Projects to get you off the grid : rain barrels, chicken coops, and solar panels / selected by Instructables.com ; edited by Noah Weinstein.
This compact book focused on a series of projects designed to get you thinking creatively about thinking green features 20 Instructables that illustrate just how simple it can be to make your own backyard chicken coop, or turn a wine barrel into a rainwater collector.
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- ISBN: 9781620871645 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- ISBN: 1620871645 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- Physical Description: 133 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
- Publisher: New York : Skyhorse Publishing, c2013.
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Formatted Contents Note: | Backyard chicken coop -- Clipping chicken wings -- Small chicken tractor for the city dweller -- Chicken barrow -- Collect rain water with a wine barrel -- Roughneck rain barrel -- Green solar powered water barrel -- Rainwater collection & distribution system -- DIY 1000 watt wind turbine -- How I built an electricity producing wind turbine -- Chispito wind generator -- How to build a thermoelectric lamp -- Build a 60 watt solar panel -- Solar power system -- How to make PV solar panels -- Solar lawn mower -- Solar powered fountain/herb garden -- Solar PV tracker -- Greenhouse from old windows -- An algae bioreactor from recycled water bottles. |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Covington Branch | 640 P964t 2013 (Text) | 33126018454938 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Erlanger Branch | 640 P964t 2013 (Text) | 33126018454920 | Adult Nonfiction | Checked out | 04/22/2024 |
Independence Branch | 640 P964t 2013 (Text) | 33126016318382 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |