Past editions Among the basic needs of humanity - food, clothing and shelter - our work embraces shelter. EcoSouth addresses the great housing deficit in southern countries. http://english.ecosur.org/index.php/past-editions-e-magazine-285/88-edition-31-june-2008 2026-04-30T04:27:32+00:00 EcoSur: Concrete Roof Tiles, puzolanic cement, earth houses, ecomaterials paulcoyote@gmail.com Joomla! - Open Source Content Management Alternative combustibles in the production of fired clay bricks 2008-06-07T21:31:31+00:00 2008-06-07T21:31:31+00:00 http://english.ecosur.org/index.php/past-editions-e-magazine-285/88-edition-31-june-2008/362-alternative-combustibles-in-the-production-of-fired-clay-bricks Administrator paulcoyote@gmail.com <p> <img src="http://www.ecosur.org/images/stories/jun2008/sm_bsc.jpg" style="margin: 5px; float: left; width: 150px; height: 150px" alt="Sustituci&oacute;n de le&ntilde;a por Bloque S&oacute;lido Combustible" title="Sustituci&oacute;n de le&ntilde;a por Bloque S&oacute;lido Combustible" height="150" width="150" /> As a part of the &ldquo;biomass-bamboo&rdquo; project being developed by CIDEM in various Cuban provinces, the reduction of firewood to produce fired clay bricks is a main theme. Yolexis Diegues Solamo, a small producer in the province of Granma in the east of Cuba, documents his experiences using alternative combustibles. </p> <p> <img src="http://www.ecosur.org/images/stories/jun2008/sm_bsc.jpg" style="margin: 5px; float: left; width: 150px; height: 150px" alt="Sustituci&oacute;n de le&ntilde;a por Bloque S&oacute;lido Combustible" title="Sustituci&oacute;n de le&ntilde;a por Bloque S&oacute;lido Combustible" height="150" width="150" /> As a part of the &ldquo;biomass-bamboo&rdquo; project being developed by CIDEM in various Cuban provinces, the reduction of firewood to produce fired clay bricks is a main theme. Yolexis Diegues Solamo, a small producer in the province of Granma in the east of Cuba, documents his experiences using alternative combustibles. </p> Roofing guide for carpinters 2008-06-07T21:28:07+00:00 2008-06-07T21:28:07+00:00 http://english.ecosur.org/index.php/past-editions-e-magazine-285/88-edition-31-june-2008/361-roofing-guide-for-carpinters Administrator paulcoyote@gmail.com <img src="http://www.ecosur.org/images/stories/jun2008/sm_techos.jpg" style="margin: 5px; float: right; width: 150px; height: 173px" alt="Guia de techar para el carpintero" title="Guia de techar para el carpintero" height="173" width="150" /> Estuardo Quishpillo from the EcoSur team in Ecuador has transfered his wide experience and knowledge as a producer and constructor of MCR roofs into a guide for carpenters that includes graphic methods to determine quantities of materials. He recently used this guide for a roofing course for MCR producers in El Salvador. <img src="http://www.ecosur.org/images/stories/jun2008/sm_techos.jpg" style="margin: 5px; float: right; width: 150px; height: 173px" alt="Guia de techar para el carpintero" title="Guia de techar para el carpintero" height="173" width="150" /> Estuardo Quishpillo from the EcoSur team in Ecuador has transfered his wide experience and knowledge as a producer and constructor of MCR roofs into a guide for carpenters that includes graphic methods to determine quantities of materials. He recently used this guide for a roofing course for MCR producers in El Salvador. The mini congress on bamboo: a high on the way to sustainability 2008-06-07T21:04:04+00:00 2008-06-07T21:04:04+00:00 http://english.ecosur.org/index.php/past-editions-e-magazine-285/88-edition-31-june-2008/360-the-mini-congress-on-bamboo-a-high-on-the-way-to-sustainability Administrator paulcoyote@gmail.com <p> <img src="http://www.ecosur.org/images/stories/jun2008/sm_bambu_biomasa.jpg" style="margin: 5px; float: left; width: 150px; height: 150px" alt="Minicongreso del bamb&uacute; en el camino de la sostenibilidad" title="Minicongreso del bamb&uacute; en el camino de la sostenibilidad" height="150" width="150" />At the end of march 2008, producers, academics, scientists, traders, reforesters and farmers came together in Bayamo, capital of the province of Granma in the east of Cuba. At this mini bamboo congress results were presented of the work being carried out since 2004 in Cuba through the &ldquo;bamboo &ndash; biomass&rdquo; project financed through the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, COSUDE.&nbsp; </p> <p> <img src="http://www.ecosur.org/images/stories/jun2008/sm_bambu_biomasa.jpg" style="margin: 5px; float: left; width: 150px; height: 150px" alt="Minicongreso del bamb&uacute; en el camino de la sostenibilidad" title="Minicongreso del bamb&uacute; en el camino de la sostenibilidad" height="150" width="150" />At the end of march 2008, producers, academics, scientists, traders, reforesters and farmers came together in Bayamo, capital of the province of Granma in the east of Cuba. At this mini bamboo congress results were presented of the work being carried out since 2004 in Cuba through the &ldquo;bamboo &ndash; biomass&rdquo; project financed through the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, COSUDE.&nbsp; </p> Post Disaster reconstruction projects 2008-06-07T20:58:10+00:00 2008-06-07T20:58:10+00:00 http://english.ecosur.org/index.php/past-editions-e-magazine-285/88-edition-31-june-2008/359-post-disaster-reconstruction-projects Administrator paulcoyote@gmail.com <p> <img src="http://www.ecosur.org/images/stories/nov2004/sm_betania.jpg" style="border: 0px none #000000; margin: 5px 6px; float: right; width: 150px; height: 150px" alt="Post Disaster reconstruction projects" title="Post Disaster reconstruction projects" border="0" height="150" hspace="6" width="150" /><b></b><b>&quot;La Betania&quot; in Honduras, Central America.</b><br /> EcoSur E-magazine starts a series discussing different experiences in reconstruction projects.<br /> In this first issue we look at a project implemented by the Honduran network partner &ldquo;EcoViDe&rdquo; after hurricane &ldquo;Mitch&rdquo; in 1998.<br /> The project grew out of the emergency work and the EcoSouth network was able to connect EcoViDe with the &ldquo;Swiss Red Cross&rdquo; who financed the project together with&nbsp; &ldquo;Swiss Solidarity&rdquo;. </p> <p> <img src="http://www.ecosur.org/images/stories/nov2004/sm_betania.jpg" style="border: 0px none #000000; margin: 5px 6px; float: right; width: 150px; height: 150px" alt="Post Disaster reconstruction projects" title="Post Disaster reconstruction projects" border="0" height="150" hspace="6" width="150" /><b></b><b>&quot;La Betania&quot; in Honduras, Central America.</b><br /> EcoSur E-magazine starts a series discussing different experiences in reconstruction projects.<br /> In this first issue we look at a project implemented by the Honduran network partner &ldquo;EcoViDe&rdquo; after hurricane &ldquo;Mitch&rdquo; in 1998.<br /> The project grew out of the emergency work and the EcoSouth network was able to connect EcoViDe with the &ldquo;Swiss Red Cross&rdquo; who financed the project together with&nbsp; &ldquo;Swiss Solidarity&rdquo;. </p>