This page is for information useful to all HSU Chiapas participants.
Useful Links[edit | edit source]
- This is a website that has weather and climate data for San Cristobal.
- This website contains a comprehensive pdf document on micro hydro power
- This link provides a pdf document on rainwater catchment and systems.
- This is the website for the Biobolsa System that we installed.
- This is a website explaining how to build one of the many WindBelts invented by Shawn Frayne.
- This link provides a pdf document in both Spanish and English on carbon credits and renewable energies in Mexico (such as wind, solar, micro-hydro and bio-power).
- This link provides a website with an overview on improved cook stoves.
Vocabulary[edit | edit source]
These are words specifically related to Appropriate Technology that the students of the HSU Chiapas program found useful. See the Renewable Energy Dictionary for words directly related to renewable energy.
| English | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Chicken wire | Malla |
| Lime powder | Cal |
| Blowtorch | Soplete |
| Dowel | Taquete |
| Barbed wire | Alambre de púas |
| Head | Caída |
| Tests | Pruebas |
| Turbine | Turbina |
| Sack | Costal (not costale!) |
| Sulfur | Azufre |
| Screw | Tornillo |
| Drill | Taladro |
| Cooperative |
El ejido |
| Stream |
El arroyo |
| Gully, ravine |
La quebrada |
| Micro-hydro |
Mini-hidráulica |
| Permit | El tramite |
| Saw Dust |
Aserín |
| Brick |
Ladrillo |
| Sift |
Colar/Cerner |
| rebar | barilla |
| aligator clips |
gancho aligator |
| a finishing coat |
repello |
Instructions[edit | edit source]
To add your word, click edit and: Copy the following code (not including the pre and /pre) and paste it just before the |} in the table above.
|- | English word | Palabra en Español
