Solar drying has been practised for conservation of foods for centuries and is particularly apt for production of high-quality products in agricultural enterprises. The appropriate construction guarantees easy installation as well as transportation. Without any reconstruction the dryer is suitabe for fruits, vegetables, spices and medical plants. Even under adverse weather conditions the operation of the dryer is reliable. Seasonal overproduction as well as over- and undersizes are processed to … Read more
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Using Renewable Energy Building a stand-alone PV / Solar Home System with inverter and DC loads
A small system consists of 6 components: The (the) solar module (s) A, the charging controller B, the (the) battery (s) C, the inverter D when AC power is required, the AC loads F and DC consumers, such as 12 V energy-saving lamps.Please note that sufficient cable cross-sections in order to avoid losses. Two cables (+/-) lead from the solar modules A to the charge controller B. The charge regulator should be at least 10% higher dimensions than the maximum current of the modules is. Another two … Read more
Community Building PowerTools(c)2015 10 Weeks to Sustainable Community(TM)
Community Building PowerTools: 10 Weeks to Sustainable Community(TM)(c)2015 is a potent workbook drawing on the millennial wisdom of our greatest spiritual leaders, thinkers, success coaches, planning experts, intentional community veterans and researchers. This is an opportunity to collaborate on the next-gen toolset for expediting the communitarian eco-village movement to next level success: thriving while enabling all future generations to thrive as well. Let's face it, the movement's track … Read more
Solar energy for farwest villages Disseminating solar energy in farwest villages in DRC
Create a partnership network for solar kits, ensure supply. Ensure that transport is possible, if not also create partnerships for transport in this direction. Identify the beneficiary villages. Identify people to train, for stability, women. Train women leaders per village. Create microcredits around the solar project to support sustainability. Install kits with persons empowered. … Read more
Gift-economy Social Permaculture
A gift economy, gift culture, or gift exchange is a mode of exchange where valuables are not traded or sold, but rather given without an explicit agreement for immediate or future rewards. This contrasts with a barter economy or a market economy, where goods and services are primarily exchanged for value received. Social norms and custom govern gift exchange. Gifts are not given in an explicit exchange of goods or services for money or some other commodity. Property is not a thing, but a … Read more
Uniorder – The Cooperative Society
Only 3 steps are needed: Step 1: Human Rights – We must declare that we really want human rights for all people on the planet. Step 2: Fair monetary system – To 1st step become a reality we simply must create a fair monetary system, controlled by computers, where the wealth of the individual is proportional to the wealth of society. Step 3: Human resource optimization – In order to have progress, someone must work. Therefore, we must create a computerized social network. There are five … Read more
Uniorder: Urban Paradise
Video: https://youtu.be/U7a2zErCeuM Build a urban paradise without money - just changing the structure of society. Only problem: changing human mentality. Step 1: Human Rights – We must declare that we really want human rights for all people on the planet. Step 2: Fair monetary system – To 1st step become a reality we simply must create a fair monetary system, controlled by computers, which guarantees equal access to goods and where the wealth of the individual is proportional to the … Read more
Low cost public composting toilets Completely contained composting toilet and leachate processing system
The four Center for Creative Ecology at Kibbutz Lotan composting toilets has provided a no-water sanitary solution for human excreta for upwards of tens of thousands of visitors since 2008. Excreta, poo, urine and toilet paper, drop into off-the-shelf and augmented municipal 120 liter waste bins. Users add a cup of dry organic material (chopped straw, leaves). The toilet seat is a 40 cm diameter plastic culvert pipe which extends below the floor. The bottom of the pipe connects to a flexible … Read more
Arid lands brackish water farming Utilizing non potable brackish water for organic farming in desert and drylands climates with no soil
The Southern Arava desert, between the Dead Sea and the Red Sea gulf port cities of Aqaba, Jordan and Eilat, Israel, has on average 15 mm of rain per year. Well water has salt (Sodium) concentration of 600 to 2000 mg/L (WHO/EU drinking water upper limit of Na+ 200 mg/L). Land is either hard packed, rocky alluvium or pure sand. Industrial monoculture growing of a limited variety of vegetables in the region uses drip irrigation and high inputs of liquid industrial fertilizers. The Center for … Read more
Strawbale Building Earthquake resistant interior frame for hand constructed energy efficient housing using straw bales as insulation
Straw bale construction began, following the invention of the modern straw baler, in 1896. Construction began in Nebraska, USA and spread across North America through the 1930's. A worldwide resurgence of straw bale construction began in the 1990's. Well designed and built straw bale houses are energy efficient, long lasting and environmentally sound. The EcoCampus Straw Bale Domes at Kibbutz Lotan's Center for Creative Ecology are a site specific solution. The domes' internal structure is a … Read more