Water is very precious especially in arid and semi arid regions. Every single drop of rain must therefore be saved and not wasted, evaporation should be decreased, and fertile topsoil should be prevented from running off with the rain, therefore loosing nutrients and causing soil erosion. To prevent this, Sagias or Swales can be implemented to slow down water after a rain and to hold it for the longest period possible for it to sink in slowly and hydrate the landscape. Swales are ditches dug … Read more
Drying mechanism for rice Building drying box from local materials
This link features instructions on how to build a fixed batch heated air drying bin from local materials. The goal of this design was to create a dryer that could maintain rice quality at a low capital and operating cost yielding a reasonably high dry time while remaining accessible to small-scale processing. … Read more
Mushroom Permaculture Mushroom cultivation
Mushroom growing can be done very low-cost and low-input. Additionally, it needs relatively little space. As the process does not happen on fields but in bags or jars, it does not require much or high soil quality, nor nearly any external input apart from the initial compost. It can therefore create economic opportunities in areas where other agricultural activity is hard. The only important thing regarding mushroom cultivation is that it is done properly. Which means that the sterilisation … Read more
Making charcoal briquettes for fuel Recycle waste charcoal into new fire-starter
Charcoal biquettes or 'earth orbs' are balls of compressed flamable matter for starting and maintaining a fire. How to make them: Collect the remains from charcoal cooking fires. Mix the charcoal remains with corn cobs or other such material and Pyrethrum Plant (Dalmatian insect flower, Big Daisy). This plant improves the combustion (fire power) of the orb and its smoke chases away mosquitoes. If no pyrethrum is available, you can replace it with a local plant with similar properties. Mold the … Read more
Wise irrigation system (foungara) Wise irrigation system (foungara)
The Fougara is a system of water irrigation which was invented to quantify and measure the necessary water for each plant in the desert. It is a complexed system which goes back to long time and used by our ancestors to use the water wisely. This system is inspired from what we call Qanats in Iran. (FRANCAIS) La fougara est un système d'irrigation de l'eau inventé pour permettre de quantifier l'eau nécessaire pour les différentes plantations dans le désert. C'est un système complexe et très … Read more
Healthy Snack Ideas Eating between the meals
In this video you will find some nice healthy snack ideas, which could for example be usefull for people on diet. - Kale Chips - Granola - Frozen Fruit - Seaweed (Dulse and Nori) - Avocados (with a fast and easy preparation) - Chia Seed Crackers … Read more
Urban Gardening Using the unused spaces for public gardening
Ron Finley lives in Los Angeles and started gardening just on the little green patch next to the sidewalk in front of his house. Now this builds community and gets people to jointly get their hands into the earth and even get high quality food out of it. … Read more
Growing Food in Cities One way to grow food in Urban Areas
Stephen Ritz is a teacher in the USA Bronx who, after seeing many children of his classes eating unhealthy foods, started setting up growing walls with his classes. They now grow food for the community and sell it to make money for the school. The food produced is also used to cook with in the school canteen. … Read more
Organic Permaculture Farm Land Design Technology Best Solution for Sustainable Land Use for African Farming
This technology is Developed by Dr Noah Owusu-Takyi, a renowned permaculturist in Ghana who have from 30 years experience training young farmers in sustainable farming technologies, and developing solutions for improve African farming. The technology uses various permaculture design principles to design farmlands to ensure the use of ecologically sustainable farming practices into the farm design to ensure profitability whiles protecting the environment. Farm lands are resurveyed, the size … Read more
How to Grow Fresh Air How to renew the air in an enclosed space
Kamal Meattle comes from New Dheli, India a place where the quality of air is one of the worst. He looked at plants and their level of fresh air output and then planted numerous plants in a big block of flats. This building now has the cleanest air in all of new Dheli. This video will describe some of the plants used and the way they were used. … Read more
