Learn about a low
cost
Silver
Ceramics Water Purifier
system developed by Reid Harvey in
Nepal.
Learn also about
Emergency Relief Shelter developed
by Lucas Neene and Richard Gleeny
February 2005
Learn about the
Watercone, an innovative device (made from plastic), that can produce
clean drinking water without chemicals or electric
power.
Read about
Contained Energy (CE), an organization based in
Jakarta that provides small-scale, affordable and
economic renewable energy solutions for remote
communities, resorts, homes and businesses in Indonesia,
ASEAN and worldwide.
March 2005
Learn about the
various components and advantages of bamboo construction
by checking the
Tropicasean web site.
April 2005
Emergency Water Supply,
Sanitation and Environmental Health documents are
available from the Water Engineering
Development Center
http://wedc.lboro.ac.uk/WHO_Technical_Notes_for_Emergencies
May 2005
Learn about a wide range of Ecomaterials
developed by EcoSouth
in Cuba and the Building Materials and Technology
Promotion Council (BMTPC)
in India. Ecomaterials are construction materials that
are ecologically and economically viable.
June
2005
Learn more about natural and alternative
building methods and materials including
papercrete by
visiting the
www.papercrete.com web site.
July
2005
A large database of information on
alternative energy technologies is available through
ABS Alaska Inc. Find
out what you need for solar, wind, micro-hydro, or
backup power systems. Check the
ABS
Energy Information Library for more technical
information about each system.
Learn about Photovoltaics as a Cottage
Industry by reading the
paper of Richard Komp from
www.mainesolar.org.
August
2005
Disaster Recovery College Course
material (400 pages) from FEMA can be downloaded from
http://training.fema.gov/emiweb/edu/collegecrsbooks.asp.
September 2005
The
Sustainable Building Electronic Directory
links to
hundreds of sustainable natural building articles on the
Internet.
October 2005
"The
Engineer's Guide to Sustainable Development"
book by Bill Wallace (chair of the EWB-USA Board)
explores concepts and ideas central to the role of
sustainability in engineering practice.
"Chasing
the Sun" book by Neville Williams (Member of the
EWB-USA advisory board) explores the impact of solar
energy in poverty reduction.
November 2005
Concrete
Canvas uses a patented material technology, a cement
impregnated cloth, bonded to an inflatable mould to
create a structure that can be deployed in 40 minutes
and is ready to use in 12 hours. The 16m2 prefabricated
unit comes delivered in a small sack and can be deployed
by one person with no tools or training. The use of
inflation creates a curved form that is optimized for
compressive loading and allows us to use a very thin
concrete wall. Ideal for roof and basin structures.
Construction Manual for Earthquake-Resistant Houses
Built of Earth (from EWB-Germany)
December 2005
Farm
Radio Network is a Canadian based organization that
works in direct partnership with about 250 radio
broadcasters in more than 35 African countries to fight
poverty and food insecurity. It supports
broadcasters in meeting the needs of local small-scale
farmers and their families in rural communities. Farm
radio Network gathers information about successful,
low-cost practices in sustainable agriculture,
nutrition, health and community development, and
produces radio scripts for their partner-broadcasters
and others engaged in rural development. They, in turn,
share the information with an audience of millions of
farmers and their families around the world.
