Director,
T.E.(Terry)
Manning,
Schoener 50,
1771 ED
Wieringerwerf,
The
Tel:
0031-227-604128
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bakensverzet
Incorporating innovative
social, financial, economic, local administrative and productive structures,
numerous renewable energy applications, with an important role for women in
poverty alleviation in rural and poor urban environments.
"Money is not the key that
opens the gates of the market but the bolt that bars them"
Gesell, Silvio The Natural
Economic Order
Revised English edition, Peter
Owen, London 1958, page 228
Edition 11:
05.11
Initial environmental study
An
initial report on the environmental impact of this project under the applicable
environment laws has been prepared.
For
an example (in French) see: Study of the
environmental impact of the Yoto 10 project in Togo.
The
project is 100% ecological.
It
is based on the use of renewable energies, and in particular on the use of solar
photovoltaic cells to power the
distributed drinking water sstructures. The eco-sanitation structures planned
compost waste materials on site. Urine and faeces never come into contact either
with drinking water or with surface or underground waters.
Non-organic
wastes are collected and recycled where possible under the local money systems
set up for productive uses within the project area .
The
use of high efficiency stoves
eliminate smoke and fine particles hazards inside and around users’ homes. The
replacement of fire-wood and charcoal by locally made min-briquettes safeguards
forests and minimises CO2 emissions. The project should in principle qualify for
CER (carbon emission reduction) certificates under the Kyoto treaty, the sale of
which can contribute to the financing of
project activities.
The
local production of items made from gypsum composites is also entirely
ecological. The working cycle is such that the very small quantity of water
needed during one phase of the cycle are recycled in a second phase of the cycle
without the loss of any used or dirty water into the environment. Gypsum
composite products are themselves 100% ecological. They are always repairable.
Should they no longer be needed, they can be returned to the production units
for 100% recycling to make new products. Material used is never lost to the
environment, but even if it were, would not harm persons or
things.
The
use of gypsum composite materials may well cause fine dust in areas immediately
surrounding the production units and the quarries. For this reason, the working
of gypsum composites in restricted areas should always be accompanied by means
of protection for eyes and lungs. The project involves manual mining and manual
working of materials on a very small scale, to the order of a few hundred tons a
year.
The
quarrying of gypsum can in principle cause the need to re-locate a few families
whose homes may be situated directly on the gypsum deposits. The amounts of
gypsum required, are however, so small that the need to re-locate anyone is
considered extremely remote.
Exploitation
rights relating to the gypsum deposits are held by the project on behalf of the
inhabitants of the community where the gypsum deposits are situated. Used quarry areas will be turned into useful
local social structures according to the preferences expressed by the
inhabitants, who are also the owners of the land.
Forward:
hygiene education structures.
Back: detailed
project description for funding purposes.
List of drawings and
graphs.
Typical list of maps.
List of key
words.
List of
abbreviations used.
Documents for
funding applications.