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Job S. Ebenezer replied to Carol Horne's discussion 'UK too reliant on imported food?'
One solution for this problem is to promote urban agriculture using urban waste land such as, root tops, brown fields, unused portion of a parking lot, and many other places where we can grow vegetables and fruits in containers. I have been using Ki…
October 23, 2009
Job S. Ebenezer replied to carolyn ingle's discussion 'Can Straw bales be used externally to retrofit an existing building?'
I built three structures using loose straw and carpet backing. Please visit my web site www.technologyforthepoor.com to view these low cost buildings using loose straw and carper backing. You migh be able to get some ideas from my web sites. Job Eb…
October 23, 2009
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Do you have your own website, blog, forum or social network?
http://www.technologyforthepoor.com
what is your website/blog/forum/social network for?
To provide the poor communities information about appropriate techologies that can be used by the poor and controled by the poor . There is no charge for information on these technologies. Any one can copy the information contained in the web site.
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Anything else? What's your story? Give us a bit of background about yourself (if you like).
I am a retired professor of engineering. I invent, innovate and modify technologies for the poor. I am engaged in setting up container gardens in poor inner city neighbor hoods (see my web site). I travel to India, Africa and South America to promote technologies for the poor. I live in Columbus, Ohio USA.
 
 
 

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Chris Watkins

License concern... 2 Replies

This is hard to categorize as seeking a solution - but I am seeking a response so I'll post here. Jeremy, I love that you've tagged the site with a Creative Commons license. I do strongly suggest no…

Tagged: knowledge-sharing, licenses

Started by Chris Watkins in Solution Wanted.... Last reply by Chris Watkins Dec. 23, 2009.

Carol Horne

Floating gardens: growing food on flooded land

This solution was created by Practical Action, adapting to climate change in Bangladesh http://practicalaction.org/food-produc of the land in the Gaibandha district of Bangladesh is covered by water…

Tagged: floating, gardens, hunger, agriculture, flood

Started by Carol Horne in Solution Offered... Nov. 20, 2009.

carolyn ingle

Can Straw bales be used externally to retrofit an existing building? 5 Replies

I want to use straw bales to retrofit an existing brick building (small detatched cottage in London) in order to improve its insulation. Is this possible and does it have any implications re intersti…

Tagged: insulation, bale, straw, building

Started by carolyn ingle in Solution Wanted.... Last reply by carolyn ingle Oct. 23, 2009.

Carol Horne

UK too reliant on imported food? 3 Replies

51% of British food is imported. This means our food supply is not secure (although of course Britain's food supply is nowhere near as vulnerable as that of developing countries). There are also envi…

Tagged: food, imported

Started by Carol Horne in Solution Wanted.... Last reply by Job S. Ebenezer Oct. 23, 2009.

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