April 2011
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“Barefoot Solar Engineers (BSEs) Semi-literate and illiterate, rural men and...”
– Barefoot College
February 2011
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LearnEnglish Kids | British Council | →
December 2010
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June 2009
2 posts
building with bamboo →
“Did you know that….? 1. There are over 1400 species of bamboo and probably many...”
– 2. Bamboo grows at phenomenal rates, up to a foot in a single day!
3. A mature 100’x100’ patch of clumping timber bamboo can produce enough construction materials to frame an entire house every year. 4. Certain bamboo root clumps can live for hundreds of years, providing an annual yield of...
May 2009
2 posts
“Here are some simple but effective designs to enable you to make an outdoor oven...”
– Adobe Oven - Y2K oven made from clay - oven plans
Build Your Own Biogas Generator - →
January 2009
11 posts
“More mud ovens popping up all over the place. Please go and check them out. Lots...”
– Handy Home Projects: more mud ovens
“Rocket stoves use branches, twigs, small wood scraps, or just about any small...”
– Rocket Stove - Solar Cooking
“Eli led an informal rocket stove design and construction workshop at his Ancient...”
– Rocket Stove Class and Design Construction Workshop at Ancient Earth School of Natural Building
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fuel efficiency →
“This article covers two related issues, the first, ‘from play to...”
– Anthropology Matters Journal 2006, vol. 8 (2). Atkinson: ‘From play to knowledge’
“Solving medical and environmental problems by bringing fuel-efficient stoves to...”
– StoveTeam International - bringing fuel-efficient stoves to the world.
“We’ve got Instructables on compost bins, compost barrels, compost sifters,...”
– Composting
“Soil is a living entity, comprising an inseparable mixture of solid, liquid and...”
– Wiley InterScience :: JOURNALS :: African Journal of Ecology
“Earthworms travel underground by the means of waves of muscular contractions...”
– Earthworm - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
“The process of “humification” can occur naturally in soil, or in the...”
– Humus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
December 2008
2 posts
“Making your own garden compost is a lot easier than most people realise. With a...”
– Making Compost: Simple steps for successful composting
“There are many other options for making shirts with great tutorials on this site...”
– Build your own t-shirt printing press
November 2008
1 post
Solar cooking research
SENEGAL: Weighing the benefits of solar stoves THIES, 19 November 2008 (IRIN) - Researchers have sold over 1,000 solar stoves to rural families in Senegal in a bid to prove that the ovens can improve child and maternal health and reduce household fuel consumption. Many institutions including the World Health Organization (WHO) have backed these claims but to date no scientific evidence has been...
October 2008
3 posts
“Jatropha curcas can be propagated by seed as well as vegetatively. Propagation...”
– Jatropha curcas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The diesel is used tyo power an experimental ralley car, so the plant could be an interesting crop to be used in provdiing an alternative source.
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“Most households in rural India depend on biomass fuels for cooking, which leads...”
– Chulha low-smoke biomass stove « International Design Awards
“Designed as a way to create a living space for 7-8 people in 36 square meters...”
– Bunk Bed Building: Nested Bunk Beds Make Room for Playtime, Sleep 20 : TreeHugger
September 2008
3 posts
“In downtown Bamako, Mali an entrepreneurial bookshop owner, Mamadou Coulibaly,...”
– AfriGadget » Blog Archive » Bamako’s Digital Multimedia Bookshop
AfriGadget →
“How to Make a Local Fridge using Charcoal(english version),Engeri yokukolamu...”
– How to Make a Local Fridge using Charcoal(english version),Engeri yokukolamu fridge yamanda (luganda version) « Collecting and Exchange of Local Agricultural Content
August 2008
23 posts
“Mosquito netting is white nylon tulle used to keep mosquitoes away from you and...”
– How to Make a Mosquito Net | Dena Crain: Artist/Teacher in Kenya
“Dirt—as in clay, gravel, sand, silt, soil, loam, mud—is everywhere. The ground...”
– Earth Architecture
THE RENEWABLE ENERGY SHOP - reuk.co.uk →
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“For $600, you could get yourself enough solar power each week (about 1KWh) to:”
– Inexpensive DIY Solar Power - The $600 Kit : TreeHugger
“In places where there is absolutely no electricity or running water, having...”
– Solar Flashlight Lets Africa’s Sun Deliver the Luxury of Light to the Poorest Villages - New York Times
But something is wrong in this picture,
unless the receivers of our largesse - those local villagers - are engaged, this is just the old paternalism dressed up in new technology. Good ideas must...
“The USB powered LED CD lamp”
– The USB powered LED CD lamp
“BIKE LIGHT 500 Lumen “Mt.Bike” for under 10 bucks”
– BIKE LIGHT 500 Lumen “Mt.Bike” for under 10 bucks by Veggiecycle
“Solar Powered AC110-120V outlet”
– Solar Powered AC110-120V outlet
“Building a micro solar generator”
– Building a micro solar generator
“Do something useful with your solar powered garden light. Instead of lighting up...”
– Solar Powered Night Lights
Solar garden light upgrade →
“How to make a cool nightlight from a solar garden light.”
– Solar Light
Adding 'Oomph' to the Garden Solar Light →
“The personal powerPlant is a portable device that harnesses electricity through...”
– personal powerPlant
“This is another good use for the solar panel used on the huge amounts o”
– DIY Solar Powered radio for $5
“It takes 16 hours to make a wooden radio by hand. That, at least, is the story...”
– Critical Distance Weblog: Singgih Kartono’s Wooden Retro Radios
Pictures
Etsy Labs →
Make Your Own Moleskine-Like-Notebook →
Horizonal Biogas Digester.pdf... →
How to build a bogass digester
One World Shelter - Uganda | Open Architecture... →
How to build a simple community center
Tipi Instructions22.pdf (application/pdf-object) →
How to buid a tipi
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