Practical Action Publishing
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Backyard Bankers
Discover the world of immigrant ‘money clubs’ in the US. Learn how groups of migrants and refugees creatively pool resources to first survive—putting food on the table—then thrive as they expand their businesses and invest in real estate. From modest set-ups in Iowa to intricate systems in Boston, g...
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Building a Garden on the Roof
Juliet Millican, Ahmed Sourani
This picture-led booklet, made in collaboration with GUPAP in Gaza and Sporos in Greece, explores how to grow Permaculture-inspired gardens on the roof, especially designed for communities. Re-Alliance is a coalition of field practitioners, policymakers, educators, community leaders and humanitaria...
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A construção de um jardim no Telhado
Juliet Millican, Ahmed Sourani
This picture-led booklet, made in collaboration with GUPAP in Gaza and Sporos in Greece, explores how to grow Permaculture-inspired gardens on the roof, especially designed for communities. Re-Alliance is a coalition of field practitioners, policymakers, educators, community leaders and humanitaria...
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Aménager un jardin sur le toit
Juliet Millican, Ahmed Sourani
This picture-led booklet, made in collaboration with GUPAP in Gaza and Sporos in Greece, explores how to grow Permaculture-inspired gardens on the roof, especially designed for communities. Re-Alliance is a coalition of field practitioners, policymakers, educators, community leaders and humanitaria...
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Passion Fruit Cultivation
Passion fruit is a rustic, adaptable crop used in foodstuffs and medicine at both small and industrial scales.
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Alternatives to Portland Cement
Cement is an important binding agent in concretes, mortars and renders, and is used for the production of walling blocks and roofing tiles.
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Drip Irrigation ?System
A drip irrigation system delivers water directly to the root zone of a plant, where it seeps slowly into the soil one drop at a time. This document describes gravity operated drip irrigation system suitable for poor communities and households.
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Operation and Maintenance of Water and Sanitation Infrastructure
The training module developed for sanitation and hygiene education
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Thermal Tests of the 'Solar Oven revision 2'
This report describes the thermal test of the solar oven revision 2 - built in August 2024. The aim is – based on the thermal measurements at the oven – to find out – for a given irradiation - how much the solar oven can rise its temperature T above the temperature of the ambient TAmb. - and how fas...
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Plantation, production and use of biofuels at the community level
Plantation, production and use of bio fuels at the community level is a compilation of the results and processes undertaken in key sections of the project; harnessing bio fuel; plantation, oil expelling, processing and application.