BENEFITS
Float more boats while saving the climate?
TEK
*Energy
Solar-powered power bank for TLUD fan, smartphones, LED lighting or other USB-powered devices
Improved lighting->reduction in blindness and increased educational opportunities
Smartphone->communications, mapping , micro-finance and millions of other benefits from apps
*TLUD stove
Cooking food - nutrition
Boiling water - kills most pathogens in water
Almost zero Carbon emissions from cooking using micro-gasification->reduction of climate change
Fuel pellets made from sustainable biomass waste eg. rice husk, saw dust etc.
Biochar from TLUD pellets->Long-term Carbon sequestration in the kitchen garden->reduction of climate change
Reduction in smoke with TLUD compared to a dirty stove or open fire ->reduction in smoke-related eye disease eg.blindness and respiratory illness
WASH
*Water filtration with biochar
Potable water (after initial boiling)
Decreased saline water and persistant organic pesticides (POP) and unhealthy bacteria or viruses that aren't killed from boiling water->decreased salt intake, toxins, water-borne disease eg. diarrhea
*Water conservation
Wastewater on kitchen garden increases water conservation for household->decreased cost of water bill and addresses potential water shortages due to population increase, climate change caused droughts, broken or inaccessible water infrastructure
*Sanitation
Potable water->drinking, personal hygiene
Treatment of sewage/sewerage with biochar (biochar 'humanure')->organic fertiliser for the kitchen garden
*Food
Food hygiene
Biochar treated sewage/sewerage fertiliser->increased kitchen garden productivity/yield and nutrition (with many other benefits to the soil and climate)
The Permachar Kit (TPK) for offgrid semi-permanent/permanent settlements
Feedstock
Stihl/Ozito 18V electric Chainsaw (helmet/ear muffs)
protective glasses
bar oil
funnel
kickback-proof pants (Stihl)
Ozito 18V electric circular saw
unpowered tree saw
wide heavy duty wheelbarrow
leather gloves
steel capped boots
biomass→Flat-Tiki ‘Carbon’/Kon-Tiki 1.2/1.65m biochar kiln→biochar
Shredder/hammer mill (BBT (petrol) or AC/DC electric hammer mill + solar generator eg. Goal Zero/Suaoki with Goal Zero ‘Nomad’ 100W panel)
Biochar Kiln
A Kon-Tiki 1.2m/1.65m:
1*IBC
12V SHURFLO water pump (for kiln quenching and kiln draining for the Kon-Tiki)
Goal Zero ‘Guardian’
12V AGM battery eg.Fusion 40Ah
Nomad 14/20W PV solar panel (with 8mm output port to interface with the ‘Guardian’)
Approximately 15m 1” rural line
4* 1” end connectors (BSP)
2*1/2”F to 1”F socket (BSP)
4 large heavy duty tarps for feedstock and biochar drying
laser thermometer dodocool GM900 (ebay)
Digitech pH meter QM-1670 (Jaycar)
The Permafert Swale (TPS)
Mattock/shovel
Irrigation for the TPS - 19mm poly, Netafim miniscape, fittings (threaded tap plug, takeoffs, plugs, elbows), Ozito 18V jigsaw, UMIC, MI water bladder/dam
Permafert middens with central drilled PVC 40mm water pipes (1m long)
1*IBC – cut in 2/3 – 1/3 for Permafert midden/loam + Permafert slurry/ ‘activated biochar’ mixing, 2/3 for Permafert slurry/’activated biochar’ mixing
Terra preta vermicompost (TPV) (used as a Compost Tea inoculum)
4*50 litre opaque plastic containers (Bunnings/Cheap as Chips) OR
Tiger, red or blue 'composting' earthworms
coir (worm bedding)
milled biochar ('activated' for the Kon-Tiki) - added with food scraps
fungus eg. Mycorrhizal
Compost tea (added to Permafert slurry for Flat-tiki ‘Carbon’/added to milled (dried) ‘activated biochar’ for the Kon-Tiki 1.2m/1.65m)
2*20l plastic buckets
aquarium pump (AC/DC eg. mains/run off solar generator)
PVC tea bag stand
4*tea bag/laundry bag
Microscope (Soil Food Web Institute + online microscope course) eg. mains/run off solar generator
Additional ingredients for Permafert slurry (for Flat-Tiki ‘Carbon’/'The Permastove V3')
sea minerals eg. liquid kelp, SEA-90
carbohydrates eg.molasses
nutrients eg.blood and bone, NPKS
The Permachar Nursery (TPN)
100mm pots, potting mix (with 5% milled biochar)
Seeds eg. Eden Seeds – nut trees, fruit trees, acacias, vegetables, herbs
Mist bottle (for seeds before sprouting)
10 litre Portable weed sprayer (for watering seedlings after sprouting)
Brix refractometer/spectrometer (beta) (bionutrient.org)
Greenhouse
5*37 litre clear/transparent plastic containers (Bunnings) OR
CarboPIU A shaped tunnel with triangles cut at the end, A shaped PVC frame OR
CarboPIU boxes
Water filtration
*Aqueous Solutions handbook, for irrigation
HDPE #2 plastic barrels
biochar
gravel
sand
PVC fittings
pipes
*point of use (PoU) for potable water...the 'Permafilter'
-see 'Permafilter' page
Household
tent(s) (thelevelmarket.com), stretches/sheets,blankets, pillows
solar showers
biochar toilets (Bill and Melissa Gates Foundation)/self-composting toilets (Humanure handbook)
5*10 litre heavy duty plastic buckets with steel handles/crockery/eating implements/plates, bowls/steel saucepans/wok,steel wool,biodegradeable detergent
The Energy Kit (TEK)
The 'Permastove' V3 (beta) TLUD/centrifugal USB fan OR 'Permastove' V4 TLUD (beta, no fan)
/26,800mAh USB A/USB C Li ion/?graphene power bank, 2*LED lights, 2*USB extension leads, PV solar panel eg Nomad 14/20W (or possibly hybrid with power bank), 6.5” smartphone (min specs 4/64 with microSD up to 1Tb)
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pelletiser/pellet mill eg.FY-120 OR pellets – rice husk/sawdust/coffee pulp/bamboo fibre and many other feedstocks