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By: NaturalFreeChoice.com Choosing the right technology helps to protect our environment, and at the same time makes our work easier, this type of technology is called appropriate technology. It is designed taking into consideration the ethical, community, economical, and cultural aspects from where it is going to be used. There are some characteristics that describe this technology like the reduction of electric use, reduction of labor, uses renewable energy and materials that are friendly for the environment, etc. Following are some example of this technology with a brief description: 1) Solar cookers a) Use heat from the sun and cooks slow b) There are several designs: 1) Heat trap boxes 2) Curve concentrators (parabolic) 3) Panel cookers 2) Solar dryers a) Can be used to dry vegetables and fruits b) Some designs are: 1) Plastic dryers: made of wood frame and wrapped with a clear plastic 2) Wood and glass dryers: uses air flow

f you are planning to be food sustainable a permaculture garden is an excellent idea. A permaculture gardencan be built in a rural or urban area. Just select the space you want your garden. In permaculture practices the place chosen to built the garden is often referred as "site" and the process is called "site design". Efficiency is a key in these designs, we should observe the conditions and patterns in the area so that with the minimum effort and resources we can obtain the best results or what is called "higher yields".

Climate Change is happening. Peak Oil is now. Transition Town Brixton is a community-led initiative that seeks to raise awareness locally of Climate Change and Peak Oil. TTB proposes that it is better to design that change, reduce impacts & make it beneficial than wait to be surprised by it. We will vision a better low energy/carbon future for Brixton. We will design a Brixton Energy Descent Action Plan - the route-map to the future. Finally, we will make it happen. A Transition Town consider the challenges of the future as opportunities to rethink the way we do everything, to reconnect with our planet and our community and to relocalise. Themed working groups are formed to vision and plan a transition to a better low energy future in food, health, work, culture etc. Localisation is key and will require that we rediscover many lost skills. TTBrixton aims to be inclusive, imaginative, practical and fun. And to build a local community that is more interconnected, resilient and self-reliant. Vision To engage the whole community in visioning, planning and achieving Transition to a better low energy future Mission 1. To make spread awareness of Peak Oil and Climate Change 3. To motivate a significant number of people to engage in change 4. To record actions and show benefit of carbon reducing measures 5. To vision a good low energy future for Brixton and plan how to get there 6. To create the Brixton Energy Descent Action Plan 7. To put the plan into action and monitor progress, modifying as necessary

Permaculture designprinciples help us to design our own environment in a self sufficient human settlement which helps to maximize efficiency and production and at the same time leads to sustainability. Since every place is different, the techniques, plants, animals, etc. may vary according to the situation but the same principles apply. Regarding to the planning, observation of the natural patterns and cycles is used; you can make a drawing of the actual area and analyze what needs to be changed. For example you can make notes regarding to the areas where there is more shade or more sun, take notes about what time the sun falls and rise, study which are the best plants to grow and in which area to plant them so you can build an efficient system.

Engaging the community in designing a vibrant low energy future for Falmouth and the surrounding area to face the twin challenges posed by Peak Oil and Climate Change. Please join us and participate in the process. Transition Falmouth is part of a movement addressing the two greatest issues of our time: a changing climate and declining oil production. We are working to develop low energy solutions in all aspects of our lives. Transition Falmouth has set up a number of working groups including food, arts & crafts, transport, health & wellbeing, waste, built environment and economics. We believe solutions will arise from engaging the creativity, imagination and knowledge of people in Falmouth. Our aim is to create active and supportive partnerships between individuals, groups and local government. Help us put Falmouth on the map as a community that engages its collective creativity and genius in building an abundant future.

Permaculture ethics and principles can be applied to both home and community. It helps us to make good decisions for healthy people and for the environment. Permaculture itself is an ethical design system. The ethics of permaculture involves three aspects; care for the land, care for the people, and care for the future.

