Soil and Health Library
“Health begins in the soil”
Their vision is to make works available that empower people to grow their own food, be healthy and think for themselves. Self-empowerment is true freedom.
Welcome to the Commons Collection
So here it is. The Permaculture Commons Collection. As we try to contribute to the field of open and free Permaculture, our first effort was to search for the content that already exists.
If you know projects that are missing from this collection, tell us!
Books (1)
Not enough going on!
Education (2)
Serlo Sustainability
Serlo.org is an education platform that offers Applied Sustainability as an subject. It’s far from complete, but evolving.
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Disclaimer: This is our project :) Be sure to check it out and let us know what you think!
Permaculture Association
“Find out about permaculture ethics, principles, design approaches and useful information about over 200 practical solutions!”
Hardware / Tools (2)
It’s quite remarkable that these projects deal with hardware and seeds and not so much with software. We love the hardware. But where are the open source permaculture tools?
Open Source Ecology
Super successful worldwide Open Source Hardware project. Look at the Global Village Construction Set. Wow!
Farmhack
“An open source community for resilient agriculture”
This nice little video explains the concept. Has nice projects and a lively community.
Plants (4)
Open Source Seed Initiative
“The Open Source Seed Initiative (OSSI) is dedicated to maintaining fair and open access to plant genetic resources worldwide.”
Practical Plants
Very nice project, basically a fork of the PFAF-Database but editable and focused on community and practical use.
Mixed Licences
Plants For A Future
A registered charity that compiles a database featuring over 7500 plants with a focus on perenials.
They have names, images, uses, etc. It’s quite amazing.
PlantBuddies
“Plant Buddies is an easy to use tool that helps you with companion planting.”
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Disclaimer: Also our project :) Be sure to check it out and let us know what you think!
What other digital tools could help you with your permaculture work?
Videos (3)
Not so much going on!
Red Wigglers / Vermicomposting
This video explains why you want to have worms as pets and how vermi-composting works. It’s super nice.
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Allison (the author) intended to make more short videos on green and sustainable practices but didn’t find the time. Maybe some views will help … :)
Permaculture Commons Playlist
We maintain a playlist of openly licensed Permaculture videos on YouTube. Have something to add?
Let‘s Talk About Soil
High quality animated movie about soil and resources. Rather problem-oriented.
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Very nice animations!
Wikis / General Knowledge (4)
Of course there are others out there, but those seem to be the healthiest (activity, amount of articles).
It’s probably wise to concentrate the efforts to these projects.
Permaculture Association
“Find out about permaculture ethics, principles, design approaches and useful information about over 200 practical solutions!”
Appropedia
Appropedia maintains a list of Permaculture Wikis and is also one of the most active Wikis in this space.
PermaWiki
Nearly 250 articles can be found on PermaWiki, which is hosted on Wikia
Wikipedia
The world’s largest encyclopedia also has some articles about Permaculture.
Most of the books are out of print, some are in the public domain, but be careful: There’s still a lot of copyrighted material as well.