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A detailed greywater system at Centro Orgánico Finca Sarita, an Ecuadorian seed saving center. This greywater treatment system was built in Ecuador, using a grease trapW as the first stage, followed by a gravel bed with native plants.
As a member of la Red de Guardianes de Semillas (the Seed Savers' Network), a grassroots Ecuadoran organization dedicated to the preservation of the traditional seed and the culture that it sustains, the Centro Orgánico Finca Sarita serves as a seed saving center for coastal Ecuador as well as an educational model in sustainable farming and ancestral living in its region.Selected gallery
AEF food dehydrator
A solar dehydrator to help preserve surplus crops
AEF greywater
Greywater system at the CSA, Arcata Educational Farm
AEF informational kiosk
An earthen informational kiosk
AEF photovoltaic system
Modified off-grid photovoltaic system
AEF solar water heater
Improved solar water heating system
AEF spiral herb garden
Restored the existing herb spiral
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