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Oasis Design: Grey Water Books, Ecological Design Information & Consulting. Greywater Action. Amazon. From Europe, a No-Chlorine Backyard Pool. PlantSF. A Living Library. San Francisco's Clean Little Secret. San Francisco's Clean Little Secret Joel Pomerantz This article appeared in the anthology The Political Edge published Fall 2004 by City Lights Foundation.

San Francisco's Clean Little Secret

DISCLAIMER: There is now (2010) very strong evidence surfacing that some of the calculations and details in this article are incorrect. More information is available from Joel and will be posted here soon. Specifically, it appears that there was never an enduring freshwater ("manantial") lake in the Mission District, and the map included in this article was made up by Zoeth Eldredge for his book The Beginnings of San Francisco. Fog Water project in Eritrea. Drumstick Tree Permaculture Research Institute. By Isabell Shipard.

Drumstick Tree Permaculture Research Institute

For more plant info, check out Isabell’s excellent books in our book section. Also known as Horseradish Tree, Marango Tree, Murunga, Kelor, Shobhanjan, Ben Tree and Moringa Tree. Moringa oleifera syn. M. pterygosperma F. Moringaceae Description: A handsome, multi-purpose, small legume tree, 3-8 metres tall, fast growing and drought hardy, with a shady, leaf canopy of very attractive tripinnate ferny foliage, making its presence appealing wherever it is planted. Propagation is by seed. Plant young trees in well-drained soil in a sunny, frost-free position. MORINGA WATER PURIFICATION- THE MAGIC TREE. Moringa seed powder can be used as a quick and simple method for cleaning dirty river water.

MORINGA WATER PURIFICATION- THE MAGIC TREE

Studies showed that this simple method of filtering not only diminishes water pollution, but also harmful bacteria. The moringa powder joins with the solids in the water and sinks to the bottom. This treatment also removes 90-99% of bacteria contained in water. Crushed Moringa seeds clarify and purify water to suit domestic use and lower the bacterial concentration in the water making it safe for drinking. By using Moringa seeds people will no longer be depending on expensive means originating from the West. Sustainable Solar-Dynamic Bio-Benign Design: Offering Better Ways to Live, at Less Cost Today and Tomorrow, Anywhere on Earth. Wastewater Home Page | Call to Action | Test Results & References Wastewater Management (chapter from the Solviva Book) Welcome to the Wastewater Home Page of the Solviva Website --------------------------------------------------- In here you will gain a deeper understanding of the problems that result from current wastewater regulations, and the effective and economical solutions that are available for eliminating those problems, and the formidable regulatory obstacles that are preventing the use of these solutions.

Sustainable Solar-Dynamic Bio-Benign Design: Offering Better Ways to Live, at Less Cost Today and Tomorrow, Anywhere on Earth

This lead page is divided into 3 sections: 1) Description of the problems, 2) Description of the Solviva Biocarbon Filter systems at my home, and 3) Description of the Solviva Biocarbon Filter system at the Black Dog Tavern in Vineyard Haven, MA ---------------------------------------- Wastewater - Human Waste - Sewage....these words, and the many others that we have for our body's waste products, tend to evoke aversion. There are better ways to manage wastewater! Poo Cam...Worms inside the Biolytix BioPod. Joseph Jenkins, Inc. - Humanure Headquarters. Creek Mapping Project. Part Two: Windbreaks for preseving soil value and need. Cloud Water Concepts. Microclimate. The microclimate is a local atmospheric zone where the climate differs from the surrounding area.

Microclimate

The term may refer to areas as small as a few square feet (for example a garden bed) or as large as many square miles. Microclimates exist, for example, near bodies of water which may cool the local atmosphere, or in heavily urban areas where brick, concrete, and asphalt absorb the sun's energy, heat up, and reradiate that heat to the ambient air: the resulting urban heat island is a kind of microclimate. Microclimates can be found in most places. The area in a developed industrial park may vary greatly from a wooded park nearby, as natural flora in parks absorb light and heat in leaves, that a building roof or parking lot just radiates back into the air. Advocates of solar energy argue that widespread use of solar collection can mitigate overheating of urban environments by absorbing sunlight and putting it to work instead of heating the foreign surface objects.

Soil types[edit] Rx for the Biosphere (1) Darren Doherty. Welcome! Creating a future that works. How do trees affect the weather?" How Weather Works" When it comes to discussing the weather, most people can hold up their end of the conversation.

How Weather Works"

After all, who doesn't have an anecdote about how a rainy day disrupted their plans? Weather is all around us, affecting every aspect of our lives. It's no wonder discussion of it fills our awkward pauses and doomed first dates. This view of the weather, as something that happens around our lives -- is the first concept you have to abandon to gain a clear understanding of how Earth's atmosphere works. Forget that cloudy days make you sad or that you hate shoveling snow. ­ While water covers 71 percent of Earths' surface, the atmosphere envelopes all of it. For Earth's atmosphere, gravity, sunlight, oceans and topography all dictate certain cycles of air movement -- some very localized, others concerning vast portions of the planet. ­

With all of these various influences, Earth's atmosphere is quite an intricate system.