Bottle Schools by Hug It Forward.org

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 Notes: finish entry... this is fantastic. We could build one soon on my lots! CT

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Contents [hide] 1 Introduction 2 Selecting a site 3 Construction Steps: 1 - 22 4 Finishing touches 5 The next steps: how YOU can empower a community to build a bottle school 6 Appendices

Welcome to the Bottle School Wiki!

Please, Read This First for information on how to use this Wiki, and how to provide feedback.
Please contact us if you require a PDF version of the Bottle School Manual.
Please email heenal@hugitforward.org if you have any questions or if you need any help.

Introduction

1. What are bottle schools?
2. How we started building bottle schools
3. The purpose of this manual
4. Why build a bottle school?
5. Why NOT to build a bottle school
6. What do bottle schools cost?
7. Why has the cost of bottle schools increased?

Selecting a site

1. Community
2. Participation
3. Things to consider
4. Finding a site
5. Collecting bottles
6. Environmental education
7. Skilled & Unskilled Labor

Construction Steps: 1 - 22

This is to serve as a general guide to the execution of bottle school construction. This manual is not designed to teach you how to build a bottle school single-handed. Your job will be to bring many people together with different roles and skills to make the project work well. We're not expecting you to know how to mix cement or tie rebar, but a good understanding of the basic principles will make you a better facilitator. All specs can be found in the plans.

1. Bottles – collection & collaboration
2. Bottle Size Variation Chart
3. Making “eco-bricks”
4. Clear and level land
5. Foundation
6. Pins
7. Columns and Beams
8. Lower Beams
9. Columns
10. Columns and beams
11. Columns & Beams for Doors
12. Diagrams for Columns & Beams
13. Floor Beam
14. Intermediate and top beam
15. Roof
16. Chicken Wire 1
17. Chicken Wire 2
18. Placing Bottles in the Wall
19. Plaster
20. Floor
21. Doors & Windows
22. Finishes

Download Architectural Plans to help you. You may need to modify these to fit your particular design requirements.

Finishing touches

1. Decoration
2. Inauguration
3. Bringing volunteers

The next steps: how YOU can empower a community to build a bottle school

1. Getting started
2. Project Requirements
3. Project Timeline

Appendices

1. Completed bottle schools
2. File:Bottle Schools Application Packet.zip
3. About Hug It Forward
4. How to get in touch
5. Bottle Schools in the media
6. Environmental Education Materials

More: http://bottleschools.org/wiki/Main_Page

Solar Spa Heater

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http://www.instructables.com/id/Overview-2/

Completed coil on our south facing roof just after completion.

Well it's that time of the year again here in Southern California time to fill up the spa and break out the BBQs. This has become a yearly ritual as well as a scathing reminder that electricity is not free.

Any how my wife has been wanting to move in a greener direction and has been rather matter a fact about it as well. We now compost our organic waste and recycle that in to our garden. Her new kick was "How can we heat the spa without using the electronic heater?" She got up on the roof with 50ft of black hose and ran it back and forth a few times, hooked it to a pump and came up with the proof of concept. Yay! [The original idea was sourced from my coworker Gary which has a similar setup for his pool]

Today we decided to move from conceptual proof to full on production. This instructable will walk you through the process that we went through and try to help you avoid some of the gotchas that we found along the way. Hope you enjoy reading this as much as we enjoyed building/documenting this project.

Step 1 Parts list

 

For around $60 US you can build this neat little system using the following parts purchased at your local mega hardware store.

20ft of 1/2in diameter PVC pipe
1 x 1/2in 4-way Cross PVC Fitting
PVC cement for gluing PVC sections to 4 way fitting
500ft 1/2in diameter black drip irrigation hose
2 x drip irrigation to standard garden hose coupling
Around 200 outdoor 8in zip ties

2 x 25ft or so normal garden hoses to use as water feed and return (Not included in $60 est as we had 2 on hand)
1 water pump to push water up to the roof and through the solar coil for heating. (Also not included in $60 est as we had one on hand)

more

more:  http://www.instructables.com/id/Overview-2/

Moss Table Generates Electricity Through Photosynthesis

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by Theresa Harmanen, 04/27/12

filed under: gallery, green furniture, green Interiors, Green Lighting, green technology, Milan Furniture Fair

What if your lamp and laptop could be powered by plants? ‘Moss Table’ by Biophotovoltaics is an innovative concept product demonstrating the future potential of Bio-Photo-Voltaic (BPV) technology. Here electricity is generated from the electrons captured by conductive fibers inside the moss table. The technology turns energy that would otherwise be wasted in the photosynthesis process into power that can be put to practical use.

