Eco-home. Components for Microhydro Systems h-hydro.com. Man powers his home from local stream with DIY micro-hydro plant. A man named Manfred Mornhinweg found the modern world too "noisy and hectic", so he decided to build himself a house on a quiet 40 hectare piece of land in Chile.
Part of his project involved building a micro-hydro plant to generate electricity for his dream home, and he documented the DIY adventure on his (very old-school) website. I found it interesting, and though that you might enjoy it too. Unfortunately, there's no single photo that gives an overview of the whole micro-hydro plant, but this generic drawing gives a good idea of the concept: United States Department of Energy/Public Domain Here are a few photos from the project: © Ludens This is the outflow from the turbine, where the "poor, tired water" (said tongue-in-cheek, of course -- the water's fine) comes out after doing the hard work of spinning the turbine that generates the electricity. For the whole thing, visit Ludens.
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Finnish inventor Heikki Kärnä is the man behind the Vipukirves Leveraxe and his aim was to redesign the axe using simple principles of physics to make it more efficient and safer. [Image Courtesy of Heikki Kärnä] This 1.9kg is more than a unique personal item, they are actually for sale but they do come at a price – €193.12. So what is it about this axe that would convince you to spend the little extra over a traditional design. A traditional axe is a simple wedge of metal on a handle that passes momentum on to the wood when it is struck; if there is enough momentum, the wood splits. Aerogenerador Bornay 1500. Los Aerogeneradores Bornay, son pioneros en aprovechar la energía del viento, en llevar luz donde no la hay.
El aerogenerador Bornay 1500 ha sido concebido para trabajar en conjunto con instalaciones solares. CONTACT - MEKA WORLD. What would our homes look like if designed around how we use them? It's probably no secret that the American home is a bit of a porker.
In 2013, the median and average new, single family house was 2,478 and 2,662 square feet respectively--higher than previous, 2007 pre- bubble figures. Compare this to 1950, when the average new home was a mere 983 square feet. And that's not all. Fewer people are living in today's home; average household sizes have shrunk from about 3.37 in 1950 to 2.55 today. And we are all probably familiar with the environmental implications of these bigger, less occupied homes: they require more resources to build and maintain, they lead to sprawl, requiring more resources to get to and from, yada, yada, yada.
Permies: a big crowd of permaculture goofballs. Top 6 inventos con energía solar. MicroHouse 4 - Open Source Ecology. Una mini-vivienda inteligente para estudiantes. Email 4803 13+ 17Email Estas mini-viviendas, fueron ideadas por Tengbom Architects.
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Una nueva generación de mobiliario versátil (conocido como "transformable", "convertible" o, usando el término inglés, "transformer") extrae el potencial de hasta el último centímetro cuadrado. Yuanda Grupo. *faircompanies - videos, information & tools on simple living, sustainability. Self-feeding, Self-watering Pot (Video) Arboretum PDC. 12 cosas que cualquier jardinero urbano primerizo debería saber. Si por primera vez tienes un piso (o una casa, si eres afortunado) con un trocito de patio o terraza estarás pensando en aprovecharlo.
Ahora bien, nunca has cultivado nada y la simple idea de crear tu propio jardín resulta, como poco, imponente. Aun así, tenemos buenas noticias: no es tan complejo como tú piensas. Y también malas… es más difícil de lo que crees. En realidad, no lo es, pero hay datos básicos que deberías conocer antes de empezar. Afortunadamente, hay muchísima gente que ya ha experimentado (y se ha equivocado), por lo que tú puedes aprender de sus errores.
Aquí tienes las 12 cosas que tienes que saber para adentrarte en el mundo de las plantas sin hacer demasiado estropicio. The Victorian Stumpery Meets Hugelkultur: Timeless Matchmaking With Permaculture. The Inspirational Stumpery by Jane-Ann Liddle I’m crazy about hugelkultur. I love the concept of burying old fallen and felled trees to provide years of slow-release compost for crops to come. I love using waste material for something useful. I love not having to turn or move compost about. MyEarthwork. Ciencia, inventos y experimentos en casa: Circuitos Útiles. 05. Fuente de laboratorio 0-30V 4A. Tippy-Tap: An Outdoor Hand-washing Device. ‘Mukombe’ Tippy-Tap Every year, 3.5 million children die from diarrhea and acute respiratory infection in developing countries.
A simple act of washing hands with soap can prevent these illnesses and save 1.2 million of these children. (via Bowooss Bionic Pavilion) Bowooss Bionic Pavilion. cL terminada. ESTUCOS Y BOVEDAS / La cal. Riego por goteo desde depósito por gravedad y automatizado. El objetivo de este artículo es el de crear un sistema de riego por goteo casero, desde depósito, que tan de moda se está poniendo en pequeños huertos, huertos urbanos y jardines privados. Selected Works. Bone Sauce: A Tool for Deterring Browsing. Bone sauce is a product of the destructive distillation of bones — a process which separates the volatile organic components (aka bone sauce, or Dippel’s oil) from the inorganic components (aka bone char — mostly calcium, carbon and phosphorous compounds).
