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Re: Sustainable Farming
By: AGelbert Date: November 25, 2018, 11:09 am
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[center]How Do We Go Beyond Purely Theoretical Sustainable
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November 25th, 2018 by The Beam
This article was published in The Beam #6 � Subscribe now for
more on the topic.
What can architects, and especially architecture students, do to
respond to global issues such as informal urbanization, carbon
emissions, or refugee settlement conditions? From sketches to
real-work implementation, CODE architecture students design but
also construct themselves climate-oriented, resource-saving and
affordable projects in Bolivia, Iraq, Chile, and Europe. Their
strategy � make the most of a space�s natural properties,
culture, and climate; in other words: find local solutions to
global issues. Professor Ralf Pasel, head of CODE Institute
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just came back from the
latest project in Bolivia.
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[quote]�Our challenge is really to develop strategies that
promotes climate orientated buildings that do not rely on high
tech, standardized and costly processes.�[/quote]
Hi Ralf, thank you for taking the time to answer our questions.
Can you first introduce us to CODE?
CODE&#8202;�&#8202;CONstruction & Design is an institute at the
Technical University of Berlin, which spans a bridge between
theoretical education and practical work. What it actually does
is combine three things: teaching, research, and practice. The
projects are proper professional works but they are also case
studies throughout which students research issues such as carbon
emissions. Then�we build them.
What comes into consideration before you decided �let�s build an
agriculture school in Bolivia�?
First of all, we set quite strict criteria, which means that we
have a sort of CODE X through which we choose projects. We try
to be very careful about not being competitive to avoid any
market or monetary dimension. The most important are the social
and the environmental relevance; they are the driving forces
behind these projects.
How is it possible to implement environment friendly designs in
poor areas? Does it not require expensive technologies that make
these projects difficult to reproduce locally?
Not really, our challenge is really to develop strategies that
promotes climate orientated buildings that do not rely on high
tech, standardized and costly processes. Our challenge really is
to think in term of design rather than techniques, consider what
is already offered by the location, orientation, and climate
rather than what we need to bring or to buy.
How did you apply this idea to your project in Bolivia?
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For the project in Bolivia, which was to build an agriculture
school in the Cordillera, we were at more than 3,000 meters
above the sea level, with a difference of temperature between
day and night time of almost 30 degrees, and winds blowing in
all different directions because of the surrounding mountains.
So we asked ourselves �how can we deal with these such extreme
thermic conditions?� Well, for instance, the school was built
with a closed facade, only windows to internal patios so that we
can harvest the heat gain in the evening. We also built a double
ventilated roof to make sure the heat does not accumulate in the
daytime. Then, there should be no need for radiators or
ventilators anymore. We also benefit from an incredible solar
radiation, so we oriented the roof to make sure the solar panels
get the most of it, and we implemented dry toilets to reduce the
use of water and generate compost for the agriculture school.
Does your project address environmental issues or does it simply
adjust to its environment?
I would rather say that it is an �environment induced project�
because the design is made in such a way that it uses the
potential of nature and climate. So rather than fighting extreme
weather conditions we just try to �sail the boat�. We analyze
the impact of sun to orientate the solar panel roof or the
direction of the wind to create efficient ventilation systems.
We can do that by learning to read the direction of the wind on
the grass or by looking at the flight of the birds to see the
different thermic winds.
Further to the environmental impacts, which other positive
impacts did you achieve?
What we do is that we very quickly integrate local partners in
the process. For instance, we worked with a women bricklayers
cooperative, helping them set up their business and provided
them with proper security uniforms. We focused on material and
tools that do not require being dependent on suppliers so that
they can reuse these techniques for their own houses. Meanwhile,
this same women�s cooperative trained the next group of students
coming to Bolivia, so we have a sort of circular education
movement. We also involve local universities or the students of
the agriculture school to come to help and learn about
sustainable construction methods.
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What�s next on your plate?
At the moment we are trying to transfer the experience we had in
South America into the European context. Because of the refugee
situation in Germany we need a lot of social housing projects.
We are currently developing two projects for these �urban
newcomers� through the initiative Home Not Shelter.
Interview by Caroline Sorbier.
Subscribe to The Beam for more on the topic.
Read more from The Beam.
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Re: Sustainable Farming
By: AGelbert Date: January 8, 2019, 4:53 pm
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[center] giant bamboo (Dendrocalamus asper) is BIG!
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[center]Bamboo: Malawi�s Unexpected Tool for Climate Change
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by Caroline Gagn� Caroline Gagn� and Moushumi Chaudhury -
January 03, 2019
SNIPPET:
Why Giant Bamboo?
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Bamboo is fast-growing, so it provides a rapidly renewable
source of fuelwood and timber. While hardwood trees can take 30
years to mature and must be replanted post-harvest, giant bamboo
matures in only a handful of years and can be harvested every
year for its entire lifecycle.