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"Crowdmap is designed and built by the people behind Ushahidi, a platform that was originally built to crowdsource crisis information. As the platform has evolved, so have its uses. Crowdmap allows you to set up your own deployment of Ushahidi without having to install it on your own web server\nUse the power of the crowd to monitor and visualize what went right, and what went wrong, in an election.\nWhether it's a natural disaster, epidemic or political crisis, Crowdmap was built for it.\nCrowdsourcing isn't just for emergencies, you can use it for local knowledge and business too.\n

"These high quality, hand crafted tools are designed to pick up almost any object 5mm to 100mm (1/4" to 4") in diameter, depending on the size of wizard. The tool weighs 2.5kg (5 1/2 lb) and is 1.5m (5') long. You roll the nut wizard over the ground and the spring wire spreads and flips the object in the basket. Very little pressure is needed and it is easily operated by anyone. Included with the tool is a spreader which attaches to any standard bucket; when the wizard basket is full, you push basket over spreader, separating the wires and objects fall out."

Welcome to the home of Transition Town Westcliff, an exploration of how the people of Westcliff on Sea and the surrounding area can prepare for a carbon constrained, energy lean world. TTW is a community-led initiative which is working towards the creation of an Energy Descent Action Plan for the town. The thinking behind TTW is simply that a town using much less energy and resources than we presently consume could, if properly planned for and designed, be more resilient, more abundant and more pleasurable than the present. TTW also believe that only by involving all of us - residents, businesses, public bodies, community organisations and schools - will we come up with the most innovative, effective and practical ideas, and have the energy and skills to carry them out.

Marsden & Slaithwaite Transition Towns (MASTT) is a community-led initiative which is taking proactive steps to deal with the twin threats of Peak Oil and Climate Change. The reasoning behind MASTT is simply that a community using much less energy and resources than we presently consume could more resilient. Providing it has been properly planned for and designed to be more resilient, more abundant and more pleasurable than the present. Rather than feeling guilty about Climate Change and worrying about the end of cheap oil, let's do something now to make our communities strong, prosperous and great places to live over the coming turbulent years! MASTT strives to be inclusive, imaginative, practical and fun. Want to get involved? Why not join a MASTT project or start a new one? It's fun and easy, you don't have to be an expert, you will meet lots of interesting people, strengthen your community, and learn new skills. What could be better? to get in contact please email: info@mastt.org.uk

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\n"The Great Outdoors arose out of ideas developed from the Free Range Network's Less is a Four Letter Word initiative. We had to solve the basic problem of communicating the need for change encapsulated in the question, "in a world of excess consumption and luxury, how do you develop a means of teaching people to live simply?" It's actually quite difficult to communicate these ideas because they represent such a divergent view of the world from the view that dominates our lives today - that more is better. To find a suitable means to deliver this message in a clear and unambiguous way we've had to be quite inventive in designing a format to get the points across, and after much deliberation we hit upon a quite novel approach - \nwe go camping!"

"Owenite Community Robert Owen 1771-1858 Owen's ideal community was drawn up in 1817 by the architect Stedman Whitwell. A large scale model was built and Owen used it on his lecture tours. The designed village spread Gymnasiums for Exercise attached to the Schools and Infirmary Conservatory in the midst of Gardens Baths, warm and cold Dining Halls with Kitchens beneath them Schools for Infants, Children and Youths, and the Infirmary Library, Detached Reading Rooms, Bookbindery, Printing Office etc Ballroom and Music rooms Theatre for Lectures, Exhibitions, Discussions. Museum with Library of Description and Reference Rooms Brew-houses, Bakehouses, Washhouses, Laundries, Dining halls Suites of adult sitting rooms and chambers Esplanade one hundred feet wide about twelve feet above the natural surface. Paved Footpath The Arcade and its Terracegiving both a covered and an open communication Sub-way leading to the Kitchens. As well as dwelling houses and dormitories for up to 2000 inhabitants. For more information visit Robert Owen's House in New Lanark."