Green Woodworking
Green woodworking encompasses methods of working with wood with hand tools to create useful, and often beautiful, products. Learning these techniques fits as a part of self reliant, restorative living.
BioChar or Charcoal
Biochar can be an amazing soil amendment when used properly
BioChar - what is it and why is it important?
Article from Oct 2017 by an international team of researchers https://phys.org/news/2017-10-carbon-coating-biochar-garden-greening-power.html#jCp
Making charcoal using a steel oil drum
Solar dryer
An important piece of equipment that allows us to preserve food by drying without the use of power.
A short video about using the solar dryer
Other types of appropriate technology
Ram pumps for low head applications
Where does the appropriate in appropriate technology come from