-village directory and information site

• Intentional community since the 1970’s

• Appropriate technologies – associated with “The Farm”

• North West U.S. communities’ listings

• San Francisco progressive communities and organizations

• Intentional Communities – directory and IC magazine

• Within you lies a seed . . .

  
  

EDUCATION

• Excerpts and sources for paper on education

• U.S. contact info for all Colleges and Universities + information

  
  
  

ENERGY & FUELS

• Energy flow charts 2002

• Converting low heat to energy

• Distributed Energy Forum – Steam Engines and Sterling Engines

• Stirling Engines (piston free) with linear alternator

• Article on Steam Engines

• Alcohol Distillery and Bio-gas systems

• Low cost solar energy conversion

• Small Steam engines

• Cellulose in Cyanobacteria

• Distributed Energy – forum, sources, companies, technology

• Sterling engine information

• History of the Steam engine

• Coal History – applied energy technology

• A true reflux alcohol still

• Comprehensive information on E85 fuel

  
  
  

FUNDRAISING

• Chronicle of fundraising

• Support to build Non-Profits

• Method to raise funds

• Land Trust Funding

• Land Trusts

• Sustainable Living and environmental funding partners

  
  
  

GENERAL RESEARCH

• Mad Science Library

• Mad Science Library

• U.S. Census Bureau – Demographic Research

• Annual demographic Summary

• The Smithsonian Institution

• Great thoughts from many great minds

• Household income

• Philosophical thinkers

  
  

GREEN BUILDING

• Green construction and building information

• Rammed Earth and earth blocks

• Source book on Earth materials

• Manufactured homes (Octagonal)

  
  

GREEN CRAFTS, SKILLS

• Intl. Felt Makers Association

• Yurt Workshop site

  
  
  

GREEN LIVING & SUSTAINABLE SOURCES

• Sustainable hardware - these people supply the Amish and Mennonites

• Pacific Ecology Magazine (Pacific Basin)

• Solar dynamic house/greenhouse/garden

• Blissy sustainable/transition site

• Desert green house and off grid tech

• Humane Sustainable future Information since 1979

• Search to thousands of sustainable site and subjects

• Search to thousands of Intentional communities world wide

• Many good books in this library of sustainability

  
  

GREEN TECHNOLOGY

• Green Directory – Waste Water stuff

• Bio-gas generators for internal combustion engines

• Branched Grey water systems

• Composting Toilet

• New Mexico State University – Grey Water management

• Woodstove information

• Woodstove information

• Woodstove information

• Comprehensive look at values of wood for heat

• Excellent information on heating with wood

  
  

INFORMATION DISTRIBUTION

• Web casting

  
  

NEGATIVE TRENDS IN ENVIRONMENT, FREEDOM, SOCIAL

• Jimmy Carter on Church and State, and Privacy

• Class warfare

  
  

PERMACULTURE

• PermacultureActivist.org
• Permaculture Institute of Northern California

  
  
  

WOODCRAFT, GATHERING, HUNTING

• Herbal Encyclopedia

• Archery and other Supplies and books

  
  
  

TRANSPORTATION

WORLD RESOURCES, STATE OF:

• World Production and status of minerals

• Abiotic petroleum origins - article

• Abiotic Oil in Pre-Cambrian rocks (Archaean rocks 3-4 billion yrs)

• Best Post Carbon site and most complete products for subject

• Scientific article on the depletion of minerals

• “Oil of Russia” magazine

• Paper on non-organic genesis of petroleum

• Pacific Ecology Magazine article about remaining petroleum

• World wide plastic trading site

Miscellaneous Links

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