Channel Title: Low-tech Lab Channel Description: Le Low-tech Lab s'est donné pour mission de partager les solutions et l'esprit low-tech avec le plus grand nombre, afin de permettre à chacun de répondre à ses besoins de base de manière autonome et durable. The Low-tech Lab's mission is to share the low-tech mindset and solutions with as many people as possible, so that each person can meet ones basic needs in a self sufficient and sustainable manner. <video> 🇫🇷🇬🇧 How to build a low-tech wind turbine ? - DIY Tutorial Description: 🔎 The detailed written tutorial: https://wiki.lowtechlab.org/wiki/Eolienne_200W Another tutorial: https://wiki.lowtechlab.org/wiki/L%27%C3%A9olienne/en-gb -- 🇬🇧 [NEW TUTORIAL - The wind turbine 🌬] During the voyage of the Nomade des mers, the crew gained height (and a good dose of inspiration) by joining the GRUPEDSAC association, based in the mountains of Oaxaca, Mexico. Felix, self-taught and passionate about electronics and mechanics, travels to remote areas to help residents find alternatives to compensate for the lack of electricity and obtain energy using the elements 🌬🌞. Recovery of materials and DIY are two inseparable elements of Felix's daily life. Corentin was inspired by it and once back on the Nomade of the seas, a tutorial was born! Using second-hand materials, the wind turbine can meet the charging needs of small electronic equipment or laptops! To learn more about how the wind turbine is manufactured and how it works, the Tripalium network is a good gateway! The tutorial was made thanks to a donation campaign! If you want to help us continue our missions in 2023 do not hesitate to contribute via: https://www.helloasso.com/associations/low-tech-lab </video> <video> Nomade des Mers, 6 years exploring low-tech innovation around the world ! Description: 6 years ago, the crew of the NOMADE DES MERS set sail in search of the best low-tech innovations on the planet 🌎 6 years, 25 stopovers, 53 systems documented and as many encounters with inventors, entrepreneurs, citizens committed to a more desirable future ✊ In 2018, many of you had financially supported the expedition and its work! 🙏 17 new video how-tos, this is the goal you had set. Their diffusion starts today ! In this video, Corentin, Guénolé and Caroline come back on these 6 years, on their meetings, their discoveries and on the systems experimented on board! 🌱 👉 16 videos are to be discovered in the coming weeks For each one: 📣 FR/EN subtitles available. 📕 A written how-to on our wiki: https://wiki.lowtechlab.org/wiki/Group:Low-tech_Lab_(English) A BIG THANK YOU to all the people we met, to the volunteers, to all our partners and to you, the crowdfunding contributors who allowed us to complete this adventure 🙏 </video> <video> 🇫🇷🇬🇧 How to be "low-tech" in our digital practices ? - Stopover in Cuba & Tutorial Description: 📕 The detailed written tutorial of the "low-tech" computer: https://wiki.lowtechlab.org/wiki/Ordinateur_low-tech/en 📣 FR/EN Subtitles are available </video> <video> Enquête #9 - À la rencontre de Rotor et Rotor DC 🏗🧱🔄 Description: Cette nouvelle et dernière enquête du Low-tech Lab nous amène à Bruxelles. Ses frites, sa bière, son fameux Manneken Pis… Si cette capitale européenne, culturelle, de renom, a déjà beaucoup pour plaire, c’est sur le secteur dans lequel s’active l’association et coopérative Rotor que nous nous sommes focalisés : la construction. Ou plutôt la conservation du bâti existant, la déconstruction de ce qui doit vraiment l’être, le réemploi de matériaux de seconde main, et l’accompagnement au changement de pratiques de toute une filière qui est amenée à se remettre en question. Car aujourd’hui, en particulier à Bruxelles, elle se caractérise encore par une extraction faramineuse de matières premières, une contribution majeure aux émissions de gaz à effet de serre de nos sociétés, une énorme production de déchets plus ou moins inertes, et in fine le gaspillage d’une quantité non négligeable de ressources et d’énergies. Et ce alors même que ces éléments essentiels deviennent de plus en plus rares et précieux… À vrai dire, s’il le fallait, on pourrait tenter d’être exhaustifs ici sur l’ensemble des missions que remplit (avec brio) Rotor, véritable pionnier sur le sujet du réemploi, et tout à la fois collectif d’architectes, magasin de matériaux, bureau d’études, ou centre de recherche et de productions artistiques. Mais honnêtement, la vidéo vaut le détour. Bon visionnage ! :) 👉 Pour en savoir plus, retrouvez : L’article l’enquête directement sur le site du Low-tech Lab : 📒 https://lowtechlab.org/fr/actualites-blog/enquete-9-rotor Le reportage photo réalisé à Bruxelles : 📷 http://photo.lowtechlab.org/index.php?