Being Somewhere - Low Impact Living New Booklet Now Available Wild by Design is a mini design toolkit to inspire creative solutions for people to live in harmony with nature This is a house I built for our family in Wales. The house was built with maximum regard for the environment and by reciprocation gave us a unique opportunity to live close to nature. Some key points of the design and construction: Dug into hillside for low visual impact and shelter Stone and mud from diggings used for retaining walls, foundations etc. Click here for plans of the house The Building Process The Design: The design of the house comes mostly from the combination of the following considerations: Analysis of functions > elements > materials Site survey (slope, features, aspect, access etc.) NB.
Solar Powered Vertical Aquaponics System SOLAR POWERED VERTICAL AQUAPONICS SYSTEM: This is an original design I made to maximize the yield of a 12′x12′ foot space and use gravity to minimize the energy used for irrigation and nutrient delivery. The system is a vertical spiral aquaponics growing system powered by a single 250 watt solar panel and a small DC water pump/filter system. A single DC pump makes the whole thing work. The tower is 15′ tall at the top of the solar panel and approximately 13′ at the top spiral. The water from the tank is pumped up through a small PVC pipe to flow slowly down through the plant crops growing in the spiral growing tray. Upon harvest, water flow is increased, the harvest gate at the bottom end of the spiral is removed and the crops flow down the spiral making harvesting easy. The growing bed tray is approximately 360′ feet long by 3 feet wide, creating a grow area of approx. 1080 square feet. Cost to build this system is about $5k including tank, materials, pipe, pump, and solar power system.
Aquaponie Your Phone is Tracking Your Every Move on a Hidden Map. Here's How to Stop It. Has your special someone been peeping over your shoulder while you're on your smartphone recently? You better keep that passcode extra secure, because if not, there's a hidden option in iOS 7 and Android that keeps track of everywhere you've been—down to the minute—that they're going to want to get their spying little hands on. Trust us, it's a jealous person's gold mine. iOS 7 and Google Now in Android keep track of users' locations to help the smartphone makers provide personalized information through their location-based services, like Siri. But the details they track go further than just knowing that you went to Best Buy on Saturday to check out other phones—their maps actually log in HOW LONG you were at each location. Take the above example, for instance, of an employee here at the Complex offices. So if you want to check out your information and turn it off (or leave it on), head to your iPhone's Settings. From there, you should see everything your phone has on you.
Le Walipini? Oui, c’est une serre souterraine pour cultiver toute l’année! Terre – Social : Pour quelques 250 euros, il est possible de construire une serre souterraine qui vous permettra de jardiner toute l’année durant, malgré et au-delà du froid. Cette serre s’appelle un Walipini ou Walipinas. Le Walipini est une alternative abordable et efficace aux serres en verre. Tout d’abord développée il y a 20 ans pour les régions montagneuses froides d’Amérique du Sud, cette méthode permet aux agriculteurs du monde entier de maintenir un potager productif toute l’année, même lorsque le climat est froid. (src) © Benson Institute Si vous voulez en construire un, je vous propose un guide gratuit (PDF)>>> Clic Clic Clic En outre, j’ai trouvé un site très très très complet qui devraient répondre à beaucoup de questions. Il est en anglais mais vous pouvez traduire le texte en passant par Google Chrome ou par Firefox… Clic droit et traduction de la page. Voici une réalisation formidable en Bolivie.
1 Million Pounds Of Food Per Acre! Solar Powered Vertical Aquaponics System MISSION STATEMENT & PROJECT GOAL: Build an aquaponics system which maximizes crop yield per square foot and share that design under an OPEN SOURCE license for anyone to improve upon, modify, and use for producing organically grown food in their local area. The ultimate goal of building and improving this system is getting as close as possible to an annual crop yield of 1 Million pounds of organically grown food per acre. UP TO 20 TIMES THE CROP YIELD PER SQUARE FOOT (or more): I’ve designed a self contained vertical aquaponics system which MAXIMIZES the annual food yield per square foot of land to 20 times or more than traditional flat farming row crops. 100sqft FOOTPRINT: Each module covers a horizontal area of only 100sqft which means almost anyone can build one of these modules in their back yard without taking up much space at all. 2000sqft VERTICAL GROW AREA: Each module has a vertical grow area of 2000 square feet.
