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An alternative reliable hand pump is needed for communal and private use to supply clean drinking water and irrigation. These pumps will raise the standard of living if they are low cost, reliable and pump water effectively. Efficiency is critical to irrigate a garden in the dry season due to the relatively large amount of water involved. Such gardens provide food and increased income.
Local affordability, maintenance and good pump efficiency are required features. Local affordability means a twenty-to-hundred-fold cost reduction compared to imported industrial goods. Local maintenance is only possible when made with local resources and skills.
A detailed greywater system at Centro Orgánico Finca Sarita, an Ecuadorian seed saving center.
Apr 16 Reduce, reuse, repair and recycle: Recycling hope for plastic-hungry enzyme [1]
Apr 5 Networks UK: A report from #CTRLshift2018, Rob Hopkins [2]
Apr 3 Can 'Bike Libraries' Fix Chicago's Cycling Equity Gap? [3]>
Mar 28 London news: “People Create Place: Doteveryone’s response to the Smarter London Listening Exercise” by @rachelcoldicutt [4]
Mar 28 Environment quality UK: Deposit return scheme in fight against plastic [5]
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Sustainable energy is the provision of energy that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs. Sustainable energy sources are most often regarded as including all renewable energy sources, such as hydroelectricity, solar energy and power, wind power, wave power, geothermal energy and power, biomass fuel and energy, and tidal power. It usually also includes technologies that improve energy efficiency. While many renewable energy projects are large-scale, renewable technologies are also suited to rural and remote areas, where energy is often crucial in human development. As of 2011, small solar photovoltaic (PV) systems provide electricity to a few million households, and micro-hydro configured into mini-grids serves many more. Over 44 million households use biogas made in household-scale digesters for lighting and/or cooking, and more than 166 million households rely on a new generation of more-efficient biomass cookstoves. |
ENGR 215 Introduction to Design projects – Spring 2012: Friends of the Dunes: The Spring 2012 semester of Engineering 215 worked with Friends of the Dunes to design and build projects that support the Humboldt Coastal Nature Center at 220 Stamps Lane, Manila, CA.
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