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I made some stools, one tall Bambi-like for the shower and the other short, more sturdy and general purpose. Actually its very useful for weeding in the raised beds in the garden but also for sitting at a low work bench I made.
The tops are cut from leftovers from the temporary stairs, the legs from cut-down hoe handles fixed with glued wedged tenons.
Even with freezing temperatures and an area that expects 40+ inches of snow a year. The passive solar design heats up nicely on a sunny day like today !
Joseph, a local manager for Mobisol, a solar energy company that's receiving support to grow their business from UK aid - in return for helping provide solar electricity to some of Tanzania's poorest people.
Picture: Russell Watkins/Department for International Development
Some of these cabins are abandoned in the winter and revisited during the breakup, summer and fall. I'm not sure if this is truly abandoned, or if it is a summer away-from-it-all home.
No roads, no electricity, no sewer system and literally miles and miles from any town. Only reached by snowmobile, ATV or by flagging down the Alaska Railroad train.
Image - Copyright 2015 Alan Vernon
Please don't use this photo on websites, blogs or other media without my written permission. (c) Yago Veith www.yago1.com - Flickr Interesting
you just can't describe how good it feels inside a strawbale home. you have to experience it. it feels like the house is actually hugging you. it's so comforting.
you can read an article on marilyn pedretti's strawbale home from her local paper here.
seen on the 2007 MREA wisconsin solar tour.
Winter on one side of the highway and spring on the other. This photo was taken from a drone hovering above the cabin looking west.
Rillway Cabin. Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest, Montana
Joseph and Neema, a local manager and sales agent for Mobisol, a solar energy company that's receiving support to grow their business from UK aid - in return for helping provide solar electricity to some of Tanzania's poorest people.
Picture: Russell Watkins/Department for International Development
First morning at the cabin. The dogs adjust to the Rocky Mountain Time Zone.
Rillway Cabin. A U.S. Forest Service rental in Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest, Montana
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Tiny Bamboo House. Build with Guadua angustifolia
Savings cooperatives like this one in Bariadi, Tanzania are helping many people to access solar technology who might not otherwise be able to afford it.
The cooperative is working in partnership with solar company Ensol. Ensol provides solar lighting kits to the co-op at a discounted price. The co-op then sells the kits to its members and earns a commission on each one it sells - which is reinvested in the co-op for them to buy more solar kits.
For a small deposit, local people can join the cooperative, and then save whatever they can. Being a member means that they can borrow credit against the cooperative at microloan rates. If they can afford it, members can buy a solar lighting kit outright. But if they can't afford to pay the whole cost up-front, they can pay a percentage and then pay off the balance in small monthly instalments.
The scheme is one of a number of ways that the UK-supported EnDev (Energising Development) programme in Tanzania is helping to encourage and provide solar energy to many of the >35 million people in the country who aren't connected to the electricity grid. The EnDev programme is an international partnership in Tanzania which is being implemented by the Dutch NGO SNV.
Picture: Russell Watkins/Department for International Development
On McClintock River, southeast of Whitehorse, Yukon. It was July, probably not long before midnight.
Guide to buying the right land and doing your due diligence. Check out these website to start your search journey for a farm or homestead property. There are a lot of educational materials that will be beneficial to you.
After camping for a couple months in what I later found out to be one of the east coast's temperate rain forest. A dry place to sleep is truely welcomed.
There was no stopping these girls. They took on the challenge of moving topsoil to create additional tent pitches.
Overhead building drawing of the Kinney family Earthship. You can see the tires, cisterns and interior layout.
This sequence shows the progression on the east wing of the Earthship, from tires and earth to the beautiful finished natural look of cob. The finish is determined by a very basic iron oxide solution. Photos David Dodge and Duncan Kinney Green Energy Futures www.greenenergyfutures.ca
Made great progress for a weekend warrior. Will spend weekends in the winter building front two windows and misc. framing details on inside.
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With up to 30 friends volunteering to help we prepared a plan of action, cleaned and sharpened every available tool and awaited their arrival.
Towards the end of the day the girls team gratefully let the boys hijack the soil moving project - safe in the knowledge that they'd achieved so much already the boys wouldn't be able to hijack the glory too.