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Trash Technology and Recycled Solar: Plastic Bottles
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Chris Watkins Oct 8, 2011.
Open Source Global Outcome Simulation Games
Started Aug 30, 2011
Solar PSA: A South-Facing Window Is Already a Solar Collector
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Fully Renewable Grid
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Global-Scale Systems Simulations: FuturICT
Started Jun 16, 2011
Trash Technology for Education and Survival
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Solar Street Performance Vehicle
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DIY Climate Change: Ongoing Global Brainstorm
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Global Online Climate Change Brainstorm - November 14, 2010
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It Takes a Region: A Working Conference to Build Our Northeast Food System
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gmoke posted a discussionTrash Technology and Recycled Solar: Plastic Bottles
Solar water disinfectionhttp://www.sodis.ch/index_ENA two liter plastic bottle can be made into a water treatment system simply by filling it with contaminated water and exposing it to the sun. Sodis is an organization that promotes this technology around the world. The disinfection process can be speeded by turning aluminized mylar snack food bags inside out and making them into reflectors as two young women in Belo Horizonte, Brazil discovered:…See More
gmoke posted a discussionOpen Source Global Outcome Simulation Games
The last few days of conversation on the coalition of the willing googlegroup (coalition@googlegroups.com) : Dante Gabryell Monson:"In order to create a simulation game with maximum potential for catalyzing a paradigm shift, you need to have a knowledge layer which the game layer uses to create the game environment, and to define the rules and the responses that are elicited from players, and the consequences of player actions and environmental capacity and changes. What we are seeing in…See More
gmoke replied to gmoke's discussion Solar PSA: A South-Facing Window Is Already a Solar Collector"Nope. Tried to once but it didn't seem to take and it wasn't on Appropedia."
Chris Watkins replied to gmoke's discussion Solar PSA: A South-Facing Window Is Already a Solar Collector"Haha - all wisdom is welcome on Appropedia!
Have you done any wiki editing?"
gmoke replied to gmoke's discussion Solar PSA: A South-Facing Window Is Already a Solar Collector"This piece was originally a poster. I disassembled it and scanned the pictures into my computer to make the video. Thus, the images and script are available for use in a wiki format.
PS: I was happily surprised to find out that my…"
Chris Watkins replied to gmoke's discussion Solar PSA: A South-Facing Window Is Already a Solar Collector""Any window that sees direct sunlight is a solar collector." - Aye, the most efficient solar is solar that is used directly, as in passive solar and solar hot water. The hi-tech stuff will be great when it becomes affordable, but passive…"
gmoke posted a discussionSolar PSA: A South-Facing Window Is Already a Solar Collector
Here's my latest Solar PSA on how a south-facing window is already a solar collector: http://www.youtube.com/v/FdGAdEq242M? "Any window that sees direct sunlight is a solar collector. You can learn how to use that free energy to make your home more comfortable and secure. Caulk and seal the window against drafts. Install storm windows on the exterior, interior, or both. Cover the window at night with an insulating curtain to prevent…See More
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- I am a writer who has been thinking about energy for over 30 years. I concentrate on small scale solar and am trying to convince people that solar swadeshi is eminently feasible using the solar/dynamo radios NATO and the US have distributed in Afghanistan, especially when linked to the legacy of Badshan Khan, the Pashtun Gandhi.
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Urgent Evoke
Urgent Evoke is an online problem-solving game to tackle global problems. It was designed by Jane McGonigal who also designed SuperStruct, another online game to design an ecological future that ran last year.
You can see what it's about at http://www.urgentevoke.com/
You can see what it's about at http://www.urgentevoke.com/
Posted on March 4, 2010 at 4:24pm
Solar Light Sources
ToughStuff makes flexible solar cells, LED lights, rechargeable battery packs, and radio and cell phone connectors for solar village entrepreneurs in the developing world.
They also sell a solar panel and LED light combination for $30 here in the US as a "buy one, fund one" program where half the proceeds go to funding one of their solar entrepreneur kits.
They also sell a solar panel and LED light combination for $30 here in the US as a "buy one, fund one" program where half the proceeds go to funding one of their solar entrepreneur kits.
We equip local Village Entrepreneurs with a set of…Continue
Posted on October 21, 2009 at 4:09am
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- At 11:53pm on May 8, 2008, gmoke said…
- $100 Wind Turbine
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/05/cheap-wind-turbine-for-villages.php
- At 2:46am on April 9, 2009,
negiliblek said… - I took a look at your blog spot.. I just discovered solar air heaters; the one I discovered working was a vertical rectangle and therefore did not need a fan -sad to think the one you know is going out of commission!
I've looked for solar powered or hand crank ham radios (with the ability to transmit) and couldn't find any. Sure, I found some people who used solar panels for their ham radio; but having the hand crank built in seems only to exist on WWII movies. -unless you know of a source!
- At 1:17am on May 21, 2009,
Agroinnovations said… - You've written so extensively about Ghandian economics, it's really amazing. Would you like to participate in a podcast interview via Agroinnovations Podcast to talk about what you've learned and written? I would certainly appreciate it, and I'm sure our listeners would too.
- At 4:49am on December 19, 2009, Chris Watkins said…
- "If you're in Cambridge and want to meet, you can access my email through http://solarray.blogspot.com or http://gmoke.dailykos.com"
- http://globalswadeshi.ning.com/forum/topics/2097821:Topic:2963
I see this comment now, after 16 months. Just so you know, I wasn't ignoring you!
Would love to visit Cambridge MA again - don't know when though.
- At 11:32am on December 19, 2009, Chris Watkins said…
- But check where I am before you try to visit me :-) - I'm usually in Asia/Australia (currently Melbourne). I'd love to visit the Americas again.
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