Photo © Inhabitat The ‘moss pots‘ in the table act as bio-electrochemical devices converting the chemical energy into electrical energy using biological material such as algea, cyanobacteria, and vascular plants. The ‘Moss Table’ is still in its concept stage, but it can already produce enough electricity t0 power smaller devices such as digital clocks. Scientists are predicting that future BPV devices will be able to power larger devices such as lamps and even laptops.
‘Moss Table’ is being used to spread BPV research to a wider audience, and is part of a larger research project called ‘Design in Science’ exploring ways for design and science to meet.
+ Biophotovoltaics
+ Inhabitat Milan Furniture Fair Coverage

Read more: Moss Table by Biophotovoltaics Generates Electricity Through Photosynthesis | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building

http://biophotovoltaics.wordpress.com/ 

Excerpt:
What does the Moss Table do?
The table incorporates an array of BPV devices which generate electricity. At present the energy generated by the table is not used to power anything. Instead an animation has been created which responds to the current output of the table. In this way people can ‘see’ the energy produced by the table as seen in this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tw7JcOHNZlY&feature=g-all-lik

Uploaded by alexdriver1 on Oct 20, 2011

Table and exhibition designed by Alex Driver and Carlos Peralta. Animation by Matthew Byrne.

Barbara Ford Center in Guatemala, architectural plans

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Architectural plans for Barbara Ford Peace Center (BFPC) and Integrative Health Project
in Santa Cruz del Quiche, Guatemala by:

Arquitectura de Guatemala.com
Javier E. Gomez Aroche, Arquitecto
Master en Ingenieria Estructural
info@arquitecturadeguatemala.com

Copyright © Arquitecto Javier Gómez
Edificio Design Center Local 209, 13 calle y diagonal 6 Zona 10.
Ciudad de Guatemala
 Centro América
Teléfonos: (502) 2442-8171 | 5201-5369

http://www.arquitecturadeguatemala.com/Centro%20Hermana%20Barbara%20Ford%20-%20Edificio%20de%20Usos%20Multiples-galeria-15.html

Read about their Peace Center and Integrative Health / Acupuncture program at:

http://www.scny.org/international.html

and

http://didreyfus.wordpress.com/2012/04/25/mayans-rediscover-acupuncture-at-centro-de-paz-barbara-ford/ 

Recycled Chandeliers?

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Let's find a way to make recycled chandeliers...
Bicycle parts? Light aluminum painted cans?
We could make bed drapes and curtain headers.
Have a contest in the schools for the best cut aluminum figures,
birds, animals, flowers, and buy them... another cottage industry.

A beautiful chandelier from the Catholic Church in Panajachel, Lake Atitlan, Guatemala.

More photos on my flickr account:  

http://www.flickr.com/photos/catherinetodd/sets/72157629523320602/

Garden Sprinkler from plastic bottle

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Garden Sprinkler from plastic bottle - great idea!

Stained Glass Plexiglass House

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Artist: Tom Fruin
Kolonihavehus.2010
steel, found plexiglass, paint-12 x 12 x 14 feet

I want to live in a house just like this.

https://www.facebook.com/gypsymoon2#!/pages/Sculpture/337671456258597

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   Tom Fruin - Kolonihavehus 2010 steel, found plexiglass, paint 365 x 365 x 422 cm - Galerie Bertrand & Gruner, Geneva, Switzerland.
   

2. Tom Fruin - Biography - Galerie Bertrand & Gruner, Geneva ...

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   Born in 1974 in California, USA Lives and works in New York, USA

   Solo and two persons exhibitions

Portable Solar Water Heater DIY a Green Gold

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Published on Mar 18, 2012 by debeshbhattarai

 

I never thought I shall bump into this. This miniature DIY solar water heater is the Green Gold, but innovation for simplicity should never end. You must try it at home and reinvent the energy bills to protect the GREEN and mother earth.

