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Started this discussion. Last reply by Trisha Sep. 15, 2009.

Terminology: What does "Source" mean in Open Source Appropriate Technology?
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The calculation will be affected by the process of rotting. The wood oxidizes, and so by the end you have less weight of wood (some has crumbled or decomposed to CO2) and the remainder is already partly oxidized.
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The answer is partly a social one, and partly design. There is an "eyes on streets" approach (going from memore) in urban planning which reduces crime by having people's windows look out where pedestrians walk, so crime may be seen, and potential cr…
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What's the coolest thing you've ever seen?
The Tengger caldera at sunrise - Mount Bromo in a sea of cloud.
What's the coolest thing you've ever dreamed?
That the shop had run out of chocolate ice cream and the only other thing they sold were the works of Jean-Paul Satre.
About Me
Working for Appropedia.org - the wiki for collaborative solutions in:
* The reduction of poverty.
* Increasing sustainability through design and best practice.
What I'm contributing to humanity and the planet
Empowering through knowledge-sharing
Website
http://www.appropedia.org/User:Chriswaterguy
Blog (some place with an RSS feed we can aggregate)
http://blogs.appropedia.org/
Tell us about your project/s (please include project URLs)
Appropedia, the sustainability wiki - Sharing knowledge to build rich, sustainable lives - http://www.appropedia.org/

Doing a project with Akvo on collaboration in the world-changing wiki space (Nov 2008).

Public Domain Search (suspended until we have resources to continue) - first steps towards opening up an enormous amount of content currently not searched by any free-content search engine: http://www.appropedia.org/Appropedia's_Public_Domain_Search
Where are you located? (if you know LAT/LONG we will put this on a map later)
Suitcaseville.

Latin America until maybe March or April 2009. Unless something unexpected happens (and it always does).

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At 5:07am on December 19, 2009, gmoke said…
Let me know when you're coming to town or perhaps I'll go to Guatemala some day.
At 11:15am on October 22, 2009, Sepp said…
Hi Chris - happy to see that the note might be useful.
I will go back and add some more data/pics if and when time permits :)
At 4:59pm on May 5, 2009, cattavery said…
yes I am up in So Hum right now. Maybe we can meetup in Arcata or something . Will you be at CCAT?
At 9:35pm on February 13, 2009, Alexander Tran said…
wow thanks! I'm interning at Living Homes, a prefab/green arch firm and they want some "green" porta potties for their event.

-Alex
At 7:26pm on February 13, 2009, Alexander Tran said…
Hi Chris,

do you know anywhere that has portable composting toilets? Thanks

-Alex
At 6:32am on December 13, 2008, Alexander Tran said…
Thanks Chris!!
At 6:14pm on December 3, 2008, Alexander Tran said…
Hi Chris, Is there any place on the wiki or somewhere that there are pictures of the OSNCamp? Thanks!
At 4:29pm on November 29, 2008, cattavery said…
thanks for the tip i am headed back to Humboldt next year. The marsh pages are wonderful, one of my favorite local demonstration projects.
At 4:30pm on November 27, 2008, cattavery said…
Its lovely to know that you are the face of Appropedia. I really enjoy and suppport that project. I have been spreading word of it a bit among some other groups. What I also love is that my region is well represented in the CCAT offerings. Great work.
At 9:22am on November 20, 2008, Sabina Podjed said…
Hi! Glad to meet you here.
 
 

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