Links

Here are some links to sites which we think will be helpful and/or interesting. We've only chosen a handful of the myriad available. Some of them have extensive links to other sites and can be good places to begin your searches.

An ecological footprint measures how much land is required to supply a person's living and lifestyle needs - that is food, housing, energy/fuel, transport, and consumer goods and services. 
A personal ecological footprint can be calculated at the NZ Ministry of Environment website.

Creative New Zealand (Arts Council)  For information on Maori, Pacific Island art with some historical information.

Get the Weave

All Fibre Arts An interesting page with a home-made loom made from a cardboard box.

Montessori World This Montessori site has lots of simple and unusual shaped looms eg circular and fan shapes.

Alien Travel Guide The history of cloth weaving in short paragraphs, from the Stone Age to the present.

Georgia College & State University History of Weaving Short introduction to the history of weaving and the development of the weaving loom, from pre-historic times to the present computer-driven loom.

Buildings Galore

Show me UK site Art and Design Instructions for marbeling, well illustrated.

Your Home.gov.au This site is a technical but readable site explaining passive design principles for home builders in Australia