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central Malawi. Photo by Caroline Gagn�/WRI[/center]
In the case of Blumrick�s non-invasive giant bamboo, the
lifecycle is around 80 years. Planting and harvesting bamboo for
fuel can help limit the depletion of Malawi�s tree cover and
natural forests. Giant woody bamboos can also sequester carbon,
helping to curb climate change. They�re one of several trees and
plants that can generate benefits for people while also
restoring land. &#127883; &#128077;
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Re: Sustainable Farming
By: AGelbert Date: February 7, 2019, 12:46 pm
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Re: Sustainable Farming
By: AGelbert Date: February 26, 2019, 12:17 pm
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Learn about super prepping dude Jonathan Richards, that carved
his place out of the wilderness. I learned about him on Radio
Echoshock.
SNIPPET:
Jonathan isn�t a big fan of buying packages of �survival� seeds.
Most folks do not know how to grow them, or when the narrow time
of planting is. I always keep some extra seeds, and try to
harvest more each year from vegetables that are �heritage�. The
�hybrid� plants sold by most seed companies can give a better
yield, but their seeds may not produce good veggies the next
year. Hybrids do not breed true, their seeds are unreliable.
Seeds from heritage plants are more reliable.
Jonathan Richards� survivalacres blog has been influential for
me and many others. He also has posts at foodassets.com.
Read more or listen to podcast with multi-decade food and
survival real world experience expert Jonathan Richards:
Posted on February 6, 2019, by Radio Ecoshock
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Re: Sustainable Farming
By: AGelbert Date: February 26, 2019, 1:54 pm
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Macho Man is GREAT!
He reminds me of super prepping dude Jonathan Richards, that
carved out his place out of the wilderness. I learned about him
on Radio Echoshock.
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Macho Man is meant to be the idealized example of the Doomer
Prepper. Similarly, his Doomstead is also an idealized example.
In reality of course, few Doomers could have such a perfect
setup in such a perfect location. However, there are a few
examples of people who have come close, and I suspect Jonathan
Richards is one of them.
In a sense, Macho Man is a combination of the two Doomers from
my "How I Survived Collapse" nevel, Kenny & Karl. He's not as
young as Kenny or as old as Karl, put him in his 30s-50s, and in
great shape of course. His Doomstead is the virtual image of
Karls, although it is more traditional and he doesn't have the
Doomstead carved into the Maountainside like Karl did. The
Doomstead isn't as remote as Karl's, he's actually part of a
small community in his neighborhood of family farmers and the
people who work for the Park Service, which is what supports the
town of Palookaville, along with retired folks who are mostly
ex-loggers who worked in the area. The Tourist money from the
vacationers and the Social Security and Pension checks of the
retirees is what support the ancillary employment in
Palookaville while BAU is still ongoing.
Macho Man himself clearly has some source of income, he's not as
filthy rich as I made Karl. His land he inherited from his
father, who was a Logger, it is free & clear. He earned his
Nest Egg to start building on it past the small cabin his dad
built by working for 15 years as an OTR Trucker, living in his
Freightliner. He now earns money from the Doomstead selling his
Organic Meat products to some high end restaurants in the two
Big Shities in either direction up the Interstate, where he
delivers these products by order every couple of months. He
also collects waste from these places to use for composting,
mulch and pig feed. The cows are all grass fed, of course. He
also makes money from his lumber milling bizness and from Ganja
he has a license to grow hydroponically in his hydroponics
facility. Besides that he is an expert carpenter and wood
carver, and does custom cabinetry work to order as well. No
particle board or plywood for Macho Man, only good solid
hardwoods are used in his cabinets. It's expensive stuff of
course, but coveted by the 1% and he marks it up a minimum of
100%. He's also an expert welder and machinist and mechanic,
and restores old cars in his shop as well. So he is doing very
well here these days financially, enough to buy his tractors and
all the other stuff for CASH, no credit or debt for Macho Man!
Anyhow, I am having a lot of fun fleshing out this narrative and
doing the artwork for it. I unfortunately was blessed by god to
be a cripple now, and doing this stuff IRL is impossible for me
now. But now I live in the world of my imagination, and I am
blessed also with the abilities necessary to do this sort of
design work. It's all self-taught of course, I never took a
course in CAD or landscape architecture, I don't have a
Credential. But I don't need one, because I am not interested in
making money, just in educating people about the oncoming
Collapse of Industrial Civilization.
There is much more still to come on this, although probably not
at the feverish pace I pulled this one off at. I have been
doing CAD work for the last 3 days straight when I am not
sleeping or doing the Cooking Zone shows.
You have to fill up your day somehow you know, or you go stir
crazy with cabin fever.
