“Josef “Sepp” Holzer is a farmer, author, and an international consultant for natural agriculture.
Month: May 2012
Jean Pain’s Compost-based Bioenergy System
“Jean Pain (1930–1981) was a French innovator who developed a compost-based bioenergy system that produced 100% of his energy needs. He heated water to 60 degrees celsius at a rate of 4 litres a minute which he used for washing and heating. He also distilled enough methane to run an electricity generator, cooking elements, and power his truck. This method of creating usable energy from composting materials has come to be known as Jean Pain Composting, or the Jean Pain Method.
Natural Building Blog Pics at Pinterest
Pinterest is an online pinboard or bulletin board where people post their favorite images. It’s extremely popular and a great source of ideas on home design, interior design, furniture, building with recycled materials and many other topics. At one time I considered joining and making a page of my favorite design pics, but dozens of images from our blog have been repinned or reposted at Pinterest over 1,000 times, and now there’s even a separate page with pics from our blog. So basically I got my wish without doing any additional work!
Earthbag Building Blog pics at Pinterest (now Natural Building Blog)
Shopping for Building Materials
There are many ways to find the best deals when shopping for building materials, and this can make a huge difference in the cost of any project. One obvious way is to look for used or recycled materials, and this can be done through local want ads or going to stores that sell deconstructed materials. … Read more
Earthbag Swimming Pool
From the Permies Forum:
“i am now in process of building it need help filling sand bags and placing them then plastering them, i am also doing walls and out buildings I have sucessfuly built a sand bag green house and am growing citrus trees in it. I have a little expereience in building with sand bags and a lot of ideas.
Resilient Communities
A resilient community has the ability to survive an extended disconnection from the global grid in areas including:
– Energy
– Food
– Security (both active and passive)
– Communications
– Transportation