Energy Systems
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Aidan Dwyer: Better Solar Designs From Pattern Observation
13-year old Aidan Dwyer designed a more efficient model for solar power by studying Fibonacci sequences. Today, he divides his…
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Rocket Oven! A Permanent Wall Mounted Kitchen Oven
We’re using this awesome rocket stove powered wall oven for all the catering here at Koanga — it gets daily…
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Edible City – The Movie
https://youtube.com/watch?v=nyMRCQBvonc Edible City is a feature-length documentary film that tells the stories of extraordinary people who are digging their hands…
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Offshore Wind Development Picking Up Pace
J. Matthew Roney, Earth Policy Institute Wind power is the world’s leading source of renewable electricity, excluding hydropower, with 238,000…
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Report on Implementation Activities in Konso Secondary and Jarso Primary Schools in July 2012 (Ethiopia)
In May 2012 we ran a PDC at Strawberry Fields Eco-Lodge on which we trained four local teachers, along with…
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Solar Power: Is it Convenient for You?
Trying to live more sustainably and save a buck or two…. Sustainability and economics Almost every time, more sustainable systems…
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Permaculture, a Step by Step Change, Part III – Solar Water Heating: Change and Save
Welcome back to my Step by Step permaculture process. We have been studying the uses of passive solar space heating…
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Firewood Igloos – Adapting an Austrian design for Australasian Conditions
In certain parts of Austria, firewood igloos are a traditional way of storing firewood without needing a permanent shelter. Placed…
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Permaculture, a Step by Step Change, Part II – Further Steps: Solar Heating, Easy and Cheap
The most important step Maybe the most important step in the permaculture change is mindset. The day you get motivated…
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Sinking the Lifeboats: Reflections on a Visit to Herbaiet A Nabi, South Hebron Hills
It was on the second week of the PermaNegev course that I arranged a visit to the small village of…
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