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Is this for real? Yes. Both the American Red Cross and the US Department of Defense have examined the Hexayurt system in detail and found that it has considerable merit and utility. I hope that we will see it in use by international agencies within two years. The best place to get started is to read the slides from the presentation Vinay Gupta gave at the Pentagon in December 2006: Pentagon Presentation (pdf) - 20 pages, not much text, and the best summary of the system we currently have online.
Creating a solar cooker out of local invasive species and waste materials in order to pasteurize water and be an alternative to the use of fossil fuels for cooking food.
Apr 24 Cycling news 2018: What Cities Need to Understand About Bikeshare Now [1]
Apr 23 1000 Electric Buses To Spearhead Paris Goal Of 100% Zero Emissions Public Transportation [2]
Apr 17 Florida: Miami's sharing potential [3]
Apr 17 Denmark: How do we utilize local knowledge so that others can benefit from it? A guide from the Danish Island of Samsø [4]
Apr 16 Reduce, reuse, repair and recycle: Recycling hope for plastic-hungry enzyme [5]
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HSU Chiapas Program 2010: Humboldt State University's 2010 summer immersion in Appropriate Technology and Spanish Language & Culture took place in San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico. In 2010, we worked with Otros Mundos and various community members in San Cristobal de las Casas and near Acteal to collaboratively build three improved cookstoves, three rainwater catchment systems, windbelt prototypes, microhydro power feasibility studies, and a biogas digestor.
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