Appropriate Technology

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. 

First steps in green woodworking

Woodland Crafts: An essential part of self reliance

BioChar or Charcoal

Biochar can be an amazing soil amendment when used properly

Biochar

Biochar - beyond the basics

BioChar - what is it and why is it important?

Video on biochar

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

 

Rocket Stoves

Rocket Oven Permanent wall mounted kitchen oven

Rocket Stove nitty gritty

Rocket Stove hot water

Solar dryer

An important piece of equipment that allows us to preserve food by drying without the use of power.

The Solar Dryer

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