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WATER
- How to Pump Water?
- How to Purify Water?
- How to Harvest Water?
- How to Manage Water Resources?
- How to Conceive a Canalization System?
- How to Manage and Treat Used Water?
- How to Manage and Treat Solid Waste?
- How to Build Toilets, Watering Points and Washing Points?
- How to Protect Water from Pollution?
- How to Build Emergency Camp toilets?
- How to Build Community Toilets?
- How to Build Individual Toilets?
- How to Build Dry Toilets?
- How to Compost Toilet Waste?
- How to Build a Village Fountain?
- How to Make a Tippy Tap for Hand Washing?
- How to Build a Village Washing Point?
- How to Use Washing Water?
ENERGY
- Wood / Biomass Power
- Water Power
- Wind Power
- Sun Power
- Man / Animal power
- Power Saving
- Electricity for Remote Areas
FOREST
AGRICULTURE
- How to Fight Soil Erosion?
- How to Build a Small Scale Irrigation System?
- How to Fertilize with Compost and Organic Matter?
- What to Compost?
- How to Start Composting?
- How to Collect Compostable Matter?
- How to Improve Soil Quality with Earth Worms?
- How to Grow Earth Worms?
- How to Improve Soil Quality with Mycorrhizal Fungi Inoculation?
- How to Compost Manure?
- How to Improve Soil Quality with Volcanic Ashes and Stones?
- How to Prepare Natural Fertilizer?
- Weeds and Pest Control
- Different Agriculture Methods, urban agriculture
- How to Choose from the Different Culture Methods?
- How to Start Permaculture?
- How to Start No-Till Farming?
- How to Start Polyculture?
- How to Start Crop Rotation?
- How to Start Culture in Zai Holes?
- How to Start a Vegetable Garden?
- How to Start a Container Garden?
- How to Use Plastic Bottles in your Garden
- How to Start Grow Boxes?
- How to Improve the Crop Variety and Food Security?
- Special Cultures and More Ideas
- Special Cultures for Tropical Regions
- Special Cultures for Arid Regions
- Special Cultures for Mountainous Regions
- How to Grow Oil Crops
- How to Grow Banana
- How to Grow Peanuts
- How to Grow Neem Trees
- How to Grow Moringa Trees
- How to Grow Allanblackia trees
- How to Grow Fruits and Nuts in the Desert?
- How to Grow Marula?
- How to Grow White Sapota?
- How to Grow Argan?
- How to Grow Morongo?
- How to Grow Eatable Mushrooms?
- Cattle, Pork, Rabbits, Poultry Keeping,
- Bee Keeping and Micro-breeding
- Fishery and Aquaculture
- Agricultural Economy
- Farmer Association and Cooperatives
FOOD PROCESSING
- General Principles for Food Security
- Food Hygiene
- Traditional Cooking Practices
- How to Cook Efficiently with Little Fuel
- How to Process Food
- How to Store/ Preserve Food
HEALTH
IDEAS
- What to do with...
- What to do with Ashes
- What to do with Banana
- What to do with Clay
- What to do with Clay pots
- What to do with Coconut
- What to do with Fabric
- What to do with Garlic
- What to do with Glass
- What to do with Honey
- What to do with Hot Chillies
- What to do with Metal Drum
- What to do with Motor Oil
- What to do with Paper
- What to do with Peanuts
- What to do with Plastic Bags
- What to do with Plastic Bottles
- What to do with Plastic Containers
- What to do with Oil
- What to do with Sand
- What to do with Seeds
- What to do with Tin Cans
- What to do with Tyres
SMALL BUSINESS
PRODUCTS
CONSTRUCTION
- How to Prepare Construction Materials?
- How to Make Bricks?
- How to Make Concrete Blocks?
- How to Make Pressed Earth-Cement Blocks?
- How to Plant Construction Bamboo?
- How to Cut Trees into Planks?
- How to Make Tiles?
- How to Make Roof Tiles?
- How to Make Mortar?
- How to Make Concrete?
- What Are the Alternatives to Concrete?
- How to Make Natural Paint?
- How to Make Insulating Material?
- How to Plan a House?
- How to Build For Dry Hot Climates?
- How to Build For Wet Hot Climates?
- How to Build For Dry Cold Climates?
- How to Build For Wet Cold Climates?
- How to Build For Windy / Stormy Climates?
- What are the Principles of House Insulation?
- What are the Principles of Earthquake Resistant Constructions?
- How to Define the Program of the Building?
- How to Organize the Plan of the House?
- What are Reasonable Span of Various Materials
- How Much Will the House Cost?
- How to Build a House With or Without Construction Compagny?
- How to Build a Brick House?
- How to Build an Earth House?
- How to Build a Wood House?
- How to Build a Straw House?
- How to Build a Bamboo House?
- How to Build a House out of...?
- How to Build...?
TRANSPORTATION
COMMUNITY
- Why Start a Neighbourhood Association?
- How to Start a Neighbourhood Association?
- How to Encourage New Projects in the Neighbourhood?
- How to Organize Events in the Neighbourhood?
- How to Start a Neighbourhood Information Paper / Centre?
- How to Start a Neighbourhood Kindergarten?
- How to Start Neighbourhood Services?
- How to Start a Community Seed Bank?
- How to Collect the Knowledge of the Community?
- Community Events Ideas
MECHANICS
INFORMATICS
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