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Thanks for posting that calendar link to past events, Dorn. I've clicked quite a few (a cross-section) of those links. Wish I had the computer/online know-how to go through all the calendar links and extract the portions relevant to my inquiry. I'd like to put together something that makes seeing the pictures and vids of machinery, devices and set-ups more user friendly. But I've not forgotten that much along similar lines has been put into accessible form in the Tools section of Farm Hack - thus sharing information. And I applaud all those efforts.
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You mention permaculture, and your desire to gain apprenticeship experience. I'm longtime into organics - not especially permaculture oriented, though I am to a degree and am learning more about it. So I wanted to mention a good online place I've joined for getting lots of info about permaculture *and it seems useful for finding volunteer apprenticeship opportunities*. www.permies.com
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You'll probably get a lot of response on this, since there really is a lot out there. You may be familiar with Farm Run's videos, since that is an org or affiliation that's associated with Farm Hack... http://vimeo.com/farmrun/videos/page:1/sort:date I know that some research organizations in the organic-farm vein are posting both articles and vids on their sites, e.g. the Rodale Institute. I might also recommend my Pinterest board, where among other things I've put descriptions of and links to good stuff, including good Youtube videos. Some of these are about different sorts of technologies for the low-capitalization farmer (as we have in the Tools section of Farm Hack): http://www.pinterest.com/joelbc/pins/ (Unfortunately, the people who run Pinterest have recently put a sort of dark visual barrier on the bottom of the screen (or so I see it on *my* browser), which is there until we log in as Pinterest members. Makes scrolling a bit irritating, though still possible. There may be some value, however, in *becoming* a Pinterest member, even if you don't want to start a board yourself. There are other good farm/homestead-related boards already on there.
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I thought I'd add something to the feedback I posted before. For non-video (but illustrated) guides, I think that by and large, Instructables.com may offer the best general model I've come across for online DIY maker's instruction. For instance, have a look at these instructions for building a rocket mass home heater: http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-build-a-Rocket-Mass-Heater/?ALLSTEPS (scrolling down all the way through)