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Same here on CAD. I do a lot of 3D in my spare time. I have
rebuilt my home piece by 3D piece from the cement slab to the
metal frame and outriggers to the belly board and floor
insulation, water lines and plumbing to the wall and window
framing, wall insulation and wiring layout to the roof trusses
and ridge vent. Inside the home I've done some furniture and
even the Stonyfield milk container on the kitchen table! :D
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Here's a 3D idealized bike cart I came up with:
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Re: Sustainable Farming
By: AGelbert Date: February 26, 2019, 2:02 pm
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Same here on CAD. I do a lot of 3D in my spare time. I have
rebuilt my home piece by 3D piece from the cement slab to the
metal frame and outriggers to the belly board and floor
insulation, water lines and plumbing to the wall and window
framing, wall insulation and wiring layout to the roof trusses
and ridge vent. Inside the home I've done some furniture and
even the Stonyfield milk container on the kitchen table! :D
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That's nice work AG! You're better at it than me!
If you wanna contribute a design to add to the model, feel free.
You can send me the Sketchup file, I'll incorporate it.
RE[/quote]
Thanks bro.
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I'll see what I can come up with. I'm going to read back on this
thread a bit to see what I have missed in your planning. Then
I'll try to come up with something that you can use and pass it
on to you. 8)
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Re: Sustainable Farming
By: AGelbert Date: February 26, 2019, 5:47 pm
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I just read all the posts. &#129488; I think I have some
equipment that Macho Man needs. &#129300;
A must is the Solar Oven, of course!
HTML http://renewablerevolution.createaforum.com/gallery/renewablerevolution/1/3-250718210628.gif It WILL get food up to 300 degrees F in subfreezing
temperatures, as long as the sky is clear. Just angle it
directly at the sun. I have adjusting pegs on it for that. The
only high tech part of the Solar Oven is the reflective film.
While we still have civilization, it's cheap and easy to get
(stock up!). The rest is some carriage bolts, wing nuts, screws,
plywood, some two by fours and lots of food quality cardboard
for insulation. NO, the carboard will not catch fire. Don't
believe anybody that tells you it will.
To do routine maintenance here and there, Macho Man, who isn't
gettin' any younger, needs to be able to reach high places in
more comfort than a ladder provides, especially if he is
carrying heavy tools or wood. [img
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ly
of wood, though it requires a small electric motor and a strong
long metal threaded rod of about an inch in diameter and a
secured nut on the threaded rod. The lift platform makes it easy
for Macho Man to rake snow off his roof.
It can also be used to trim tree branches or possibly top a
tree. I've made a few designs. Some go higher than others and
some are all metal.
This is a low tech (no fancy hydraulics) and (just about) zero
maintenance piece of equipment. &#128077; You just need to keep
it out of the weather and keep the threaded rod from rusting
with a bit of grease. Animal fat works in a pinch.
Below is a screenshot of them. Some have the "up" and the "down"
position on them displayed. The extra area on the wood platform
is a "no step" area. It's there just so the thing covers the
base when down, but you could just as well not build the "no
step" area in the platform, as I did on the all metal scissor
lifts. Also, you can put wheels on them, like I did for the
Solar Oven, for ease of moving them around.
If you want one, just tell me which one you want. I've numbered
them. The horse and barn are from the 3D Warehouse.
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Re: Sustainable Farming
By: AGelbert Date: February 26, 2019, 10:04 pm
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date=1551226649]
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I just read all the posts. &#129488; I think I have some
equipment that Macho Man needs. &#129300;
A must is the Solar Oven, of course!
HTML http://renewablerevolution.createaforum.com/gallery/renewablerevolution/1/3-250718210628.gif It WILL get food up to 300 degrees F in subfreezing
temperatures, as long as the sky is clear. Just angle it
directly at the sun. I have adjusting pegs on it for that. The
only high tech part of the Solar Oven is the reflective film.
While we still have civilization, it's cheap and easy to get
(stock up!). The rest is some carriage bolts, wing nuts, screws,
plywood, some two by fours and lots of food quality cardboard
for insulation. NO, the carboard will not catch fire. Don't
believe anybody that tells you it will.
To do routine maintenance here and there, Macho Man, who isn't
gettin' any younger, needs to be able to reach high places in
more comfort than a ladder provides, especially if he is
carrying heavy tools or wood. [img
width=20]
HTML http://renewablerevolution.createaforum.com/gallery/renewablerevolution/3-250817121424.gif[/img] What he needs is a homemade lift platform. It can be made most
ly
of wood, though it requires a small electric motor and a strong
long metal threaded rod of about an inch in diameter and a
secured nut on the threaded rod. The lift platform makes it easy
for Macho Man to rake snow off his roof.
It can also be used to trim tree branches or possibly top a
tree. I've made a few designs. Some go higher than others and
some are all metal.
