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 * Add or take a free, open Forestry course.

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 * Add free, open Forestry courses below.

Publish my article in a WUaS academic journal in this subject
Open Journal Systems. 2012. Open Journal Systems. Public Knowledge Project.

(WUaS's wiki, information technologies and criteria for this - informed by the WUaS academic journal subject matter - are developing, since you can already publish your article at Academia.edu http://www.academia.edu or Research Gate - http://www.researchgate.net/ - or Spire - http://spire.sciences-po.fr/web/ - for example); See Library Resources below at WUaS for further resources.

Select Book Groups, Study Groups, Musical Groups, etc.
Begin a Google + Hangout: https://plus.google.com/u/0/108179352492243955816/posts

Calendar: https://www.google.com/calendar/

Select Communities, Email lists, etc.
(See also editable World University and School's 'You at World University' page: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/You_at_World_University).

Select Conversations / Dialogues / Idea Competitions
To what extent could planting trees help solve climate change? 2012. [http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2012/nov/29/planting-trees-climate-change To what extent could planting trees help solve climate change? This Q&A is part of the Guardian's Ultimate climate change FAQ]. November 29. London, UK: www.theguardian.com/environment/2012/nov/29/planting-trees-climate-change.

Select Libraries, Archives, Collections, Repositories, etc.
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Select Museums
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Select Quotes, Quotations, etc.
Wikidata:Wikiquote. 2014. Wikidata:Wikiquote. wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Wikiquote.

Select References
Baillie, Katherine Unger. 2013. Partnering to study Philadelphia’s ‘urban forest’. February 21. Philadelphia, PA: upenn.edu/pennnews.

Chigbu, Uchendu. 2014. Customary construction of land in Southeastern Nigeria: Is it as much about trees as people?. academia.edu/7840996/Customary_construction_of_land_in_Southeastern_Nigeria_Is_it_as_much_about_trees_as_people.

Chigbu, Uchendu. 2014. Exposition of "sense of place" as a strategy for forest conservation in rural Nigeria. academia.edu/7840950/Exposition_of_sense_of_place_as_a_strategy_for_forest_conservation_in_rural_Nigeria.

Chris. 2010. Ancient woodland. Britain: woodlands.co.uk.

It’s Not a Fairytale: Seattle to Build Nation’s First Food Forest. 2013. It’s Not a Fairytale: Seattle to Build Nation’s First Food Forest. Jul 20. realfarmacy.com.

James. 2012. The Sacred Headwaters. Joy Trip Project.

Mystery Surrounds Activist’s Death. 2012. Mystery Surrounds Activist’s Death: Officials say Chut Wuthy's killer committed suicide. Radio Free Asia.

NIEMELÄ, PEKKA, F. STUART CHAPIN, III, KJELL DANELL and JOHN P. BRYANT. 2001. HERBIVORY-MEDIATED RESPONSES OF SELECTED BOREAL FORESTS TO CLIMATIC CHANGE. Finland: www.lter.uaf.edu/pdf/590_niemela_chapin_2001.pdf.

Planting trees may not reverse climate change, but it will help locally. 2013. Planting trees may not reverse climate change, but it will help locally. February 1. (Afforestation, planting trees in an area where there have previously been no trees, can reduce the effect of climate change by cooling temperate regions, a new study finds). (BioMed Central Limited). Rockville, MD: www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/02/130201090616.htm.

Sklar, Rolf. 2012. Indonesia leading the way in KFC’s response to deforestation. July 10. San Francisco, CA: Greenpeace International.

Strickland, Eliza. 2014. Google Earth Engine Brings Big Data to Environmental Activism: A new forest-mapping tool relies on unprecedented data crunching. April 16. spectrum.ieee.org/energy/environment/google-earth-engine-brings-big-data-to-environmental-activism.

Select Video and Audio
Orangutan asks girl for help in sign language. 2013. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G32YehcdUAw AMAZING! Orangutan asks girl for help in sign language]. RANVideo Youtube Channel.

Select Websites
Yale School Forestry & Environmental Studies. 2012. Yale School Forestry & Environmental Studies. New Haven, CT: Yale University.

Wikimedia Commons
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Wikipedia
Wikipedia: https://www.wikipedia.org/

Wikiquotes
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Wikisource
Wikisource: https://wikisource.org/wiki/Main_Page

Wikivoyage
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World University and School Links
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Agriculture: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Agriculture

Arctic - Antarctic - Polar ice caps: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Arctic_-_Antarctic_-_Polar_ice_caps

Biology: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Biology

Conservation: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Conservation

Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Earth,_Atmospheric,_and_Planetary_Sciences

Ecology: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Ecology

Environmental Studies: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Environmental_Studies

Evolutionary Biology: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Evolutionary_Biology

Forestry: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Forestry

Geology: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Geology

Hydrology: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Hydrology

Indonesia: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Indonesia

Marine Science: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Marine_Science

