NHRuby is a group of people who are enthusiasts of the Ruby programming language and the Ruby on Rails web development framework. Please visit http://www.nhruby.org/ NHRuby also maintains the following mailing lists: * http://groups.google.com/group/nhruby-announce * http://groups.google.com/group/nhruby-discuss Follow up on twitter: http://twitter.com/nhruby

This group is intended to bring together those who live and work from their homes in Newburyport, Mass. Members can be independent contractors, freelancers, telecommuting employees of companies, small business owners, and other professionals. Everyone is welcome: artisans, attorneys, CEOs, cooks, designers, dressmakers, inventors, investors, marketers, matchmakers, pet sitters, palm readers, therapists, travel agents, web developers, writers-- whatever! But you should work from your home most of …

Community. Local skills. Local Food. Adapting in place. But self-reliant, no. We are in this together. In these unsure times of climate change, peak oil, and economic instability, the one thing we do have is each other. To quote Toby Hemenway, "When we create a web of interdependencies, we grow richer, stronger, safer, and wiser." Permaculture is a means to develop life skills and enhancements for sustainable living and beyond. "To practice permaculture is to actively create a …