Below is a living collection of technologies that can be used at Standing Rock and other temporary, autonomous camps in extreme conditions. This is just a start, please add to it by clicking edit or discuss the page on the talk page.
Staying warm[edit | edit source]
Structures and housing[edit | edit source]
Shelters[edit | edit source]
- Teepees
- Tarpees
- 4 season tents
- Hexayurt - more comfortable than a tent, but still flat-pack and goes up with a few hours work.[1]
Signage[edit | edit source]
Greenhouses[edit | edit source]
Greenhouses, especially combined with thermal mass can be used to keep areas and materials warm as well as for four season growing.
Material techniques[edit | edit source]
- Weld wood using waste metal to join wood.
- Bamboo
- Insulation
- knots
- Many more building techniques - Category:Construction
- Remember that concrete must be kept from freezing while setting
Tear gas and pepper spray recovery[edit | edit source]
Regarding the myth of putting lemon juice in your eyes after being tear gassed:
- Lemon juice works for teargas, not pepper spray.
- Do not put lemon juice straight in your eyes.
- Lemon juice is terrible for pepper spray. It does work for tear gas... e.g. you can use it on your mask filter.
- There are better solutions (e.g. liquid antacid and water), but keep in mind there are quite a few formulations of, and reactions to, pepper spray."[2]
- See more at http://www.paperrevolution.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/StreetMedicGuide.pdf
Safety Gear[edit | edit source]
- The Parabolic Wheel of Revolution! - Imagine... one shape that is capable of providing the most basic functions necessary for sustaining the lives of people caught up in natural disasters, the forced migrations of an ethnic cleansing, war and revolution.
Growing food[edit | edit source]
Community[edit | edit source]
Running meetings[edit | edit source]
- Open Space Technology - An approach to community designed meetings.
- Guidelines for Inclusive meetings and events from PermaWiki
Economics[edit | edit source]
Leadership and collaboration[edit | edit source]
Cooking[edit | edit source]
Cooking and dehydrating[edit | edit source]
- Parabolic solar collectors: Papasan chair cooker, Satellite dish and Blackberry bramble, bike inner-tube and tin can lids
- Rocket stoves: WaterPod Rocket Stove and CCAT rocket stove
- Wood gasification stove
- Retained heat cookers: Fireless cookers (to cook, food does not need to have heat energy poured into it, it only needs to be kept at a certain temperature)
- Solar dehydration: Simple solar dehydrator, Chris's ENGR305 Solar Food Dehydrator and AEF food dehydrator
Power generation[edit | edit source]
Human power[edit | edit source]
Using a bike, you can generate around 150W of continuous power. E.g.:
- Rowan's portable pedal power generator Nice portable unit that fits most bikes.
- Here are two built for New York City's Waterpod: WaterPod Tour de Volts and WaterPod Bicycle Energy Generator
- Here are two pedal powered TVs that would work well for laptops and other devices: CCAT pedal powered TV and Samoa Hostel Pain in the Axle
- Here are a whole bunch of pedal powered innovations from CCAT: CCAT pedal powered innovations
- For a different take, this rowing machine blender could be made to generate electricity with a generator: Locally Delicious rowing machine blender for schools (note the detailed instructions at Rowing Machine Blender Instructions
- Here is a mechanical bike blender using a flexishaft: Public Health Bike Blender
Solar[edit | edit source]
- Photovoltaics#Sizing a PV System - System sizing
- Photovoltaic vaccine refrigeration at Centro De Salud
- Ghetto2Garden renewable energy 2014 - 510W full system
Wind[edit | edit source]
- DIY Wind
- Samoa Hostel Windbelt Very low power from low winds and fairly low tech.
Cooling and refrigeration (in the summer)[edit | edit source]
Used cooking oil and fats combined heat and power systems (CHP)[edit | edit source]
- Pure plant oil combined heat and power
- Used cooking oils and fats as diesel engine fuel
Water[edit | edit source]
Water supply during freezing conditions remains a difficult challenge. In addition hand washing is still a major shortcoming at Standing Rock. Thermal mass, greenhouses, insulation, and heaters are all methods to help address water delivery.
Supply[edit | edit source]
- Rainwater
- See Rainwater e.g. the design at La Yuca rainwater catchment but smaller with 55 gal drums. You can use the calculator at http://www.pequals.com/rain to figure out how big your system can/should be.
Purification[edit | edit source]
- Water purification
- Slow sand filter
- Many issues for freezing conditions - see Global WASH Cluster - Capacity Building for Humanitarian Response
Wastewater treatment[edit | edit source]
- Greywater treatment, e.g. Samoa Hostel Truth Tank and Occidental greywater
- Constructed wetlands
- Many issues for freezing conditions - see Global WASH Cluster - Capacity Building for Humanitarian Response
Human waste[edit | edit source]
Information technology[edit | edit source]
Communication[edit | edit source]
- Mobile phones in development and disaster management
- Social media
- Open Wireless Movement
- Wireless towers
- Mesh networks
- Roll your own GSM service
- A cantenna (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantenna) and internet hotspots (from Facebook hill down to camps) http://www.bbc.com/news/business-34715962
Secure communication[edit | edit source]
Aerial Photography[edit | edit source]
More[edit | edit source]
- Openstreetmap
- If you're rescuing computers from the languishing at the bottom of your cupboard, Linux gives new life to old computers. Check out Information and Communication Technologies for Development and Low cost computer guide.
Some images[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ http://blog.burningman.com/2011/04/environment/diy-your-burn-shelter-shade-cool-cool-comfort/
- ↑ http://medic.wikia.com/wiki/L.A.W._(liquid_antacid_and_water)
- ↑ Sanitation Issues Faced By Occupy Wall Street Protesters, Janelle Vaesa, Decoded Science, October 15, 2011
External links[edit | edit source]
- OWS' Complicated Relationship with Technology, thesocietypages.org, 2011/11/02.