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Strategies for International Development - Bolivia

Strategies for International Development - Bolivia

Wednesday, Jan 29, 2014

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9yGQJs3Fxc Strategies for International Development (SID) is a U.S. private and voluntary organization which develops and promotes better strategies for achieving the g…
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Straw Bale and Permaculture

Straw Bale and Permaculture

Wednesday, Jan 29, 2014

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbYQKVS4JAM A look at a strawbale house under construction, on a permaculture property in Tasmania.
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Straw Bale Home Construction Instructional Video

Straw Bale Home Construction Instructional Video

Wednesday, Jan 29, 2014

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZABqaEsrLM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhSpMSGeV0Y 2 hour and 42 minute video on Vimeo on Demand: http://vimeo.com/ondemand/buildingwithawareness Straw bale house conctruction is shown in this movie trailer for the “Building With Awareness” DVD video. Straw bale walls, thermal mass walls, earth plaster techniques, and passive solar design are all explained in this how-to DVD on building with natural materials.
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Sunlabob Renewable Energies, Laos, solar PV rural villages - Ashden Award winner

Sunlabob Renewable Energies, Laos, solar PV rural villages - Ashden Award winner

Wednesday, Jan 29, 2014

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiTgUTVHunA Uploaded on Feb 26, 2008 This video can be downloaded here: http://www.ashdenawards.org/winners/s... Sunlabob won an Ashden Award for Sustainable Energy in 2007. You can follow us on: Facebook http://bit.ly/9GKbIM Twitter http://twitter.com/AshdenAwards Blog: http://www.ashdenawards.org/blog/latest Sunlabob Renewable Energies Ltd is a solar PV business based in the capital of Laos that has succeeded in developing an innovative and commercially viable business model providing high-quality solar PV systems to the rural poor at a price they can afford.
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SURFACE TENSION - THE PROBLEM WITH THE PLAYPUMP

SURFACE TENSION - THE PROBLEM WITH THE PLAYPUMP

Wednesday, Jan 29, 2014

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdZKnQqFpAY Uploaded on Nov 6, 2011 THE PROBLEM WITH THE PLAYPUMP by RALPH BORLAND, an exhibit at the SURFACE TENSION exhibition at the SCIENCE GALLERY, Trinity College, Dublin in 2011 http://objectsindevelopment.net/the-playpump/ In 2007, while opening the US National Design Awards in New York, then First Lady Laura Bush praised the PlayPump, a children’s roundabout which pumps water, as an example of ‘the difference sustainable designs can make’. Invented in South Africa in the early 1990s, the PlayPump system is a children’s roundabout that drives a borehole pump, which pumps water to an elevated water tank.
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Testing the PWB Filter Press

Testing the PWB Filter Press

Wednesday, Jan 29, 2014

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2Ky_CRT4ac Testing the PWB Filter Press with regular clay - No sawdust mix just to see how the press forms the filters. Project H2O Camera: Ben Morrill.
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The 11th Hour Trailer

The 11th Hour Trailer

Wednesday, Jan 29, 2014

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IBG2V98IBY The 11th Hour is a new documentary from Leonardo DiCaprio about the state of humanity and the world. Join the action at www.11thhouraction.com Film site: www…
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The Architecture of Mud

The Architecture of Mud

Wednesday, Jan 29, 2014

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48iDhuzxIoU Music “Dân tarab: Hayya layâlî jamîla” by Hussein Abdul Kadir al Kaf (iTunes) 51 Minute Video Yemen
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The Awesome Bogo Light

The Awesome Bogo Light

Wednesday, Jan 29, 2014

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wynilc-e2r0 Tara L. Smith, Founder/President of Peace Tree Africa, describes the advantages of the solar powered Bogo Light. She reports from the tiny North West village…
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