| Natural building techniques - COB
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Cob is one of natural building technologies
used for hundreds of years worldwide. Cob houses are made of
mixed sand, clay and straw. Houses built using this technique
are environmentally-friendly, energy-efficient, easy to build
and cheap.
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Greasecar vegetable Fuel Systems allow
mechanically injected diesel vehicles to run on straight, filtered
vegetable oil. Vegetable oil as fuel is a cleaner, safer and
less expensive alternative to petroleum based fuel. It can be
locally produced, even grown in your own back yard.
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more: Greasecar |
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Small pore ceramic filters, coated
with colloidal silver solution as an antybacterial agent, are
an effective and low-cost solution for treatment water at a
houshold level.
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more (CAWST)
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how to use ceramic filters (Potters for Peace) |
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Permaculture (permanent agriculture)
is the harmonious integration of landscape and people providing
their food, energy, shelter, and other material and non-material
needs in a sustainable way.
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video presentation (download
Real Player)
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| Artemisinin:
an effective treatment for malaria |
Sweet Annie (Artemisia annua L.,
Asteraceae)
also known in the West as sweet wormwood or annual wormwood
and in China as Qinghao noted for its compounds
that can effectively treat malaria is now officially approved
by WHO. To reduce the risk of developing a resistance to artemisinin
by the parasite it should be combined with other anti-malaria
drug.
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A forest garden is a designed agronomic
system based on trees, shrubs and perennial plants. The crops
which are produced will often include fruits, nuts, edible leaves,
spices, medicinal plant products, poles, fibres for tying, basketry
materials, honey, fuelwood and fodder.
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more: Agroforestry Research Trust |
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Constructed Wetlands are man-made ecosystems
which purify water due to biological, chemical and physical
processes between plants, soil and microorganisms. See special
kind of constructed wetland - "
Wastewater Gardens" (PCRF) that use diverse, beautiful ecosystems
to treat wastewater. >>
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Moringa oleifera tree grows in several
sub-desert and tropical areas around the world. It has various
properties as it is packed with vitamins, minerals and essential
proteins. It is used to help prevent malnutrition, to fight
a number of diseases and for water clarification - brief
by WELL.
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