Finally getting around to exploring newsvine groups:

[jarandhel]

http://permaculture.newsvine.com/

Thought some folks here might be interested in that one.

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[rialian.livejournal.com]

===There is also one for the Wanhington DC area on Yahoogroups..

http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/pccap/?yguid=296108931 (pccap · PERMACULTURE CAPITAL)

[jarandhel.livejournal.com]

The focus of newsvine groups is a little different than a yahoo group; they're not strictly discussion groups, they're more topic-focused news blogs with all discussion aspects taking place in comments. It's a format that works for me, for certain types of discussion.