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Sergiy Yurko My solar station has 58 sq. m of mirrors and heat accumulator 3.5 cu. m of water My name is Sergey Yurko. I live in Ukraine (Mirgorod, Poltava region) youtube.com I stumbled upon this YouTuber, Sergiy Yurko, out of Ukraine who has a slew of videos on low tech, cheap, DIY solar reflectors. There's lots of good research here. I think the most interesting idea I've come across from here…
Podcasts The Low Technology Institute currently offers two podcasts. The Low Tech Podcast Our occasional podcast covers topics related to low technology, research, sustainability, and the environment. Follo… lowtechinstitute.org The Low Tech Podcast, a podcast put on by Scott Johnson at The Low Technology Institute, is back after a nearly 2 year hiatus. This is a great show to listen to if you are…
Home | Mothbox The Mothbox is a low-cost, high-performance insect monitor. It features a power efficient and lightweight design that helps field biologists deploy it in the depths of the jungle. digital-naturalism-laboratories.github.io The Mothbox is an incredibly cool little DIY project for insect monitoring. It comes with open source software for identifying, grouping, and labeling insects. It…
Chapter 1: Scale, scope, stakes, speed The scale of forces, this time, is planetary; the scope is centuries; the stakes are what we call civilization... The Problem The Earth climate system is in a positive feedback loop , which means the bad things that are happening because of the changing of the climate make more bad things happen that cause the climate to change more which will make more bad…
Stewart Brand is a conservationist and technologist. He's had a large impact on culture in America and today is still relatively unknown. Environmentalism as we know it today is in part due to him; he doesn't care much for fame but is more interested in using tools to solve problems. Stewart Brand wrote a book, and he's struck the right chord that resonates with my spirit. After doing so much -…