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Permaculture and Growing Your Own Food.
An Australian couple's 'Food Forest' grown on just 15 hectares of land. Jamie Ewbank Sep. 29, 2009 100 views
Turning Trash Bags into Toys
The Maningira Monkey Project is the story of a man in Tanzania who is saving the environment by col… Kristian Ruggieri Jul. 22, 2009 108 views
Clean Water for Pakistan - How the Biosand Filter Works
The folks at 'Clean Water for Pakistan' explain to us how the biosand filter works in Pakistan. Carol Horne Oct. 5, 2009 126 views
Portable classrooms: Nomads in Ethiopia Receive Education on the Move
Thousands of charities and non-governmental agencies do development work in Africa, spending billio… Carol Horne Oct. 29, 2009 63 views
Floating Solar Powered Schools in Bangladesh
Global warming will hit Bangladesh hard. Climate-related natural disasters already have this nation… ivili Oct. 20, 2009 194 views
Cheap homemade solar heater
home made solar air heater total cost to me £5, and has raised the temperature in the house by half ivili Oct. 21, 2009 118 views
'Pot-in-Pot' Desert Fridge uses no electricity
A promo for the Desert Fridge Project in association with SIFE and Humanity First International. P… ivili Jun. 16, 2009 112 views
The Pop-up two dollar stove
Compact biomass cooking stove needs only 150 grams of wood to cook 1.1 kilo of rice. It is a natura… ivili May. 13, 2009 34 views
Sun ovens in the Dominican Republic
Students and their leader from the University of San Francisco visited the DR and Haiti through the… Gail Perkins May. 18, 2009 39 views
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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.
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.
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.
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…
Started by Carol Horne in Solution Wanted.... Last reply by Job S. Ebenezer Oct. 23, 2009.
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