Following this meeting Ziah asked me to make a forum.
This is that forum.
Does anyone have good minutes / notes?
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Following this meeting Ziah asked me to make a forum.
This is that forum.
Does anyone have good minutes / notes?
The appropriate technologies meeting discussion. 15th May 7pm-10.30pm
Present: mel,bec,arianne,dean,ella,ziah,duvvy,matt,dave,zea,ryan,carl.
different technologies we could promote
Regenerative binding substance (like a potassium filled concrete)/ compressed air (tromp) – Dean
Zeer pots – Mel
Rocket stoves – James
Composting toilets/ Humanure ( chemical drugs, hormones, be aware of) – Mollases?
Aquaponics – Ella
Grey water processing of household waters, filtration, vegies, aquaculture – Ziah
Mushrooms/Mycoremediation – Zea and Todd
Berdini motor (bike wheel & magnets to charge batteries) – Arian
Solar food dryers – Mel & Ziah (simple) dean (miltary styles)
Bees- wax for candles – Matt ( shop on Lygon) People with bees used wax(for sale?)
Parabolic solar cooker – Ziah
Alternative building materials LIST – FOR OUR TECHNOLOGIES
BIKES – mels friend…
Energy, wind, passive solar ect… – Carl
Hydro generator from old washing machine – Dave
Food stuff, preserving – Bec
Soap & essential body products-?Dean
begin to frame a process for what we will do with
the information/
Monthly informal workshop focussing on a particular technology
Photographed and shared on blog…. Sunday 3rd June 11am @loophole Rocket Stoves James/ziah/zea
Run workshops for each other and give/receive feedback on our facilitation skills.
ZIAH – create a blog for everyone to share individual projects and instructions, links ect..
Workshops!!!
To have a range of possibilities of each technology (for different circumstances ranging from simple/fast to long lasting) when teaching.
Share workshops with groups, eg.. Representative from each transition town.
D.I.O – APPROPRIATE TECH FESTIVAL & PICNIC!!! – SPRING-
how we decide which technologies to promote/
Put into categories -what we need to know now, what we can provide for people
Lukes Scenarios:
Short Term – Crisis (may or may not happen in Australia): power cuts,
water interruptions / quality problems, gas failures, no security, no
cash available, supermarkets quickly empty, employers forced to stand
down workers temporarily.
Medium term – Slow decline: everything becomes un-affordable:
Long term – humanity learns regenerative living:
what is most appropriate for our collective to focus on now?
WRITE UP OUR AIMS OF APPRO-TECH GROUP
who will do what research/
Everyone has chosen a technology to focus on, we will share our research and decide on workshop days on the blog.
Also. We don’t need to reinvent the wheel, if we can find Experts in any alt tech areas, who are willing to spend a few hours teaching a workshop that would save us a lot of personal time researching and testing.
D.I.O – can provide a base for local Melbourne networks of inventors, Diy enthusiasts, squatters and the rest to share skills and build together..
testing out technologies.
This can be left to the individual to test.
i dont know how to work this blogg stuff that well hey, but heres what i wrote up from the meetin. ziah
i have to approve you comments manually, trying to work out why.
hey wait a minute it says in the minutes Ziah was meant to create blog….I been robbed.And in the minutes i only signed up for Wind energy so far
looks like you owe, get everyone else to sign up.
the only emails i sent invites to are the ones you gave me (plus theo) i just don’t have any others. need emails for Mel, Bec, and Dean.
I think you need to accept the invite or sign in or something.
Actually I think it was a setting in the blog ( Authors comments need to have 1 approved comment in order to make comments without needing approval) and I changed it, shouldn’t be problem now. Honestly there are dozens of settings to get you head around.