Solar circle

From WSU Solar Energy Center. PDF here.

Jean Pain and the Power of Compost

Jean Pain's technique for heating water, creating methane for cooking, generating electricity, and compressed gas for vehicles, all from brush pile or wood chip compost.

The website of the Comite Jean Pain demonstration site in Belgium.

Permaculture Activist article.

PDF of his book: Another Kind of Gardening.

Video of his methods in German with English subtitles:

Factor E Farm's Solar Economy

* pic part of the OSE product ecologies.

Home Energy Generation

Steven Harris' Knowledge Publications series of books including Making Fuel at Home. Education site. Fuels video:


Generator by ftcenergy.





Biogas from cowshit for methane production for cooking and heating.
Biogas 3
3 Cubic Meter Biogas Plant

Biogas to Electricity.


Solar1234.com low/hi tech products.

Training centers:
Evergreen Institute in East-Central Missouri.
University of Colorado at Boulder Sustainable Practices Program
Solar Energy International in Carbondale, CO
Solar Living Institute in Mendocino, CA
(Both of the above offer work-trade internship programs, from 16 weeks to 7 months, Apr 1-Oct30)
Guide to Renewable Energy Training and Education