Project overview
The Sustainable aid project is expected to have multiple sub-projects and aims to do the following;
- Bring together a range of Appropriate Sustainable Practices that can be used in Aid projects, both local and overseas.
- Provide will developed solutions for
- Responding to a crisis
- Providing safe and healthy basic needs
- Helping reduce environmental degradation
- Issues include
- Housing
- Local materials
- Knowledge Transfer to locals
- Appropriate
- Safe (Weather, Earthquake)
- Cooking
- Avoid smoke inhalation
- Depleting fuel resources
- Lighting
- Very important to support education
- to avoid potentially dangerous fumes
- Waste Disposal
- Human Waste
- Other waste
- Water supply
- Safe drinking water
- Collection and storage
- Provide opportunities to
- Develop and test appropriate technologies before used in Aid situation
- Train Aid workers in Australia before attending a crisis or posting
- Provide and opportunity for people to experience non-first world conditions
- To educate promote the relevant issues and value of aid
- Assist in fund-raising
Initiator
Tony@LaSourceProjects.org
Resources
- Access to property and materials provided by LaSource.com.au
Skills/Knowledge required
- People with Aid experience and contacts
- Links to Aid organisations
- Online participants
- Possible student project
- Volunteers for trial implementations