Bone sauce has a potent smell, somewhere between wood-creosote and rancid meat. When applied to the bole, branches, and shoots of dormant woody perennials it deters browsing by a range of herbivores. From wild animals like deer, elk and moose, to domestic stock such as sheep and cattle. Keep in mind that bone sauce is proven to be effective with herbivore’s and not with generalists/omnivores such as a pigs or rodents. For those working on a large scale, bone sauce is a fast, natural and highly economical way of protecting trees from browsing when compared with individual tree protection tubes or fencing.
We have seen no evidence that species, genus, or family has any effect on the success of the bone sauce. Open Source Ecology. GB 300.01 Compressed Earth Brick Machine Design and Build Workshop. Permies: a big crowd of permaculture goofballs. Rocket Mass Heaters - Permaculture Tools. September 2012. Photo: Sticky white rice growing in a streamside taro patch on Oahu, photo courtesy Hunter Heaivilin. After years working overseas in the Solomon Islands, Fiji, and now Vanuatu, ADRA Country Director David Cram refers to white rice as 'the scourge of the Pacific', and for good reason.
Polynesian cultures brought many of their sustenance plants with them as they migrated - the so-called canoe plants - and their cultivation practices both evolved with and shaped their lands. Photo: Taro under wet cultivation at Reppu's Farm in Waiahole Valley, Oahu (Hawaii) [photo credit: Pete Hodgson].
Taro, yams, and sweet potatoes were the staple crops of these peoples, supplemented by animal proteins from fish, fowl & pigs. White rice, although popular with modern polynesian cultures, was never a part of the traditional polynesian diet. Photo: Courtesy of cougareats.blogspot.com.au. Natural building and design. Bread Studio - Project - Shanghai EXPO INBAR. The objective of the “Bamboo and Rattan Product” international competition is to explore innovative ideas and for the Bamboo and Rattan as a material in Building and Product design.
It was exhibited in Madrid Pavilion in the Shanghai EXPO 2010. Our proposal is a building form created from sole expression for the elastic characteristic of the material itself. As an abundant and conventional industrial material in Chinese culture, the construction of it is relatively familiar and simple for a layman. Bamboo and Rattan Network - INBAR. Keeping Cool Without Air Conditioning, Part I: The Cool Pool. Staying cool without an air conditioner is possible. It is easier in hot, dry areas. A building that gets too cool in winter is a problem, but occupants can add a vest or jacket and be comfortable even with temperatures as low as 10-15°C. Secret Stash. MittiCool. Remedio Casero contra la resaca. La resaca explicada desde la ciencia Luego de una noche donde los vasos y botellas de alcohol circulan sin cesar, las consecuencias al otro día pueden no ser tan agradables.
This site is dedicated to the do it yourselfer who is looking for info and resources to aid in the construction of a homemade gasifier based on the fema gasifier, check out our helpful video tutorials and many other helpful articles t. Biogas - Biomass Energy. Biomass Gasification and Pellet Mills. Biomass Gasification and Pellet Mills. STAK-10K Stratified Downdraft Gasifier Do you want to learn to create your own electricity, your own vehicle fuel, or reduce your home heating/cooling costs? What would you do if a energy crisis began today? Downdraft gasification is an alternative energy technology that converts biomass materials such as wood into energy. Biomass is mainly composed of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen. When these elements meet in a controlled high temperature state, they combine together to become hydrogen gas, methane, and carbon monoxide.
This site is dedicated to the do it yourselfer who is looking for info and resources to aid in the construction of a homemade gasifier based on the fema gasifier, check out our helpful video tutorials and many other helpful articles t. This site is dedicated to the do it yourselfer who is looking for info and resources to aid in the construction of a homemade gasifier based on the fema gasifier, check out our helpful video tutorials and many other helpful articles t. Gasifier. Permaculture Projects: Chop and Drop Mulching. I almost chose not to write this quick article, but there are so many people that visit my site who are brand new to Permaculture, that I thought it would be worthwhile.
Chop and Drop Mulching could be considered a basic core skill for Permaculturists. It is a little complicated, so I will do my best to explain it in a step-wise manner: Find a plant which could be mulched.Chop the plant down, or chop the leaves off the plant.Drop the plant or leaves to the ground.Walk away. I hope I did not make it too difficult. (insert smiley face here!) All joking aside, Chop and Drop Mulching really is this easy. Chop and Drop Mulching can be done simply with hand tools or more aggressively with power tools. What plants do I use? Nendo Dango: El sistema de agricultura Natural del Dr. Masanobu Fukuoka (mi sensei) « Hombres de Maíz. The Sustainable Organic Gardening Guide for Self-Sufficient People.
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