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Andrius Kulikauskas Self Learners Network. Think Through Art with Andrius Kulikauskas. Directory of ways of figuring things out. Chicago Street Artist Blog. Video summary of knowledge of everything. Notes on Gamestorming. Living by Truth working group. Twitter: @selflearners Email: ms @ ms.lt

Franz Nahrada Global Villages in Transition. Global Villages mailing list. Franz Nahrada at P2P Foundation. Franz Nahrada at Facebook. GIVE.

Pamela McLean Dadamac. Dadamac blog. Learning from each other. Twitter: @dadamac

Janet Feldman ActAlive. Holistic Helping. KAIPPG: Kenya AIDS Intervention Prevention Project Group. Janet Feldman at Facebook.

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Edward Cherlin Earth Treasury

Sasha Mrkailo

John Rogers Value for People, Community Currency. Cyfranogi, Community Currency.

Kennedy Owino Nafsi Afrika Acrobats

Benoit Couture

Ben de Vries

Fred Kayiwa

Samwel Kongere Mendenyo

Josephat Ndibalema

Kiyavilo Msekwa

Jeff Buderer

Eluned Hurn

George Christian Jeyaraj

Markus Petz

Lucas Gonzalez Santa Cruz

Zenonas Anusauskas Internetine televizija

Audrone Anusauskiene

Thomas Chepaitis

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Christine Ax, Steve Bonzak, James Ferguson, Maria Agnese Giraudo, Marcin Jakubowski, Ed Jonas, Rick Nelson, Hannington Onyango, Linas Plankis, Proscoviour Vunyiwa

Pyramid of Peace to avert genocide in Kenya in 2008.

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Andrius helped with the following websites:
Peter N. Pero - Chicago History Street Books, Tours
Philosopher Bob Lichtenbert and Chicago Seekers


 Patterns In The Making
  
 See also: Pattern, PatternLanguage

ChristopherAlexander's theory of pattern languages is very relevant to our efforts to learn how we can design GlobalVillages. The idea of a Pattern is very fruitful but it is difficult to apply in practice in our changing world because it requires an analysis of successful examples whereas often they don't yet exist.

PatternsInTheMaking is a phrase that allows us to speak of potential patterns.

PagesPatternSummary
LettuceFresh lettuce can be grown to maturity in 4 weeks in hydroponic systems with yields of a head of lettuce per square foot per week. This makes a good entry crop for scaleable production systems with high earning potential.
MicroHouseSteveBosserman is developing the idea of a small independent house as a flexible unit for FamilyLiving.
OpenSourceEcology/CompressedEarthBlockMarcinJakubowski is designing an inexpensive, high performance (3-5 blocks per minute), hydraulic-powered compressed earth block machine. This machine allows one to make one's own structural blocks from on-site soil. Compressed earth blocks, under proper quality control, are an advanced building material. See http://pages.sbcglobal.net/fwehman/AECTOverview.html for a description of the building method.
OpenSourceEcology/SawmillMarcinJakubowski has designed, built and documented a sawmill. His sawmill is key tool in his building houses for himself and others. He is able to make lumber from trees on his land.
PermaculturePermaculture is a strategy for humans to live compactly in small communities engulfed by nature.
StrawbaleStrawbale houses are a do-it-yourself technology that uses natural local materials to make for liveable and modifiable homes. They encourage a communal approach to helping out with building.