Standing Rock Technologies: Difference between revisions

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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

Structures and housing

Shelters

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

Demo Camp Units

Greenhouses

Greenhouses, especially combined with thermal mass can be used to keep areas and materials warm as well as for four season growing.

Material techniques

Weld wood using waste metal to join wood.
Bamboo
- How to build a bamboo shade structure
Insulation
knots
Many more building techniques - Category:Construction
- Remember that concrete must be kept from freezing while setting

Communication

Mobile phones in development and disaster management
Social media
Open Wireless Movement
Wireless towers
Mesh networks
Roll your own GSM service
Drones
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

Signal https://theintercept.com/2016/07/02/security-tips-every-signal-user-should-know/

Tear gas and pepper spray recovery

Growing food

Community

Running meetings

Open Space Technology - An approach to community designed meetings.
Guidelines for Inclusive meetings and events from PermaWiki

Economics

Community-based economics

Leadership and collaboration

Cooking

Cooking and dehydrating

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

Human power

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

Photovoltaics#Sizing a PV System - System sizing
Photovoltaic vaccine refrigeration at Centro De Salud
Ghetto2Garden renewable energy 2014 - 510W full system

510W full system for the Ghetto2Garden animal shelter

Wind

DIY Wind
Samoa Hostel Windbelt Very low power from low winds and fairly low tech.

Cooling and refrigeration (in the summer)

Used cooking oil and fats combined heat and power systems (CHP)

Water

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

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

Water purification
Slow sand filter
Many issues for freezing conditions - see Global WASH Cluster - Capacity Building for Humanitarian Response

Wastewater treatment

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

Information technology

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

References

Template:Reflist

External links

OWS’ Complicated Relationship with Technology, thesocietypages.org, 2011/11/02.

↑ http://blog.burningman.com/2011/04/environment/diy-your-burn-shelter-shade-cool-cool-comfort/
↑ Sanitation Issues Faced By Occupy Wall Street Protesters, Janelle Vaesa, Decoded Science, October 15, 2011

[1] ttp://blog.burningman.com/2011/04/environment/diy-your-burn-shelter-shade-cool-cool-comfort/

[2] Sanitation Issues Faced By Occupy Wall Street Protesters, Janelle Vaesa, Decoded Science, October 15, 2011

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+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.
 [[File:Day 21 Occupy Wall Street October 6 2011 Shankbone 32.JPG|thumb|An effective greywater treatment system used at Occupy Wall Street to water Zuccotti Park's plants, October 2011<ref>[http://www.decodedscience.com/sanitation-issues-faced-by-occupy-wall-street-protesters/4005 Sanitation Issues Faced By Occupy Wall Street Protesters], Janelle Vaesa, Decoded Science, October 15, 2011</ref>]]
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 ==Human waste==