/category/54 Et pour vous plonger dans le parcours, la vision et les engagements de Michaël Ghyoot, membre émérite de Rotor, retrouvez le podcast de l’enquête : 🎙 https://podcast.ausha.co/lowtechlab/enquete-09-michael-ghyoot Bon visionnage, bonne écoute et bonne lecture ! *** Merci à l’ensemble des personnes rencontrées au fil de cette enquête, qui nous ont chaleureusement accueillis, permis de comprendre finement les tenants et aboutissants d’activités professionnelles autour de la low-tech, et qui constitue un épisode essentiel de cette série. Les enquêtes du Low-tech Lab, kesako ? Pour accompagner la professionnalisation et identifier les enjeux d’une plus large implémentation des low-tech à l’échelle du collectif, le Low-tech Lab part à la rencontre des premiers acteurs professionnels de la low-tech : une série d’enquêtes de terrain auprès d’initiatives françaises qui incarnent et diffusent localement une démarche low-tech. 👉 En savoir plus : https://lowtechlab.org/fr/le-low-tech... #lowtech #rotor #rotordc #rotorasbl #réemploi #reclaim #secondemain #secondhand #matériaux #Opalis #Bruxelles #déchets #construction #déconstruction #MichaëlGhyoot #MaartenGielen #SophieBoone #CecileGuichard #archi #architectes #architecture #AMO </video> <video> 🇫🇷🇬🇧 How did we transform our boat in a living ecosystem ? - From Zero Waste to Full Resources ! Description: 📕 You can find all the detailed tutorials of the systems presented in this video on our collaborative wiki: https://wiki.lowtechlab.org/wiki/Group:Low-tech_Lab_(English) 📣 Turn on the subtitles to get all the information ! </video> <video> 🇫🇷 🇬🇧 How to grow oyster mushrooms at home ? - DIY Tutorial Description: 🇬🇧 [NEW TUTORIAL - How to grow oyster mushrooms at home ? 🍄] In Mexico, mushrooms have an important part of the culture. Sacred among the Mazatecs, they were originally consumed in ritual ceremonies and for their medicinal properties. Today, many families produce edible mushrooms such as oyster mushrooms. Cultivated from agricultural waste, they are a reliable source of income and quality food! In the heart of the remote mountains of Chiapas in Mexico, we met a community that turns local agricultural waste into oyster mushrooms all year round ! On board Nomade des Mers, we grow mushrooms for a few years ! In this tutorial, we explains how you grow oyster mushrooms at home. 📕 For more details check out the written tutorial: https://wiki.lowtechlab.org/wiki/Culture_de_pleurotes 📣 FR / EN SUBTITLES AVAILABLE </video> <video> 🇫🇷🇬🇧 How to produce biogas at home ? - DIY Tutorial Description: 🔎 The detailed tutorials on biodigestors: - https://wiki.lowtechlab.org/wiki/Biodigesteur_domestique/en - https://wiki.lowtechlab.org/wiki/Biodigesteur/en -- 🇬🇧 [TUTORIAL - HOW TO PRODUCE BIOGAS 💩♻️] During the expedition of the Nomade des mers, the crew went to meet the association blueEnergy, located in Nicaragua. Their municipal biogas system is connected to the local slaughterhouse and ensures the need for energy and fertilizer for crops. ⛵️ Once back on the boat, the Nomade des mers team made their own biodigester and made a tutorial! 📣 FR/EN subtitles 📙 Our article about the journey of Corentin and Caroline with blueEnergy in Nicaragua: https://lowtechlab.org/fr/actualites-blog/nomade-des-mers-retour-sur-le-biogas-au-nicaragua </video> <video> 🇫🇷 🇬🇧 How to dehydrate fruits and vegetables ? - Solar Dryer - DIY Tutorial Description: 📕 For more details check out the written tutorial: https://wiki.lowtechlab.org/wiki/S%C3%A9choir_solaire_indirect 📣 FR/EN SUBTITLES AVAILABLE -- 🇬🇧 [TUTORIAL- How to preserve food thanks to the sun ? In Mexico, 54% of the mangoes produced are thrown away for lack of finding a buyer ! In Santa Maria Huatulco, Paty, Poli and Rodriguo collect these surpluses from local farmers and dehydrate them on the roof of their building! 