Get our free book (in Spanish or English) on rainwater now - To Catch the Rain.

Welcome to Appropedia

From Appropedia
Jump to: navigation, search
edit  watch  

Sharing knowledge to build rich, sustainable lives.

Appropedia is for collaborative solutions
in sustainability, appropriate technology, poverty reduction, and permaculture.

You are encouraged to add to and edit Appropedia -
your site to find, co-create and improve the solutions we need. Our vision and mission.

Contributors have made 404,608 edits and uploaded 33,319 files.
Browse our categories or all 8,512 articles.

edit  watch  

Announcements — more

Emilio-thumb.png Emilio Velis has been appointed the new Executive Director of the Appropedia Foundation! Read more...


edit  watch  Selected page (refresh)
The CCAT Wash n' Flush
Painstakingly photoshopped diagram of the Wash n' Flush
CCAT Wash n Flush. The Wash n' Flush is a Humboldt State University environmental science 410 senior project implemented by Jeffrey Steuben, Annie Welbes and Tim Dower which is located in the downstairs bathroom at CCAT. This is a toilet modification that allows users to save water by utilizing the wastewater from handwashing to flush the Toilet.

If you think of this project as a way of doing a DIY version of an Aqus Toilet, you'd be mostly right. These are also commercially popular in Japan.

The goals of our project were: conserve drinkable water by eliminating the use of clean, potable water to flush toilets; break down social stigma around toilet water pre-use; build awareness of creative water conservation; make toilet modification replicable, accessible, and affordable to low income households; and conserve water at CCAT.

We thought about the fact that clean, drinkable water is being used to flush human waste down the toilet. We consider this to be environmentally and socially irresponsible. Therefore, we took action.

edit  watch  Highlighted project (Book) (refresh)
Blue_ox_earthen_oven

A scary earthen oven that uses three layers to maximize efficiency, and all three types of heat to maximize the flavor.

edit  watch  

Community action news

Cyclists riding in Melbourne for 350 Climate Action.jpg

Nov 11 Australia news: Is climate change to blame for Australia's bushfires? [1]

Nov 8 Australia news: Australia bushfires: 'Unprecedented' fires turn skies orange [2]

Nov 7 Ardern says New Zealand on 'right side of history' as MPs pass zero-carbon bill [3]

Nov 5 Climate news 2019: Climate change: ‘Clear and unequivocal’ emergency, say scientists [4]

Nov 2 UK Climate news: Thousands invited to join citizens' assembly [5]

Read More...


edit  watch  Selected quote
John Muir
When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.

— John MuirW
edit  watch  

Hot topics / In the news


Planted cattails at Millcreek greywater
Greywater, sometimes also spelled as graywater, grey water or gray water, is all of the effluent water from a household, such as water discharged from lavatories (bathroom sinks), bathtubs, showers, clothes washers, and laundry trays. Greywater is not wastewater from a sink used for food preparation, or water closet (toilet) wastewater.

The water leaving our homes carries nutrients and value. It may also contain pathogens, and/or harsh chemicals and care should be taken with it. However, it is not a great risk compared to blackwater (sewage).

Redirecting the water we use for tasks such as showering allows us to reclaim some of that value to grow plants and recharge the water table. It may be necessary to choose our soaps and detergents more carefully, if we use the greywater for watering and fertilizing plants.

Main portal: Water
edit  watch  Selected service learning Projects gallery (refresh)

E215 Introduction to Design projects: This gallery lists some of the projects done by Engr215 Introduction to Design taught at Humboldt State University. All semesters taught by Lonny Grafman, unless noted otherwise.

Spring 2012: Friends of the Dunes

Design and build educational displays, technologies and infrastructure for the Humboldt Coastal Nature Center  
Fall 2011: Flock House

Design and build sustainable technologies for mobile art pods interacting throughout NYC  
Spring 2011: Locally Delicious

Design and build appropriate technology projects for children that promote healthy, local eating  
Fall 2010: HBCSL Somoa Hostel

Design and build eco-projects to support a hostel being designed at the Samoa Cookhouse  
Spring 2010: RCEA

Design and build energy education boxes, housed at Redwood Coast Energy Authority to build, for classrooms in Humboldt County  
Spring 2010: World Shelters

Design, prototype and improve structures by leveraging the resources of Haiti and World Shelters  
Fall 2009: CCAT and Network for a Healthy California

Design and build appropriate technology projects for CCAT and Network for a Healthy CA  
Spring 2009: WaterPod
Design and build sustainable technologies to educate and support artists living sustainably on a barge in NYC  
Fall 2008: Full Belly Project
Design and prototype adaptions to the Universal Nut Sheller  
Spring 2008: Discovery Museum
Design and build educational flume inserts for the Redwood Discovery Museum  
Fall 2007: HBCSL
Designing and prototype model hostel cottages for the proposed Humboldt Bay Eco Hostel  
Spring 2007: RCEA

Design and build energy efficiency displays for the Redwood Coast Energy Authority (Co-taught with Professor Eileen Cashman)  
Fall 2006: CCAT
Design and prototype educational, appropriate technology, infrastructure models  
Fall 2005: Interactive Energy Efficiency Displays
Design and build educational energy displays for the Redwood Coast Energy Authority  
edit  watch  

Selected categories

Appropedia
About Appropedia
Appropedia administration
Appropedia communications
Appropedia community
Appropedia content
Appropedia Initiatives
Appropedia navigation
Appropedia partnerships
► Appropedia prizes and competitions
Appropedia service learning
Appropedia tasks
► Appropedia books on Appropedia
Topics
Appropriate technology
Construction
Energy
Food and agriculture
Green living
Health and safety
► Medical devices
Knowledge
Organizations
Projects
Service learning
Solar
Transport
Water
edit  watch  

Construction zone — correct mistakes & flag spam as needed

Newest articles more Wanted pages - click to add info more
Under construction
New pages being developed:
  1. 2020 Honda Odyssey
  2. Multimeter Negative Probe Holder
  3. Microscope Slide Holder
  4. Custom Built 3D Printable Motor
  5. Simulation of the thermal behaviour of a Solar PV Panels
  6. Visions UK
  7. Fully 3D Printed Parametric Burette Clamp
  8. Simulation of the thermal behaviour of a Solar PV Panel
  9. Adjustable wave gauge brackets
  10. Honda CR-V 2020 Hybrid Version

Note: Appropedia's newest pages may not yet comply with our policies. Page titles in italics are "redirects," often created when moving a page.

Under construction

Create a new page:

  1. Nutrition
  2. Bacteria‏‎
  3. Human development
  4. Environmental science
  5. Open sustainability
  6. New Urbanism‏‎
  7. Building management systems
  8. Science‏‎
  9. Microgeneration
  10. Environmental design

These red links are invitations for you to contribute your knowledge.

Or create a page on the topic of your choice.

Newest files - images and documents that can be added to pages more

Note: Appropedia's newest files may not yet comply with our policies.

edit  watch  

Please help Appropedia grow!

We want your projects, current works, observations and wisdom! See Contributing content. Improve articles by clicking "edit" at top of the page or section. Our philosophy is: Be Bold and contribute!

Questions? Comments? Visit the Village Pump. Also discuss Appropedia and related topics over on the Permies permaculture forums.

Find us on Facebook, Pinterest, and Twitter. Check our Flickr images and YouTube videos.

edit  watch  

 

Retrieved from "https://www.appropedia.org/index.php?title=Welcome_to_Appropedia&oldid=391632"