Untitled. Back to Map Page February, 2000: Chernobyl (Ukraine) On the morning of April 26, 1986, a small town in the former Soviet Union was the site of a nuclear explosion that literally shook the earth. The historic accident at Chernobyl Nuclear Plant Reactor 4 in the Ukraine caused severe radioactive contamination. Families within a 30-km zone of the power plant were evacuated, and in the months that followed, extensive contamination was discovered in areas up to 100 km from the site.
Scientists are hopeful that plants may play a key role in cleaning up some of the contamination. In 1989, three years after the explosion, the Soviet government asked the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to assess the radiological and health situation in the area surrounding the power plant. Apparently these toxic substances entered the food chain via grazers, such as cows and other livestock, that fed on plants grown in contaminated soils. Cannabis sativa.
References, Websites, and Further Reading. Collapsible woven refugee shelters powered by the sun. More than 40 million people worldwide have been displaced from their homes and left to find shelter in strange lands. Maybe they find a tarp, or a tent, but their quality of life almost always remains dismal. To close this gap in need, Jordanian-Canadian architect and designer Abeer Seikaly designed a new kind of shelter.
One that allows refugees to rebuild their lives with dignity. RELATED: Gorgeous shape-shifting shelters for nomads and refugees that move with the weather Seikaly, now living in Amman, Jordan is well poised to design a dwelling for refugees given that her ancestors in Jordan probably toggled between nomadic and sheltered life in the desert for centuries. “The movement of people across the earth led to the discovery of new territories as well as the creation of new communities among strangers forming towns, cities, and nations,” writes Seikaly in her design brief.
Related: Stackable shelters by Exo Related: IKEA’s flatpack homes for refugees get a reluctant OK from Lebanon. Outernet | WiFi for the World from Outer Space. We've been splitting wood all wrong. Splitting wood is one of the least favorite tasks of woodstove owners, and even for people who are just chopping for a decorative fireplace or pit, it gets unfun very rapidly. The repetitive motion and high amount of energy required are demanding, and the concussive force from blow after blow can really set a pair of shoulders aching.
As if that wasn't bad enough, you have to wrench the axe out of the wood if it doesn't split on the first try...and there's always the risk of injury. The basic shape and design of the axe hasn't changed in, well, millennia, as attested to by archaeological discoveries from around the world. At least, that was true until an enterprising Finn decided to rethink the way we chop wood. The result is the Vipukirves, a revolutionary axe that allows people to work smart, not hard. What differentiates it from regular axes, and how does it work? Interested in seeing it in action? Katie Marks writes for Networx.com. Kahn, Lloyd - Domebook 2. Civilization Starter Kit DVD v0.01. Civilization Starter Kit DVD v0.01 From Open Source Ecology Jump to: navigation, search Download PDF.
First mention of the Civilization Starter Kit DVD has been made in Marcin's TED Talk on the Global Village Construction Set. Foreword 1.0 Forward from the Founder – Video 1.1 What is Open Source Ecology? Introduction 2.1 GVCS in 2 Minutes Video 2.2 TED Talk Video 2.3 Kickstarter Video 2.4 Practical Post-Scarcity Video 2.5 OSE Enterprise Plan Video 2.6 How to Build the 4 Machines in a Basic Workshop CEB Press Note: this is Prototype III. 3.1 CEB Press Design Rationale, Product Ecology 3.2 CEB Press Master CAD File 3.3 CEB Press Bill of Materials 3.4 CEB Press Fabrication Master PDF - 89 pages 3.5 CEB Press Fabrication videos - Mechanical fabrication 3.6 CEB Press Electrical Fabrication videos 3.7 CEB Press Control Code 3.8 CEB Press Ergonomics of machine assembly - full assembly video (11 min) 3.9 Compressed Earth Brick Press: Fabrication Drawings 3.10 CEB Press User Manual Tractor Soil Pulverizer.
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