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  • From: "Tradingpost" <tradingpost@gilanet.com>
  • To: livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: [Livingontheland] many good ideas in keeping with our theme
  • Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2002 06:10:33 -0700

I recommend this page for many good ideas in keeping with our theme. Please
comment.
http://www.jrmooneyham.com/poor.html

>From that page:

Introduction
This page is meant to showcase techniques and technologies which may
significantly improve life for minimal cost in many places worldwide-- but
especially in developing countries, which may currently lack much of the
infrastructure and public services of richer nations, and may not be burdened
with the building codes and zoning restrictions of wealthier nations' as well
(which in many cases stifle innovations involving the use of quality but
lower cost materials and simplified construction methods). This page also
presents proposals for as yet untested but promising concepts in regards to
such topics.
I try to provide here the essential ideas or principles underlying many of
the items listed, so that readers may immediately apply or adapt them where
desired-- and WITHOUT much or any aid (financial or otherwise) from third
parties.

I strive to find and emphasize those methods which are the least
labor-intensive and most easily applied and maintained with a minimum of
skill or specialized knowledge-- as those commodities are typically in short
supply everywhere, regardless of in what country you live. But still users
will essentially be substituting man-hours or climbs up learning curves for
cash money, in many instances.

In some cases further research or experimentation will be required on the
reader's part, due to my own sources sometimes not providing all the
necessary details, or a particular item I mention being still in the research
and development stage, etc., etc.

I'll do my best to improve the directness and immediacy of access to specific
references and resources listed below, over time. Part of this effort
includes providing internet links whereby readers may buy a particular book,
tool, or device described within these pages. But I also strive to offer free
online and off-line sources of the same or similar information, wherever
possible. For example, there's a good chance many or most of the books
described on this page are available in lots of public libraries worldwide--
because the majority of books listed here are decades old.

This site is a work-in-progress: if it at present does not offer a viable
solution to your particular budget impasse, please check back again later.






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