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2007-02-15 15:22:09 · 4 answers · asked by Daydream 999 1 in Environment

4 answers

you can make electricity ,sail ships ,grind maize ,wheat and a lot of other grains ,
you can pump water
cool houses down if you channel it in and make the design receptive to airflows
you can make fridges if you combine it with dripping water over clinkers or wales with holes
you can cool beer in a wet jute bag if it hangs in the wind
or a room if a wet cloth is in a windy window
it brings the rain
and dries out stuff like washing or lands

just some ideas ,there is more if you dig into permaculture here are some leads

the Permaculture designers manual by Bil Mollison cost about 40 dollars.
and is the best all round book you can get.(tagiari publishing, tagariadmin@southcom.com.au)

Permaculture means permanent agriculture
a concept put forward by Bill Mollisson in the 60`s
which is a complete hand book for environmental design.
for those who seek an ambiotic relationship with our planet
With practical solutions for energy systems ,infratructure ,housing,
animal shelter ,water systems and sustainable agricultural practises.
With the world and it`s history as it`s source
From the chinampas of Mexico to the teraced gardens of the Andes.
From the dessert whadis to the steppes of Russia.
Covering all climatic conditions temporal, dessert, humid and dry tropics.
with chapters on soil ,Water harvesting and land design,
Earth working ,Spirals in nature,Trees and water ,utilising energy flows,
Strategy for an alternative nation
some other writers that are on the internet are
david Holmgren
Larry Santoyo
Kirk Hanson

Masanobu Fukuaka has written ,
One-Straw Revolution
The Road Back to Nature
The Natural Way of Farming
http://www.context.org/iclib/ic14/fukuok...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/masanobu_fu...

Simon Henderson
and Bill Molisson.

a representitive of the concept in USA is
Dan Hemenway at YankeePerm@aol.com
barkingfrogspc@aol.com
http://barkingfrogspc.tripod.com/frames.htm
http://csf.colorado.edu/perma/ypc_catalog.htm

I am a permaculture consultant for the department of Ecology for the regional government of Guerrero in Mexico

i got a yahoo 360 which has some stuff in English as well as this spaces
http://spaces.msn.com/byderule

2007-02-16 22:41:38 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Sail a boat, turn a wind turbine, fly a kite, windboard, move around a hot air balloon, ect.

2007-02-15 23:28:06 · answer #2 · answered by Roman Soldier 5 · 1 0

transport my unmentionable odors to anothers location

2007-02-15 23:25:31 · answer #3 · answered by Wattsup! 3 · 0 0

sense changes on it, lean into it , have it at your back, face into it,tumble with it and my favorite pass it.

2007-02-16 00:11:51 · answer #4 · answered by scifuntubes 3 · 0 0

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