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Sat, 2012-11-17 11:15 — mdmcdonald
The New York Water working group focuses on resilience innovation in the Rockaways.

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Rockaway Resilience Network Activities

Sat, 2014-01-11 14:26 — mdmcdonald

The Rockaway Resilience Network has engaged a full set of actvities for 2014 to address the Rockaways' mission critical gaps and to move the community toward sustainability.  

 

For more information, go to:  http://rockaway.newyork.resiliencesystem.org

 

For those seeking to actively help the Rockaways improve its resilience and sustainability, please consider coming to one of the upcoming Rockaway Resilience Roundtable meetings, or help with the Rockaways' neighborhood resilience assessments.

 

 

Mike

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New Toilet Turns Human Waste Into Electricity and Fertilizer

Fri, 2013-03-22 15:29 — Amanda Cole

June 26, 2012 — Scientists from Nanyang Technological University (NTU) have invented a new toilet system that will turn human waste into electricity and fertilisers and also reduce the amount of water needed for flushing by up to 90 per cent compared to current toilet systems in Singapore.

Dubbed the No-Mix Vacuum Toilet, it has two chambers that separate the liquid and solid wastes. Using vacuum suction technology, such as those used in aircraft lavatories, flushing liquids would now take only 0.2 litres of water while flushing solids require just one litre.

The existing conventional water closet uses about 4 to 6 litres of water per flush. If installed in a public restroom flushed 100 times a day, this next generation toilet system, will save about 160,000 litres in a year -- enough to fill a small pool 10 x 8 metres x 2m.

The NTU scientists are now looking to carry out trials by installing the toilet prototypes in two NTU restrooms. If all goes well, the world can expect to see and even sit on the new toilet in the next three years.

CONTAINER HOME: Couple Moves into Stacked Shipping Container Home in Williamsburg, Brooklyn

Thu, 2013-03-07 15:01 — Amanda Cole

Submitted by Samuel Bendett

 

 

This is great evidence of the ongoing use of shipping containers as homes - the vast potential for such material has been widely discussed and put into practice(with various results) in HA/DR environments following major disasters, most notably Haiti earthquake. By conservative estimates, there are millions of empty shipping containers around the world that can be potentially converted into temporary, semi-permanent and permanent dwellings following disasters and emergencies. The actual and realistic potential for HA/DR situations is worth exploring

http://inhabitat.com/nyc/photos-couple-moves-into-stacked-shipping-container-home-in-williamsburg-brooklyn/

Resilience Station

Sat, 2012-11-17 11:19 — Maeryn Obley

Solar generator in proposed resilience station site

Image: Solar generator in proposed resilience station site

Submitted by Walter Meyer - November 13th, 2012

This is an update on the progress of the Resilience Station pilot at the 91st street community garden. In addition to the Solar Generator that was installed yesterday (see attached photo), we also have a solar thermal water heater on the way for hot showers that will be supplemented by a propane gas camping water heater. Architects are ready to deploy shelter, we just need materials.
How fast can we get a shelter up?

howdy folks