Practical Action Publishing
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Kujenga Bustani Juuya Paa
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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Walk-In Cold Rooms: A Practitioner’s Technical Guide - Summary
There are extreme challenges for cold rooms when operating in locations remote from reliable power, away from supply chains, hard to reach for technical support and with a hot climate.This guide consolidates the current state of the art on designing and operating walk-in cold rooms that are well sui...
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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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How to Build a Solar Oven out of Scraped Materials
This is a brief guide-line on how to build a solar oven - based on experiences with building a homemade solar ovens, at the lowest possible cost, with simple tools and using scraped materials. It is aimed to reduce the need for fire wood and other fuels in refugee camps.
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Considerations, design calculations, construction, test and evaluation of a cavity walled solar oven Part 2: Evaluation of insulation materials
This report is Part 2 of- (and an addendum to-) the Part 1 of: “Considerations, design calculations, construction, test and evaluation of a cavity walled solar oven”. Both Part 1 and Part 2 of the report are based on a cavity walled solar oven consisting of two boxes – one within the other – with a...
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Young and Female
Sharada Srinivasan, Lu Pan, Aprilia Ambarwati
Women’s roles in sustaining and the revival of farming are indispensable. Based on research in Canada, China, India and Indonesia, the book offers a global perspective on young women’s pathways into farming. It responds directly to concerns about the generational sustainability of smallholder farmin...
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Untold Stories of Disablement and Displacement
Untold Stories of Disablement and Displacement provides a compelling look at the authentic experiences of Syrian refugees with disabilities. Their stories of migration and disability are often ignored in public discussions and academic research. These families were forced to leave their homes due to...
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Toilet Solidarity: Compost Toilets for All
Mary Mellet reviews different designs, including the treebog, urine separators and simple container loos. Re-Alliance is a coalition of field practitioners, policymakers, educators, community leaders and humanitarian and development workers, sharing skills and experience to grow the influence and i...
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Mülteci Kamplarinda Gri Su Ve Ya?mur Suyuyla Bahçecilik
Rita Khawand, Shaher Abdulateef, Richard Luff
An illustrated guide: How to save and use grey water and rain water for food growing in refugee camps and settlements. Made in partnership with SOILS Permaculture Association - Lebanon, and Malteser International. Re-Alliance is a coalition of field practitioners, policymakers, educators, community...
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Seasonal Food growing in Refugee Settlements - English, Arabic and Greek
This picture-led booklet advises on seasonal food growing in refugee camps. Made by Re-Alliance's partner SOILS Permaculture Association - Lebanon, in partnership with German Development Cooperation - GIZ, Mercy Corps, and the World Food Program and translated from the original Arabic into English a...