Permaculture and Nutrition 

Environmental and Permaculture Sectors

Energy Efficiency

• Biogas  - http://www.vennie-vollrath.com/peacecorps/biogas.pdf - Producing household biogas.
• Energy Efficient Houses  -  http://www.vennie-vollrath.com/peacecorps/energyefficienthouses.pdf - Basic Info
• Fuel Savers   -  http://www.vennie-vollrath.com/peacecorps/fuelsavers.pdf - Basic Info on how to safe on fuel
• Fuelwood Trees -  http://www.vennie-vollrath.com/peacecorps/fuelwoodtrees.pdf - Info and list of good fuelwood trees to grow.
• Haybox Cooker (Hotbox)  -  http://www.vennie-vollrath.com/peacecorps/hayboxcooker.pdf - How to build with pictures and recipe.
• Improved Stoves -  http://www.vennie-vollrath.com/peacecorps/improvedstoves.pdf - Info on many different kinds of improved stoves.
• Reducing Kitchen Smoke -  http://www.vennie-vollrath.com/peacecorps/reducingkitchensmoke.pdf
• Smoke Hoods -  http://www.vennie-vollrath.com/peacecorps/smokehoods.pdf
• Solar Cooker -  http://www.vennie-vollrath.com/peacecorps/solarcooker.pdf - How to build with pictures.
• Solar Cooking -  http://www.vennie-vollrath.com/peacecorps/solarcooking.pdf - Different types of solar cookers with recipes.
• Solar Lanterns -  http://www.vennie-vollrath.com/peacecorps/solarlanters.pdf
• Solar Water Heater -  http://www.vennie-vollrath.com/peacecorps/solarwaterheater.pdf Build your own solar water heater.
• Solar Water Heating -  http://www.vennie-vollrath.com/peacecorps/solarwaterheating.pdf - General info.

Agroforestry and Forests

• Forest Product Certification -  http://www.vennie-vollrath.com/peacecorps/forestproductcertification.pdf - Certify your local woodworkers as using well managed forests.
• Forest Resource Management -  http://www.vennie-vollrath.com/peacecorps/forestresourcemanagement.pdf
• Gliricidia Sepium - http://www.vennie-vollrath.com/peacecorps/gliricidiasepium.pdf - Uses, how to plant, etc.
• Moringa Oleifera - http://www.vennie-vollrath.com/peacecorps/moringaoleifera.pdf Uses, how to plant, etc.
• Multipurpose Trees - http://www.vennie-vollrath.com/peacecorps/multipurposetrees.pdf - Tech sheets on many multipurpose trees.
• Neem - http://www.vennie-vollrath.com/peacecorps/neem.pdf - Uses, how to plant, etc.
• Sesbania Sesban - http://www.vennie-vollrath.com/peacecorps/sesbaniasesban.pdf - Uses, how to plant, etc.
• Tephrosia Vogelii - http://www.vennie-vollrath.com/peacecorps/tephrosiavegeliipdf - Uses, how to plant, etc.
• Tree Planting - http://www.vennie-vollrath.com/peacecorps/treeplanting.pdf - Why, how, tree nurseries, etc.

Marine Resources

• Marine Protected Areas - http://www.vennie-vollrath.com/peacecorps/marineprotectedareas.pdf - Who, What, Where, How.
• Sustainable Use of Marine Resources - http://www.vennie-vollrath.com/peacecorps/sususeofmarinersrcs.pdf

Soils

• Agroforestry - http://www.vennie-vollrath.com/peacecorps/agroforestry.pdf - Basic info and theory.
• Buried Clay Pots ­- http://www.vennie-vollrath.com/peacecorps/buriedclaypot.pdf - It was invented by farmers in Northern Africa thousands of years ago. Wherever water is scarce, as in Africa’s drylands, buried clay pot irrigation can help improve crop production. It can even help people to grow food and trees where the available water or soils are salty.

