Thought I'd drop a line in this area for sake of completeness.
I've been following permies.com for a couple of years as a lurker.
I'm now getting closer to graduation (post-secondary) and beginning to dream of
land ownership/stewardship,
and joining the larger movement of self-sufficiency and harmony with nature, i.e.
permaculture.
I had a question (which has since been answered elsewhere in the forum) and thus I joined.
I'm really looking forward to participating, and am grateful that such a great community of people have come together to pave the way.
-Jason Bagnall