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• Title from home page (viewed Sept. 27, 2006)
• "The NCAT mission: Helping people by championing small- scale, local, and sustainable solutions to reduce poverty, promote healthy communities, and protect natural resources"–Home page
• "Since 1976 the National Center for Appropriate Technology has been serving economically disadvantaged people by providing information and access to appropriate technologies that can help improve their lives. During the organization’s rich and varied history, NCAT projects have ranged from low-tech to high-tech, addressing complex issues of housing, economics, and environmental quality. Weatherizing houses, training farmers, monitoring energy use, demonstrating renewable energy technology, testing new products and providing information on building construction are just a few of the many ways that NCAT has contributed to fostering healthy communities and a better quality of life for everyone"–About page
• Easy to search or navigate, the information on this site is both immediately current and substantially archived. It will appeal to practitioners and students of agriculture (permaculture, precision, and prescription farming), technology, agricultural economics, community planning, and ecology. The site offers a variety of links to agriculture, community, and energy programs. Contact information is available on every page, including e-mail addresses and a toll-free telephone number. Offers socially responsible information on topics ranging from dung beetles to home/farm solar and wind power, sustainable agriculture, internships/apprenticeships, proposals of requirements for buildings, energy auditing, insulation and weatherproofing, poultry pasturing, and mobile home efficiency
• Mode of access: World Wide Web