   

• Conservation Agriculture - http://www.vennie-vollrath.com/peacecorps/conservationagriculture.pdf - Techniques and theory.
• Drip Irrigation - http://www.vennie-vollrath.com/peacecorps/dripirrigation.pdf - In places where some water is available all year round, but supplies are limited for parts of the year, drip irrigation can help people to grow more food. Larger systems can help farmers increase yields of high-value crops.

   

• Green Manure - http://www.vennie-vollrath.com/peacecorps/greenmanure.pdf - Green manures aregrown so that the biomass (organic matter) in the crop can be transferred back into the soil.
• Growing Fruit and Nut Trees - http://www.vennie-vollrath.com/peacecorps/gorwingfruitandnuttrees.pdf - Propogating, planting, pruning, list of suggested trees.
• Living Fences - http://www.vennie-vollrath.com/peacecorps/livingfences.pdf - Basic info with advantages and disadvantages.
• Making Tea For Plants - http://www.vennie-vollrath.com/peacecorps/makingteaforplants.pdf - Compost tea! Yum.
• Mulching - http://www.vennie-vollrath.com/peacecorps/mulching.pdf - Theory and how-to.
• Natural Pest Control - http://www.vennie-vollrath.com/peacecorps/naturalpestcontrol.pdf - It tells you about the advantages of natural pest and disease control, and learn about several different methods that you may wish to try in vegetable gardens and small farms.

   

• Planting Fodder - http://www.vennie-vollrath.com/peacecorps/plantingfodder.pdf - The main benefit is healthier animals, which grow faster and produce more milk. If you keep livestock in specific areas, and bring them fodder, you can also help stop soil erosion due to over-grazing on the land. Also has a list of suggested trees.

   

• Planting Nitrogen - http://www.vennie-vollrath.com/peacecorps/plantingnitrogen.pdf - Innoculation, how-to, and suggested trees.
• Practical Composting - http://www.vennie-vollrath.com/peacecorps/practicalcomposting.pdf - Compost is organic matter (bits of plant and animal) that has been rotted down by the bacteria and other creatures. You can make it yourself, and add it to the soil to improve your crops. How-to with pictures.

   

• Rainwater Harvesting - http://www.vennie-vollrath.com/peacecorps/rainwaterharvesting.pdf - Different techniques and suggestions.
• Saving Soil - http://www.vennie-vollrath.com/peacecorps/savingsoil.pdf - A frames, ditches, and good planting techniques.
• Seed Bank - http://www.vennie-vollrath.com/peacecorps/seedbank.pdf - Setting up a community seed bank.
• Windbreaks - http://www.vennie-vollrath.com/peacecorps/windbreaks.pdf - How to and recommended trees.

Urban

• Cleaning Chemicals - http://www.vennie-vollrath.com/peacecorps/cleaningchemicals.pdf - Effects of chemicals and suggested alternatives.
• Growing Vegetable In the City - http://www.vennie-vollrath.com/peacecorps/growvegincity.pdf - Just because you live in a city doesn’t mean you can’t have a garden. You don’t need a lot of space or land.

   

• Make Briquettes - http://www.vennie-vollrath.com/peacecorps/makebriquettes.pdf - Making fuel briquettes out of rubbish takes the waste from the city and turns it into a source of energy. Fuel briquettes can be made and sold by entrepreneurial community groups and business people.

   

• Paper Mache - http://www.vennie-vollrath.com/peacecorps/papiermache.pdf - It’s about using waste paper to make useful and beautiful things. Collect old newspaper, magazines, telephone directories – any old paper - and then have fun making papier mache products. Children enjoy it too! You could make wonderful gifts, or sell what you make to earn money!

   

• Permaculture - http://www.vennie-vollrath.com/peacecorps/permaculture.pdf - The principles and techniques of permaculture are used to design sustainable systems of food production that work with nature for maximum long-term efficiency.