🥭🍅 In the village of Tlacochahuaya, we meet Victoria, the founder of the project La sazón del sol-Solar SuperFood. Her dream? To make solar energy an integral part of the local daily life through food, economy and health! In this training center dedicated to women, she transmits her passion for solar cooking. From the construction of a dehydrator-cooker to cooking, pasteurization and solar preservation! A way to reinforce autonomy and social links in the community. Solar dehydration preserves fruits and vegetables for months while keeping their taste and nutritional value ! On board the Nomade des Mers, we are fans and we show you how to make your own solar dryer ! </video> <video> 🇫🇷🇬🇧 How to build a low-tech solar cooker ? - DIY Tutorial Description: 📕Some detailed tutorials to build a solar oven: - https://wiki.lowtechlab.org/wiki/Four_solaire_(cuiseur_type_bo%C3%AEte)/en - https://wiki.lowtechlab.org/wiki/Multicuiseur_solaire/en -- [TUTORIAL - The solar cooker 🌞 ] During the Nomade des Mers expedition, the crew made a stopover in New York where they were blown away by the many benefits of solar cooking! In addition to being economical, it's healthier than other cooking methods and of course... is totally ecological! A method that is widespread in some tropical countries but that would benefit from spreading across the globe! From the Big Apple, Solar Cookers International (SCI) has been working for years to promote, research and provide resources for the diffusion of solar cooking in the world. Once back on the Nomade des mers, Corentin, Caroline and Guénolé tasted the pleasure of solar cooking and the variety of small dishes cooked quickly! </video> <video> 🇫🇷 🇬🇧 How to grow spirulina at home ? DIY Tutorial Description: 🇬🇧 [NEW TUTORIAL - GROW YOUR OWN SPIRULINA 🌱💪🏽] During the expedition of the Nomade des mers, the crew passed through New York. Here, We Are The New Farmers produce green gold in the heart of a former US Army supply terminal in Brooklyn. Rich in iron and protein, spirulina is a micro-algae that is several million years old and can be produced and cultivated by anyone, provided that a well-defined protocol is followed. ⛵️ On the Nomade des mers, Corentin, Caroline and Guénolé did not lack nutrients since spirulina was a delicious part of their health routine. Added to meals, smoothies and other preparations, spirulina was grown on the boat with a combination of water, CO2 and photosynthesis produced with the sun and... with the supply of urine, including the nutrients it contains (such as phosphorus), to make the spirulina stronger! 📣 FR Subtitles 📙 The article about the meeting with We are The New Farmers can be found here Several spirulina culture models can be found via our wiki, La culture familiale https://wiki.lowtechlab.org/wiki/Culture_de_la_spiruline La culture en bassin https://wiki.lowtechlab.org/wiki/Bassin_de_culture_de_spiruline If you want to learn more about spirulina and find references near you, here is the link to the French Spirulina Federation.... https://www.spiruliniersdefrance.fr/ </video> <video> How to build a pedal-powered machine ? - DIY Tutorial Description: 📕 The detailed written tutorial: https://wiki.lowtechlab.org/wiki/P%C3%A9dalier_multifonction -- 🇬🇧 [TUTORIAL- HOW TO BUILD A PEDAL-POWERED MACHINE] 🚲⚡ During of stopover of the Nomade des Mers in Guatemala, we met the Maya Pedal project. We discovered their famous "Bicimaquinas"! Pedal-powered machines, built from old bicycles. We leave convinced that they represent a very serious track in a world under energy constraint. </video> <video> Insulated Solar Electric Cooker (ISEC)– Tomorrow's healthy affordable stoves? Description: 🇬🇧 During the American stopover of the Nomade des Mers, we travel to the green plains of Virginia to meet the Living Energy Farm. An intentional community of a dozen people who have achieved an impressive level of energy and food autonomy thanks. Alexis Ziegler, one of the founders, presents us in the Insulated Solar Electric Cooker (ISEC): a cooking technology consisting of a solar panel directly connected to an electric heater inside of a super-insulated chamber. He also presents the different ways of cooking they experimented: biogaz, wood stove, solar oven. 