USDA Zones…Gardener Powered!

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Cartagen 0.5 – Mapping Tools

Cartagen (http://cartagen.org) is a vector-based, client-side framework for rendering maps in native HTML 5. Written in JavaScript, it uses the new Canvas element to load mapping data from various sources, including OpenStreetMap.
In short, Cartagen lets you make beautiful, customized maps with a simple stylesheet.
Maps are styled with Geographic Style Sheets (GSS), a cascading stylesheet specification [...]

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Learn how to use a dumpy, tilting, automatic, or rotating laser level

There are many types of leveling instruments.  This website shows you how to set one up.
How to use a level?

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Climate change in Google Earth

Explore the potential impacts of climate change on our planet Earth and find out about possible solutions for adaptation and mitigation, ahead of the UN’s climate conference in Copenhagen in December (COP15).

Find out more and raise your voice about climate change on the YouTube COP15 channel!
To further explore the IPCC tours download them into [...]

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How to make a rocket stove

* IMPORTANT NOTE * be sure to use BLACK STOVE PIPE when building rocket stoves… apparently, the silver galvanized piping used in this video releases toxins while burning.
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DIY Permablitz Kit

This is a useful Do It Yourself Permablitz kit.
DIY Permablitz Kit (PDF)
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View your FreeMind mindmap online with Flash

I had a lot of interest around my article on FreeMind, the free mind mapping software.  See my original article here.  Since writing this post I have found a useful way of presenting the mind map on-line with Flash Browser.  This tool allows you to present your mind map on-line in a flash viewer.  It [...]

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Permaculture Slideshows

Here is a group of slideshows using the keyword Permaculture.  You may find something of interest here.
Slideshows

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A Free Toolkit for NGOs and Social Enterprise

IDEO partnered with International Development Enterprises (IDE), Heifer International, ICRW, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to create a toolkit for applying Human-Centered Design to inspire new solutions to difficult challenges within communities of need.
Human-Centered Design is a process used for decades to create new solutions for companies and organizations. Human-Centered Design can help [...]

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A Pattern Language

Summary of a book by Christopher Alexander, Sara Ishikawa, Murray Silverstein, with Max Jacobson, Ingrid Fiksdahl-King and Shlomo Angel. Published by Oxford University Press.
The original book contains much essential detail behind each of the following patterns and is recommended reading.

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Thanks @leonardbarrett

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