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Technologies and Methods Practiced or Demonstrated

Ø      Solar Cooking:  solar box ovens, solar panel cookers, solar wall oven and other solar cooking designs

Ø      Passive heated and cooled solar home and greenhouse

Ø      Organic garden with composting and seed saving

Ø      Alternative sanitation systems

Ø      Sustainable Kitchen: a system based on availability of fuels coordinating solar, small flame and retained heat cooking, using flint and steel fire starting. Suitable for home, camping, and emergency preparedness/disaster relief

Ø      Solar water distillation

Ø      Solar water heating

Ø      Food preservation by solar food drying, solar canning, and root cellar storage

Ø      Menu preparation including use of bulk storage, garden produce, and organic whole foods

Ø      Off grid, stand alone, electrical system: photovoltaic panels, battery storage and inverters to provide ac current

Ø      Windmill and solar pumps for well

Ø      Sandbag and Papercrete construction  

Ø      Low energy refrigeration

Ø      Health maintenance practices