🛠️ The open-source tutorial: https://cutt.ly/MwtFWuHS 👉 More details on this community and their approach to energy autonomy: https://lowtechlab.org/en/news-blog/nomade-des-mers-living-energy-farm-une-communaute-sans-petrole FR SUBTITLES AVAILABLE </video> <video> Living Energy Farm: a community outside fossil fuels thanks to low-tech ? Description: 🇬🇧 During the American stopover of the Nomade des Mers, we travel to the green plains of Virginia to meet the Living Energy Farm. An intentional community of a dozen people who have achieved an impressive level of energy and food autonomy thanks. Alexis Ziegler, one of the founders, presents us in this video the main principles of this energy autonomy and in particular their learning about the use of direct current. 👉 More details on this community and their approach to energy autonomy: https://lowtechlab.org/en/news-blog/nomade-des-mers-living-energy-farm-une-communaute-sans-petrole </video> <video> 🇫🇷 🇬🇧 How to build a biosand filter to get safe drinking water ? - DIY Tutorial 💧 Description: 📕 Much more detailed documentation on bio-sand filters: https://wiki.lowtechlab.org/wiki/Water_-_Biosand_Filter --- 🇬🇧 [NEW TUTORIAL - How to make a biosand filter ? 💧] Despite the earth's abundance, only 2.5% of the world's water is freshwater, drinkable. According to WHO/UNICEF 2020, more than half of the world's population, or 4.2 billion people, lacks safely managed sanitation services. This causes, again according to these sources, many problems of malnutrition. A few weeks ago, the ceramic filter was proposed as a tutorial with plans accessible in open-source here 👉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NOZ8zREqkE Today, let's go to the tutorial of the biosand filter, more suitable for domestic use because of its weight and a mechanism that requires a certain constancy ! It was during the Nomade des mers' trip to Nicaragua that Caroline and Corentin met the members of the BlueEnergy association, who are very active on the issues of access to water, energy and essential hygienic conditions in the Bluefields area. Carlos, member of the association, showed Corentin how to reproduce a biosand filter, before this low-tech was reproduced on the boat. 🛠 Several tutorials are available here (in french) https://wiki.lowtechlab.org/wiki/Water_-_Biosand_Filter Or here (in english) https://sswm.info/sswm-solutions-bop-markets/affordable-wash-services-and-products/affordable-water-supply/biosand-filter 🔎 Several associations have adopted this method for local needs. This is the case of BlueEnergy, which Corentin and Caroline met in Panama https://blueenergy.fr/ Or Ohorizons, the association behind the tutorial available on the Low-tech Lab wiki https://www.ohorizons.org/about-us Other information about water purification can also be found on the Sustainable Sanitation and Water Management website https://sswm.info/sswm-solutions-bop-markets/affordable-wash-services-and-products/affordable-water-supply/biosand-filter </video> <video> 🇫🇷🇬🇧 How to get safe drinking water for 20$ ? - Ceramic water filter - Tutorial Description: 🛠 The detailed open-source tutorial: https://wiki.lowtechlab.org/wiki/Filtre_%C3%A0_eau_c%C3%A9ramique/en -- 🇬🇧 [TUTORIAL - THE CERAMIC FILTER] Drinking water accessible to all! 💧 ⛵️ In the world, 7 people die every minute because of unclean water. This remains the number one non-age-related cause of death according to the OMS. Yet, environmentally friendly solutions to clean water exist. We met Ecofiltro, a social company in Guatemala, who makes ceramic water filters and freely spreads this knowledge to people all over the world. Today 61 factories have opened on this model, in 39 countries around the world! 🙌 Made from natural materials available everywhere on the planet (clay, wood sawdust, and colloidal silver), this is a perfect example of low-tech that has spread widely through open-source! 💪 📣 FR/EN SUBTITLES AVAILABLE ℹ️ For more informations on the trainings or filters: https://ecofiltro.com/ - </video>

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