Aquaponie | Agriculteur Urbain Nous vivons dans un monde qui de plus en plus, tend vers une conscience environnementale. L’aquaponie s’inscrit parfaitement bien dans ce sens et est de plus en plus populaire à travers la planète en particulier en Australie, en Angleterre, dans les pays du sud et dans plusieurs états américains. L’aquaponie consiste à joindre l’aquaculture qui est l’élevage de poissons comestibles et l’hydroponie qui représentent la méthode de faire pousser les fruits et légumes sainement de façon urbaine. Voici un aperçu de notre serre aquaponique à ses débuts! Nous l’avons acheté chez Les serres Shoji Garden au Québec et nous en sommes très satisfaits. Expliqué de façon simpliste: les déchets créés par les poissons nourrissent les plantes et celles-ci par leurs racines filtrent l’eau des poissons. Si le coeur vous en dit, voici une formation sur l’aquaponie et le système aquaponique (anglophone) avec vidéo de haute qualité: Easy Aquaponic Utiliser l’Aquaponie Système Aquaponique Système aquaponique
Seven Giant Herbs You Can Grow at Home Large Leaf Italian Basil By Erica Glasener - networx.com I admit it, I live to eat. For best growth and production most herbs need full sun (4 to 6 hours of direct sun) and excellent drainage but you don’t have to have a big garden to grow them. 1. Giant Italian parsley (Petroselinum crispum) is a biennial in Zones 6 to 9, but often grown as an annual. 2. Another evergreen herb, native to the Mediterranean, is rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis). 3. Winter hardy in Zones 5 to 10, sage (Salvia officinalis) can grow 2 to 3’ tall or taller and 2’ wide. 4. Also known for its fragrance is the perennial herb lemon balm (Melissa officinalis) hardy in Zones 4 to 9. 5. If you love lavender scented soaps and sachets, try growing some of your own lavender, including the cold hardy English lavender (Lavandula angustifolia); perennial in Zones 5 to 9 and popular as a companion for roses. 6. 7. Hyssop (Hyssopus officinalis) is a perennial herb in Zones 4 to 9. About the Author
Il se construit une charmante petite maison pour 150 livres (sans outil lourd et en 8 mois)! Social – Logement : Un ancien professeur et agriculteur de 59 ans a construit une maison sans utiliser d’outils et pour la modique somme d’environ 181 euros (suivant le cours du jour)… Comment? Eh bien, il a récupéré tout le matériel dont il avait besoin pour la construire. Ce qui a coûté de l’argent, c’est la paille dont il a eu besoin. Pour le terrain, l’humain possédait une ferme. Il a vendu la ferme et conservé un petit terrain. Photos … hop! Comme vous le voyez sur ces deux premières photographies, la maison ne manque pas de charme. Le but de Monsieur Buck est de démontrer que nous ne sommes pas obligé de nous couvrir de dettes pour posséder un petit chez nous. Bien sûr, il n’y a pas d’électricité… mais aujourd’hui, on peut trouver de quoi s’éclairer sans mettre le feu à la maison ni à son portefeuille. Ce qui est indispensable, c’est un point d’eau pas trop loin. N’oubliez pas que le confort peut venir petit à petit, par après… Actualidad.rt.com WordPress: J'aime chargement…
Aquaponics 4 You - Step-By-Step How To Build Your Own Aquaponics System “Break-Through Organic Gardening Secret Grows You Up To 10 Times The Plants, In Half The Time, With Healthier Plants, While the "Fish" Do All the Work...” Imagine a Garden Where There's No More Weeds or Soil Pests, No Tilling or Cultivating, No Fertilizer Spreading or Compost Shredding, No Manure Spreading or Irrigating, and No Tractor Shed Required... And Yet... Your Plants Grow Abundantly, Taste Amazing, and Are Extremely Healthy. WARNING: What You're About To Read Is Life Changing Information, DO NOT Read This If You Don't Want To Discover a Way To Grow Up to TEN Times the Amount Of Organic Produce In the Same Area of Ground, Use 70% Less Energy, And Absolutely Revolutionize Your Gardening and Farming Forever. Dear Gardener, Imagine you knew a secret about growing plants in a break-through new way... to the outside world your organic garden or farm would seem almost "magic", Why? This one family in Hawaii spends less than 1 hour per day. Now wait... this sounds way too good to be true.