This DIY solar water is made with very basic materials one gets everywhere. Here we have used a simple container used for carrying goods at construction site as a main heat absorbing element along with few more items like, a roll of clear level pipe, a small plastic jar/bucket of around five liter and Styrofoam ice box for insulated container.

I am sure green enthusiast shall take this DIY across the globe and help reduce deforestation and conserve the precious resource for future generations too... We do need to care NATURE a LOT MORE DO NOT YOU THINK SO.. !!! ???

For further details please visit our blog at http://diysolarheating.blogspot.com/2012/03/portable-solar-water-heater-diy-g...

and also at CNN: http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-767089, We submitted it there as "Your Green Innovation".





http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4c5H3J3Egk8

Reflections Pool & Resting Rock

We will have to build this beautiful pool here in Pana. Infinity edge, center resting rock, circles and squares; canyon, trees & view... three white loungers with green cushions, calla lilies & reflections. Wonderful.

From Lisa Rayner on FB: It's gorgeous. Some of the most beautiful green I've seen. The tiny touches of red are just enough.

 

I see skies of blue, clouds of white, bright Blessed days, dark Sacred nights, and I think to mySelf, what a wonderful world.

~Louis Armstrong♥

By: Earthschool harmony

Posted on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/catherine.todd2/posts/364581603579777

Fresh Water ~ EcoGreenEnergies.com

Note: I don't know if this works or not, but it looks interesting:

Our University of Alabama patented solar desalination product uses no electricity, has no filters to replace, can be taken anywhere and extracts pure water from any contaminated water source. It removes radiation, fluoride, salt, pesticides, bacteria, dirt and other contaminants from any water. It aids people to be prepared for disasters, saves hundreds on bottled water and utility bills. Made tough in the U.S.A.

Please visit us: http://freshwater.ecogreenenergies.com

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Purchase sizes & cost information, including land & boat owners marine pack on website.

THE AFFORDABLE, PORTABLE, DESALINATION SYSTEM, U.S. PATENT PENDING ...

One less worry ... make your own water after disasters and social unrest. If you have sun and undrinkable water, then the Panel will produce clean, tasty water, up to ten times more pure than tap water.

Connects to any 2 or 3 liter water bottle and sets up in seconds. Produces up to 4 to 6 liters per day in full sunlight.Choose from five different packages.

Our Panels are tough and reliable. Made with UV-stabilized, reinforced plastics to provide years of use in direct sunlight, and FDA-compliant fittings and contact surfaces.

Made tough in the U.S.A..

845-481-0747

Man Moves Huge Blocks!

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Michigan man moves massive blocks in his backyard using simple contraptions.
Visit W. T. Wallington's website at: http://www.theforgottentechnology.com/

YouTube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCvx5gSnfW4&feature=player_embedded#! 

Wallington has a DVD available and more fascinating info on his website:

http://www.theforgottentechnology.com/

The Forgotten Technology Video Library

If you wish to purchase a DVD, the cost is $17.95 with FREE shipping to anywhere.  Thank you for your support.

Through paypal or through the mail at:

W.T.Wallington
PO Box 622
Lapeer, MI 48446
USA

If Paypal does not ask for your shipping address, please email it to questions@theforgottentechnology.com so that we may effectively prepare your order for shipping. Thank you.

World's 10 Most Beautiful Airport Terminals

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Marrakech Menara Airport Terminal 1, Marrakech, Morocco

This one is another great example of culturally aware terminal design. The new Terminal 1 at Marrakech's airport looks like a Moroccan palace twenty-first-century style, with classic Islamic geometric and nature motifs inscribed into a giant network of concrete diamonds. You could make a strong argument that the whole thing is one giant artwork.

At night, colored lights dance along the front face of the building, illuminating the desert plantings along the arrivals roadway. A lounge inside evokes 19th-century Moroccan luxury, with rugs, chandeliers, and a wrought-metal dome.

Photo Caption: Menara Airport, Marrakech.

Photo by Exile on James Street/Flickr.com

Read more: http://www.frommers.com/slideshow/index.cfm?group=785&p=8#ixzz1rHhmXKXf