"I love that you've brought this to attention. An extensive database of uncommon but resistant and hardy plants/foods could be developed and organized by climate. Ease of growth and processing should also be taken in to account. I will try to…"
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Traditional Knowledge-Learn
FROM CBNRM i went:--
A tool for merging indigenous technical knowledge and traditional spatial information. Applications include collaborative research, planning for natural resource management and dealing with conflict resolution and resource tenure
My pick is for: Astonishing approach of high tech and traditional/cultural mapping...is exactly what i think important now: how to "inform" technology with culture
International Institute of Rural Reconstruction (IIRR)
My pick is for: Great insight on the value and the process /time of learning, practical and simples clues of an eperience....and impressive...at university we make the same exercise of building a bridge...
From the KIVU web i pick this case:
Following a re-orientation of national energy policies the Egyptian atomic energy commission started to research energy and material saving construction methods. A regional exchange of experience was arranged with the following observations: Curved roofs have a smaller surface area (and require less building material) for the same volume of indoor space. Computer simulations prove: the net heat gain of a dome can be 20 % less than that of a flat roof; curved roofs allow the warm air to rise leaving cooler air at floor level. Openings at the top can provide "natural air condition" by very cross-ventilation; skylights on vaults and domes provide 4 to 5 times more light per unit floor area than low windows on vertical walls. Less window area is needed heating and cooling loads are reduced; rooms with curved roofs have a pleasant psychological effect on the occupants: they seem less oppressive than rooms with flat ceilings.
It has become abundantly clear to informed practitioners that including traditional knowledge (whether indigenous or not) is an important and helpful approach to modern project planning and implementation when traditional peoples are directly or indirectly affected.
To me this is very key point in today practice of Building...we have lost so much knowledge..and today very few know how to build efficiently with low tech and litlle resources....and building codes normally don't help ...and are a strong barrier to more efficient solutions the we have used for so long
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