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(Book) Home Composting Bins
Composting is encouraged as a means of dealing with organic waste and can offer many benefits such as enhanced soil fertility.
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(Book) Small is Beautiful
Oxford economist E. F. Schumacher provides an enlightening study of our economic system and its purpose, challenging the current state of excessive consumption in our society. Offering a crucial message for the modern world struggling to balance economic growth with the human costs of globalisation,...
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(Book) Civil Works Guidelines for Micro Hydropower in Nepal
A guide to look at the technical aspects including civil works guidelines of designing a micro hydro scheme in Nepal.
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(Book) Liberalization of Seed Supply in Sri Lanka
This study discusses the different implication of the liberalizations of seed industry in Sri Lanka and suggests possible recommendations for improvements of the existing policies on the basis of primary and secondary findings of the study.
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(Book) Serpentine Solar Water Heating Design Manual
The Serpentine is a solar thermal collector developed as part of a low cost water heating system by the AIDG for households in Xela, Guatemala.
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(Book) The Permanent Magnet Generator (PMG)
This guide describes how to make a small permanent magnet generator for wind turbines.
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(Book) Best Practice in Solid Waste Management
This guide demonstrates successful waste management in Nepal.
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(Book) Construction Manual for Earthquake-Resistant Houses Built of Earth
The solutions proposed in this manual concentrate on low-cost single-story houses, built from earth in rural areas of earthquake-prone zones. They are based on research projects carried out at the Forschungslabor für Experimentelles Bauen (Building Research Laboratory) of the University of Kassel,...
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(Book) Natural Pesticides - Chilli pepper
The insecticidal properties of chilli pepper are highest in the ripe fruit especially in the skin and seed. Chillis act as a stomach poison, antifeedant and repellent to a number of pests.
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(Book) Utilization of Cow-dung in Brickmaking
Addition of certain organic materials improves the plasticity of clay making it more workable.
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(Book) Evaluation of the Hoffman Kiln Technology
Evaluation of Hoffmann kiln technology for a low cost solid waste incinerator.
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(Book) Slow Sand-Filtration Water Treatment Plants
Slow sand-filtration systems are a technically viable water treatment solution.
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(Book) Water Hyacinth
This document suggests solutions for the control of water hyacinth - biological, physical and chemical - and discusses possible practical applications of the plant.
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(Book) Composting in the Tropics
Organic matter is often piled up in the compound but left unmanaged. This will produce compost but the materials will take a long time to decompose and nutrients will be lost.
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(Book) How to make Sri Lanka's Anagi Stove
A step-by-step guide to making a two pot ceramic stove.
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(Book) The Sri Lankan Pumpkin Tank
A small scale roof water harvesting tank promoted in Sri Lanka by the World Bank.
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(Book) Rainwater Harvesting
This technology is used in places where conventional water supply systems are not provided, are too expensive, or fail to meet people's needs.
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(Book) How to Measure the Energy Used to Fire Clay Bricks
What defines an energy-efficient brick-firing technology and how does it compare to other technologies?
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(Book) The Boulder Concept in Building Walls
This brief was written BY the Building Advisory Service and Information Network (BASIN) providing information resources on low-cost building technologies.
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(Book) A Small Lime Kiln for Batch and Continuous Firing
In 1996 Practical Action commissioned Paragon Ceramics to build an experimental lime kiln at Dedza in Malawi in partnership with local lime burners.