Posts Tagged ‘ world ’

Videos on Fog Collection Around the World

July 1, 2011
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To make our collection of resources a bit more international in scope, here are few videos we found on how to make fog collectors with cheap materials and use them around the globe. Enjoy! The cool addition here are the fans inside the cage that lower the temperature for better fog collection (at least...
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“The Big Potential of Small Farms”—Scientific American Article

November 24, 2010
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In September 2005 issue of Scientific American Journal, there was an article: “The Big Potential of Small Farms” by Paul Polak (August 22, 2005). Paul Polak started IDE—International Development Enterprises—in 1981 to come up with good solutions to water problems. The article describes IDE’s work and the problems they are trying to solve. There’s...
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World Maps of Precipitation, Land Use, Vegetation, Climate, & People Density

November 21, 2010
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Here is a collection of maps from How Stuff Works on Precipitation, Land Use, Climate, Vegetation, and People Density. Annual Precipitation Map of the World Climate Map of the World Land Use Map of the World Population Density Map of the World Vegetation Map of the World
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Map of World Rainfall

November 21, 2010
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Map of World Rainfall

This is map of total rainfall around the world. Source: NOAA.
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