Six Primitive Traps For Catching Food In The Woods | US Crisis Preppers 1.Snares Small-game snares can be made from the interior strands of parachute cord, braided strands of sinew, or fishing line. Snares stout enough to secure game as large as deer need to be made of rawhide or parachute cord. Ground Snare Position the snare at head height and tie off the end to a tree, a stake in the ground, or a log that the animal can only drag a short distance as the noose tightens. Make snares from cord, fishing line, or wire if available. 2.Spring Snare This set a trigger that snatches game into the air as it strains against the noose. It’s good for rabbits and game as large as deer. 3.Deadfall Traps Deadfalls that use logs or rocks to squash prey are typically baited, but they also work along trails or outside burrows when a passing animal or bird brushes against the trigger. Spring Deadfall One of the easiest traps to make and set, the spring deadfall depends upon the game worrying the bait, so it’s best used for carnivorous animals and rodents such as pack rats.
La maison en pneus | Le blog d'une gentille * Sérendipité (Wikipédia) * Abonnez-vous à Monsieur Mondialisation ! Earthships sur Wikipédia Françis Gendron, expert en Earthships (Vidéos) Un article simple pour tout comprendre -en gros- des earthships L’ère des solutions – un site web qui regorge de vidéos, de tutos, d’explication sur les Earthships ! Les habitats alternatifs et les contraintes françaises Un Earthship en Normandie ! Bref. Je voulais vous faire part de cette découverte qui m’a vraiment emballée, en sachant que c’est quelque chose d’assez « extrême » j’en suis consciente mais il y a plein de solutions et d’idées pour rendre une maison plus « passive » comme on dit. A très vite ! Ah oui et j’oubliais : Mon Vilain est sélectionné pour la révélation blog !
Aquaponic Gardening Rules of Thumb | The Aquaponic Source Many of our Aquaponic Gardening Community have pointed out that we need some basic aquaponic gardening rules of thumb. Why? Because the beginners among us could use some help getting started without spending weeks researching what to do. Over the past few weeks, I’ve had the distinct honor of collaborating with Dr. In 2006 Dr. Besides having been developed by Doctor Lennard and me, the guidelines have been reviewed and endorsed by Murray Hallam of Practical Aquaponics, and the Aquaponics Made Easy and Aquaponics Secrets videos. Nothing we say below is set in stone and there are exceptions to almost every one of the listed rules-of-thumb given certain conditions. One final caveat. Let’s get started System type – Media bed is recommended for new, hobby growers. mechanical (solids removal)mineralization (solids breakdown and return to the water)bio-filtration Grow Bed Fish tank If you have flexibility here, 250 gallon (1000 liters) or larger seems to create the most stable aquaponics system.
1280sqft 3BR 1BA Shipping Container Home for $25k MATERIALS COST: $10k TOTAL EST. BUILD COST: $25k A 1280sqft 3BR 1BA Home For Less Than The Price of a New Car MINIMALIST: This design uses a minimalist approach to maximize livable floor space and the square footage of the entire footprint of the home, while using the least amount of materials, thereby reducing the total cost to build. SIMPLICITY: The design is so simple it uses just two standard 40’ ISO shipping containers spaced 16 feet apart to form a grand entrance and living room/dining room space which is 640 square feet, with 12 foot vaulted ceilings. UPGRADABLE: Notice how much more room there is inside. MORE FOR YOUR MONEY: 1280 square feet is a good size to start out, and even if you were to splurge a little with more expensive materials you could add another $10k in amenities and still have one very affordable, and very nice home. This is a 1280-1600sqft home for less than the price of a NEW CAR! Subscribe to Off Grid World 1280sqft 3D Model Comments comments