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| + | One Earth Designs (OED) seeks to encourage communities to pursue their unique vision of local sustainable development through science/engineering education, design, and infrastructure development as well as through innovative income generation strategies. |
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| + | OED's short-term goal is to develop holistic and sustainable solutions to community voiced problems through collaborative design and community capacity building. Its long-term goal is for the communities we work with to gain the skills and sustainable access to resources that enable them to confidently tackle problems without our help. |
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| ⚫ | By addressing the villagers concerns about fuel collection and current solar cooker design, |
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| − | The SolSource solar solution, however, is just the first step towards a sustainable rural energy model for high altitude regions. As biomass fuels are phased out, sanitation from excess animal excrement is a potential health concern. Methane recapture for electricity generation would be an ideal solution, however, low temperatures in high altitude regions currently prevent its widespread use. Biomass gasification is another option but has not previously been explored in Qinghai. Although clean biomass energy is not feasible at this stage in the project, our household solar heating system is built for easy modification in order to maintain optimum temperatures in a household digester and we hope to address this aspect in future project phases. |
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| ⚫ | By addressing the villagers concerns about fuel collection and current solar cooker design, OED aims to reduce the time needed for collecting fuel. This allows for alternative economic activities and increased education for women. In addition, pollution due to fuel combustion will be reduced, improving health and productivity. |
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| − | By supplying low-input renewable energies, we are opening opportunities for the development of rural community economies which we hope to encourage through our discussions and training sessions. |
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''[This text was borrowed from http://www.oneearthdesigns.org/projects/solsource.]'' |
''[This text was borrowed from http://www.oneearthdesigns.org/projects/solsource.]'' |
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Revision as of 04:31, 16 October 2009
One Earth Designs (OED) seeks to encourage communities to pursue their unique vision of local sustainable development through science/engineering education, design, and infrastructure development as well as through innovative income generation strategies.
OED's short-term goal is to develop holistic and sustainable solutions to community voiced problems through collaborative design and community capacity building. Its long-term goal is for the communities we work with to gain the skills and sustainable access to resources that enable them to confidently tackle problems without our help.
Collaborating with villagers from western China, OED have developed an innovative solar design that incorporates cooking, heating, and electricity generating functionalities.
By addressing the villagers concerns about fuel collection and current solar cooker design, OED aims to reduce the time needed for collecting fuel. This allows for alternative economic activities and increased education for women. In addition, pollution due to fuel combustion will be reduced, improving health and productivity.
[This text was borrowed from http://www.oneearthdesigns.org/projects/solsource.]
News and recent developments
- June 2008: Portable Solar Cookers For Tibet - Lucky!
External links
Contact
One Earth Designs
36 West Broadway St., 2nd Floor
South Boston, MA 02127
USA
Telephone:
US: +1-818-483-4435
Tibet: +86-131-0976-3879
India: +91-974-123-1418
China: +86-132-4148-8146
info [at] OneEarthDesigns [dot] org