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Compendium of tools for organizations.

wow - plenty to exlpore in here - lots of overlap with Gaia U and the larger epistemic community - not quite caught up with the latest post-consensus thinking - will read more - I started to explore the groupware section but ran out of time ...

free online learning for careers, work, management, business training and education: find materials, articles, ideas, people and providers for teaching, career training, self-help, ethical business education and leadership; for personal, career and organizational development. A fun free online college of ethical life and work education, for self help, teaching, careeer development, distance learning, organizational development, with team building games and exercises, free self-help and training ideas, free management theories, free diagrams, templates, samples, examples, materials and tools, free child development activities and adults development exercises ideas

This is a site for K-12 supposedly but there are some great tools here for teaching (PDF form) - creating design challenges prototypes and more

(First test at Group Share) This is a Resource Library I am creating of PDFs and Links related to Permaculture.

open modular systems

"Lean Startup" is an approach for launching businesses and products, that relies on validated learning, scientific experimentation, and iterative product releases to shorten product development cycles, measure progress, and gain valuable customer feedback. In this way, companies, especially startups, can design their products or services to meet the demands of their customer base without requiring large amounts of initial funding or expensive product launches.

Hi, I'm taking a 10 week 'from idea to manifestation'-Eco-social entrepreneurship workshop to help me build our sustainability school. The basic model we use is of lean startup approach that is common now in silicon valley. for me it's seems like at home- remind me of the spiral way of planning and the permaculture principals.

and an easy to use online tool for lean start-up planning: http://leancanvas.com

For anyone who doesn't have OpenOffice yet, it's super cool! It's open-source office software that is compatible with all those silly MS products that everyone uses.

Fermented beans (and pretty much all ferments) are awesome because they: Taste awesome Strengthen digestive flora Are easy to make Plus, Permies.com is an amazing resource!

Designers often speak of design as a process. Typically, design thinking leads to design making, which leads to artifacts. Yet the design process also leads to something more-to new knowledge. Thus, we might characterize designing as a form of learning

Image of the First Nations Holistic Learning Model

The Dynamic Knowledge Creation Model was created by Nancy Dixon, building on the work by Ikuijro Nonaka

U-theory overview PDF

Permaculture teacher and author Aranya, talking about the value of using a design process, to a packed hall at the London Permaculture Festival on 21st July 2012. For more details of Aranya's book and courses see http://www.aranyagardens.co.uk

downloads from the Center for Ecoliteracy

Simple how to video for creating a multi-paged PDF from multiple documents. I used this to create the Community Booklet on my eportfolio profile.