An hour of help earns one credit. Unlike standard money, there is no price placed on different kinds of service. Regardless of the type of help given, an hour is an hour. The purpose of time banking is to reweave communities by valuing the contributions of all, joining unused resources to unmet needs. … Read more
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Seed sovereignty in agriculture Seed sovereignty for food sovereignty
Indigenous seed are endangered and are getting lost due to emergence of industrialized seeds i.e. Hybridization, GMOs and the Terminator seeds. It is evident that a majority of our farmers in Kenya have no access to affordable seeds. The presence of multinational companies in Kenya have led to disappearance of indigenous seeds because they have been forced to believe that hybrids and GMOs are the best and that they are able to produce more food and save them from hunger. Our seeds is our … Read more
Sustainable food Wild fruits
Wild Fruits like baobab are used to make natural juices. Women are mostly involved in making these juices and they get substantial incomes from their sales. It is said that they are a good source of vitamin C and they are very tasty. HONEY honey is not a fruit, but bees make it from the flowers of trees, and mostly wild flowers which eventually become fruits. Some of these fruits are not directly consumed by human beings, but are indirectly consumed when we take honey. Perhaps that is why honey … Read more
Interlocking Stabilized Soil Blocks Appropriate natural building technology
How to make Stabilized Interlocking Soil Blocks Materials required: 1: A stabilized soil block machine (manual machine) 2: Soil: Clay soil, murrum soil, sand… But not black cotton soil. 3: Cement/lime/sawdust/wood ash. 4: Water 5: Manpower Steps: 1) Take soil/sand/clay and mix it with the cement. Rule of thumb is a ratio of 1(cement)/6(soil). See the UN-HABITAT link for simple techniques on establishing the exact ratio, which depends on your soil. 2)Mix properly/continuously as you keep on … Read more
Creating artificial surface water ponds to control mosquito breeds Effective solutions to fight malaria all over Africa
In the spirit of the saying of our fathers: ‘If a problem is identified, it is half solved’. It is no longer a mystery how mosquitoes breed and how they come to infect us with malaria. Mosquitoes like to breed in stagnant waters and water drainage systems which are not properly managed or badly designed. To address this issue of mosquitoes breeding using biological control systems, we improve the natural aquatic system to design sustainable surface ponds, increasing the health of the water … Read more
Aloe Vera for healing Aloe for diabetes, burns & skin treatments & general health
How to Use aloe vera Aloe vera plants are easy to care for and are amazingly strong plants. If it does not grow well in your climate, it will happily grow inside. They need bright light and water every two weeks to grow and stay healthy, so keep your plant on a sunny windowsill. It likes warmth, and does not like a cold draft. Aloe vera is most effective when used fresh so use it as soon as it is removed from the plant. The gel found inside the aloe vera leaf contains its health benefits. To … Read more
Sack gardens Very space efficient food production
Requires materials: > Holders/stands (framework to hold the sacks) > Sacks/nets > Tins/containers > Soil & sand > Compost > Balast (stones) How to prepare your sack beds: 1) Holders/stand You need to make a framework or structure in which the sacks fit to hold them firmly in place. If you want to make your garden portable, make sure there is a bottom in the framework (but which allows for some water drainage!) and that the sides are such that the sacks do not fall our when the framework is … Read more
Rain water management Water harvesting + flood prevention
Rain water is harvested using big tanks that are set up near buildings and houses. The buildings have roof caters (half pipes) that collect the water falling on the roof. Trough a pipeline the water can be collected into the tank. The tank may have a tap at the bottom to collect the water into buckets, basins and jerrycans. Another way is to dig constructions of big trenches into the ground, collecting the water into a pond or pool during rainy seasons. IMPORTANT: If using a tank, make … Read more
Tool Library Practicing Cooperative Economics Through Shared Ownership
A tool library is a cooperatively managed tool room/set of tools from which people can borrow tools when they need them instead of everyone having to buy their own set. It is a community resource dedicated to building community and fostering sustainability by providing residents with tools and the power to use them. We loan a wide variety of tools to community members free of charge. Tool libraries reduce the costs of maintaining and improving the places in which we live, work, and play. This … Read more
Time Banking Practicing Cooperative Economics Through Non-Cash Systems
A Time Bank is a system of exchange of services that excludes money. So for example, an hour of help earns one credit. Unlike standard money, there is no difference in price for different kinds of services: regardless of the type of help given, one hour simply counts as an hour (so one credit), no matter how 'skilled' or 'unique' the service is in relation to that of others. The purpose of time banking is to reweave communities by valuing the contributions of all, joining unused resources to … Read more