   

• Plastic Bag Problem - http://www.vennie-vollrath.com/peacecorps/plasticbagproblem.pdf - It’s about plastic bags and how to stop them becoming a menace to society and the environment.
• Reduce Reuse Recycle - http://www.vennie-vollrath.com/peacecorps/reducereuserecycle.pdf - People can often create valuable products from waste, making money and solving the pollution problem at the same time. You can look at waste as a problem to be solved, or you can look at it as a solution waiting to happen! Waste needn’t be wasted!

   

• Water and Sanitation - http://www.vennie-vollrath.com/peacecorps/waterandsanitation.pdf - Offers some guidelines to help think about possible solutions.

Water

• Brick Tanks For Rainwater Storage - http://www.vennie-vollrath.com/peacecorps/bricktanksforstorage.pdf
• Building Toilets - http://www.vennie-vollrath.com/peacecorps/buildingtoilets.pdf
• Developing a Plan for Community Water Security - http://www.vennie-vollrath.com/peacecorps/developingaplan.pdf
• Getting Groundwater - http://www.vennie-vollrath.com/peacecorps/gettinggroundwater.pdf - It’s about the ways in which people access the water that is naturally stored underground in manyplaces.
• Health Problems From Lack of Water - http://www.vennie-vollrath.com/peacecorps/healthprobs-nowater.pdf
• Health Problems From Unsafe Water - http://www.vennie-vollrath.com/peacecorps/healthprobs-unsafewater.pdf
• Large Water Filters - http://www.vennie-vollrath.com/peacecorps/largewaterfilters.pdf - Homemade water filters.
• Making Soap - http://www.vennie-vollrath.com/peacecorps/makingsoap.pdf
• Making Water Safe - http://www.vennie-vollrath.com/peacecorps/makingwatersafe.pdf
• Rock Catchment Harvesting - http://www.vennie-vollrath.com/peacecorps/rockcatchmentharvesting.pdf
• Roof Water Harvesting - http://www.vennie-vollrath.com/peacecorps/roofwaterharvesting.pdf
• Runoff Rain Harvesting - http://www.vennie-vollrath.com/peacecorps/runoffrainharvesting.pdf
• Safe Water Transport - http://www.vennie-vollrath.com/peacecorps/safewatertransport.pdf
• Solar Pasteurization - http://www.vennie-vollrath.com/peacecorps/solarpasteurisation.pdf
• Spring Protection - http://www.vennie-vollrath.com/peacecorps/springprotection.pdf
• Subsurface Dams - http://www.vennie-vollrath.com/peacecorps/subsurfacedams.pdf
• Useful Water Pumps - http://www.vennie-vollrath.com/peacecorps/usefulwaterpumps.pdf
• Wash Your Hands - http://www.vennie-vollrath.com/peacecorps/washyourhands.pdf
• Water Filters - http://www.vennie-vollrath.com/peacecorps/waterfilters.pdf
• Water For Life - http://www.vennie-vollrath.com/peacecorps/waterforlife.pdf
• Water Hyacinth - http://www.vennie-vollrath.com/peacecorps/waterhyacinth.pdf
• Water Storage Tanks - http://www.vennie-vollrath.com/peacecorps/waterstoragetanks.pdf

Wildlife

• Chili Growing - http://www.vennie-vollrath.com/peacecorps/chilligrowing.pdf
• Elephant Dung Paper - http://www.vennie-vollrath.com/peacecorps/elephantdungpaper.pdf
• Human Wildlife Conflict - http://www.vennie-vollrath.com/peacecorps/humanwildlifeconflict.pdf
• Monitoring Conflict - http://www.vennie-vollrath.com/peacecorps/monitoringconflict.pdf
• Protect Against Primates - http://www.vennie-vollrath.com/peacecorps/protectingagainstprimates.pdf
• Protecting Livestock - http://www.vennie-vollrath.com/peacecorps/protectinglivestock.pdf
• Reducing Crop Raiding - http://www.vennie-vollrath.com/peacecorps/reducingcropraiding.pdf