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Oceanography: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Oceanography

Orchards: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Orchards

Organic Agriculture: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Organic_Agriculture

Permaculture: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Permaculture

Population: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Population

Science: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Science

Small Business: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Small_Business

Sustainable Agriculture: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Sustainable_Agriculture

World University Agriculture School: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/World_University_Agriculture_School

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Flyer seeking degree-oriented, WUaS students: 'Quaker-informed World University & School seeks friendly, undergraduate students for free, online, Greatest Universities-centric, bachelor’s degrees to apply in the autumn of 2013, for matriculation in autumn 2014' - http://scottmacleod.com/WUaSFriendsFlyerforProspectiveStudentApplicants.pdf - and accessible here, also - http://scottmacleod.com/WUaSNoticeArchive.html. WUaS holds open, electronically-mediated, hour-long, monthly business meeting on the second Saturdays at 9 am Pacific Time, in the manner of Quakers - email worlduniversityandschool@gmail.com if you'd like to participate.

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Assistive Technologies
WUaS plans to anticipate numerous developing assistive technologies for sight-impaired, hearing-impaired, and similar -

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with educational electronics, as well; with musical instruments; value pricing ... 2% below market, consistently; available via mail and electronically;

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Join the World University and School Google + Group to add to its wiki-like calendar to teach an open, free class or course, converse about ideas, and jam (e.g. musically or theater improvisation): https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/108179352492243955816/.

Careers
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Android

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Broadcast to radio frequencies

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Create EMail group for page

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Oculus Rift

Print

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Recommend

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Tablets

Translate

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(beginning with United Nations' languages - Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin), English, French, Russian, Spanish)

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In Virtual World
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3D Learn. 2013. http://www.learningin3d.info/

Active Worlds Educational Universe (AWEDU). 2012. http://www.activeworlds.com

Alice. 2012. http://www.alice.org/

Minecraft. 2012. www.minecraft.net

Edusim. 2013. http://edusim3d.com/

Gifted Kids.ie. 2013. http://www.giftedkids.ie/daynuv.html

ISTE – SIGMS. 2013. http://sigms.iste.wikispaces.net/secondlifeplayground2010

Kaneva. 2014. http://www.kaneva.com/

Open Cobalt. 2013. http://www.opencobalt.org/

OpenSim. 2012. http://opensimulator.org/wiki/Main_Page (http://www.scribd.com/doc/57959626/OpenSimulator-School-Quick-Start-Guide)

Open Croquet. 2012. http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?OpenCroquet and http://www.opencroquet.org/

Open Wonderland. 2012. http://openwonderland.org/

Primary Games. 2013. http://www.primarygames.com/arcade/virtualworlds.php

Quest Atlantis. 2012. http://atlantisremixed.org/ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZoT3pilNPI).

SimScience. 2012. http://simscience.org/

Second Life - Harvard's virtual island. 2012. http://slurl.com/secondlife/Berkman/115/53/25 - and teach, learn and share ideas - in group voice chat, or in group type chat, and via building.

SmallWorlds. 2014. https://www.smallworlds.com/

There.com. 2014. http://www.there.com/

Twinity. 2014. http://www.twinity.com/en/choose-your-free-avatar

Unity3D. 2012. http://unity3d.com/

WiloStar3D. 2013. https://www.wilostar3d.com/

World of Warcraft in School. 2014. http://wowinschool.pbworks.com/w/page/5268731/FrontPage

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Justin TV - http://www.justin.tv

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Ustream TV - http://ustream.tv

Video Communication
Teach and learn using free TV-Live Broadcasting software

Free video conferencing

iChat - http://www.apple.com/macosx/what-is-macosx/ichat.html

Skype - http://www.skype.com/

Free, group video conferencing

AnyMeeting - http://anymeeting.com/homepage/

Google + Hangout - https://tools.google.com/dlpage/hangoutplugin - http://www.google.com/+/learnmore/hangouts/

Meeting Burner - http://www.meetingburner.com/index?page=signup-v2 – up to 15 connection

ooVoo - http://www.oovoo.com/home.aspx

Paltalk - http://www.paltalk.com

sifonr - free communication - http://www.sifonr.com/‎

Tokbox | OpenTok - API - http://tokbox.com/opentok

Vyew - http://vyew.com/

Web Huddle - https://www.webhuddle.com/homepage.jsp - http://sourceforge.net/projects/webhuddle/

Zoom.us - Cloud HD Video Meetings - http://zoom.us/

Universal Translator at WUaS
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Google Translate language:

Sugar Labs: Translation System language:

Region:

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PB Works - http://pbworks.com/

Wet Paint - http://wikisineducation.wikifoundry.com/

Wikia - http://www.wikia.com/Wikia

Wikispaces - http://www.wikispaces.com/

Wikidata / Bots
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