This is a low tech (no fancy hydraulics) and (just about) zero
maintenance piece of equipment. &#128077; You just need to keep
it out of the weather and keep the threaded rod from rusting
with a bit of grease. Animal fat works in a pinch.
Below is a screenshot of them. Some have the "up" and the "down"
position on them displayed. The extra area on the wood platform
is a "no step" area. It's there just so the thing covers the
base when down, but you could just as well not build the "no
step" area in the platform, as I did on the all metal scissor
lifts. Also, you can put wheels on them, like I did for the
Solar Oven, for ease of moving them around.
If you want one, just tell me which one you want. I've numbered
them. The horse and barn are from the 3D Warehouse.
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width=900]
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A lift platform would be good. I can put Macho Man on one to
work on his Wind Turbine. Just make sure it goes up high
enough, the Turbine is about 40' high I think.
I can put the Solar Oven next to the Smoker in the Outdoor
Kitchen. That still needs a BBQ also.
RE
[/quote]
I'll e-mail you the solar oven Sketchup file.
I need to go back to the 3D workshop and make a scissors lift
that can go 40' high, if you are talking about the elevation of
the base of the platform. A man standing on the multi-scissors
one I designed has his feet 12 feet from the ground. Forty feet
is way up there and the scissor joints will need some added
frame reinforcement guides to keep from wiggling or falling
over. That's why the power companies use bucket hydraulic arm
lifts to get up to the power lines. I'll get back to you when I
figure out how to do that without hydraulics.
To be clear, do you want the base to be 40' high or do you want
the shoulders of the man on the lift to be 40' high at the
highest point?
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date=1551238541]
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date=1551233796]
[quote author=RE link=topic=12171.msg170524#msg170524
date=1551233416]
[quote author=RE link=topic=12171.msg170523#msg170523
date=1551232655]
[quote author=agelbert link=topic=12171.msg170522#msg170522
date=1551232021]
To be clear, do you want the base to be 40' high or do you want
the shoulders of the man on the lift to be 40' high at the
highest point?
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He should have his waistline at the height of the turbine. That
way he can lift up or down to remove it or replace it.
You can estimate the height of the turbine from the pics, but I
will get an exact figure on that when I finish my current
project, which is getting all the gear together for the Musher
Banquet Adventure.
RE
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The Turbine Motor is at 33' 1 3/16" off ground level.
RE
[/quote]
Okay. Figuring that there are about 3.5' to the platform base
from the man's waist, I guess you want the scissors platform
base to be 30' high, right?
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That sounds like it will work.
RE
[/quote]
Okay. I'll work on it. I'll see if I can find a nice BBQ for you
too.
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Re: Sustainable Farming
By: AGelbert Date: February 28, 2019, 11:36 am
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Okay RE, I've got the super duper scisssors lift you ordered all
built!
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perspective. Below are several views that show how it works, how
to secure it and how to lug it around.
These 3D files are in "groups". You can "explode" the groups to
move the parts around if part of the mechanism seems obsccure.
Grouping them makes it easier to move a mechanism with lots of
parts around. After "exploding" a group. it is a good idea to
"make group" them before closing the file.
You can do the same with the solar Oven I e-mailed you to see
how all the parts fit, if you ever have the inclination to take
it apart. &#129300;
If the following graphics meet with your satisfaction, I'll
e-mail the group of the 30' Scissors lift in the down position
and the one in the up position separately. I will also send you
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Okay RE, I've got the super duper scisssors lift you ordered all
built!
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Not to be too critical AG, but those scissor legs look mighty
skinny to keep that platform stable at 30'.
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That's the all metal version. You are looking at steel, bro. It
does get a bit unstable after the cross members exceed the 45
degree angle, hence the warnings I provided. 8) The cross
members that are about 16 feet long or so can be purchased of
sufficiently thick gauge steel to do the job. Wood won't work
for the height you want because a 16' long piece of wood would
REALLY have to be THICK, never mind how HEAVY it would be.
At any rate, this lift could easily be rated for 500 pounds on
the platform. Rememder, this is not a building. It is not meant
to have anything but the absolute minimum structure you need to
get up there and do a few hours worth of work, period. The idea
is to have an affordable lift platform, not some super safe
(i.e. EXPENSIVE!) industrial quality reinforced platform.
Now, if you want a 1,000 pound or more rating, YEAH, you would
need I-beam type steel cross members.
If Macho Man has enough cash on hand, he can just buy a modified
verison of one of these:
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Re: Sustainable Farming
By: AGelbert Date: February 28, 2019, 1:49 pm
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OK AG, I'm sold. Send me the files and I'll see about
incorporating them. It may have to wait until my new
SuperComputer arrives. This one is at it's limit with files.
RE
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