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| + | ===== Alum alt-tech tour 2015 ===== | ||
| - | 'Alum alttech workshop' and the authors of [[http://ameba.ehion.com|freenetworks wiki]] will make an educational tour in summer 2015 presenting talks, workshops and discussions on the theme of off-grid living and DIY small-scale renewable energy systems. On the tour we | + | **The tour was a success! Thanks to all who helped and participated! [[tour|Details of the tour]] --- [[photos|Some photos of the tour (more coming soon)]] ** |
| + | ==== A UK tour to spread ideas and techniques for energy autonomy ==== | ||
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| + | Alum alttech workshop and the authors of [[http://ameba.ehion.com|freenetworks wiki]] will make an educational tour in summer 2015 presenting talks, workshops and discussions on the theme of off-grid living and DIY small-scale renewable energy systems. On the tour we | ||
| will demonstrate simple, low-cost wind and solar systems but with a | will demonstrate simple, low-cost wind and solar systems but with a | ||
| - | particular focus on maintaining and rejuvinating batteries, as replacing | + | particular focus on maintaining and rejuvinating batteries and ideas for new kinds of batteries better suited to our needs - small scale, low cost, long term, low voltage systems. |
| - | batteries is undoubably the most environmentally damaging (and expensive!) | + | |
| - | aspect of off-grid living. | + | |
| - | We believe energy autonomy is important not only from an environmental perspective but because it gives communities financial indepence and can make it possibile to live in more remote places, encouraging de-urbanisation and access to land. We want to move away from cities and closer to nature and to think long term. | + | We want an end to nuclear power, to minimise our use of coal and gas, and to stop the construction of bigger, higher voltage powerlines. However, we believe energy autonomy is important not only from an environmental perspective but because it gives communities financial indepence and can make it possibile to live in more remote places, encouraging de-urbanisation and access to land. We want to move away from cities, closer to nature and to think long term! |
| - | Our tour will visit communities and farms across the UK who are using alternative energy, or would like to be. We will make our talks accessible to people of all ages and levels | + | Our tour will visit communities and farms across the UK who are using alternative energy, or would like to be. We will make our talks and workshops accessible to people of all ages and levels of knowledge, and will do childrens activites including alum crystal growing, to demonstrate how safe it compared to battery acid! |
| - | of knowledge, and will do childrens activites including alum crystal | + | |
| - | growing, to demonstrate how safe it compared to battery acid! | + | |
| The tour will be an opportunity for the groups we are visiting to share information, as we will bring ideas and information from different groups together and create a mailing list to continue to share ideas and support each other after the tour. | The tour will be an opportunity for the groups we are visiting to share information, as we will bring ideas and information from different groups together and create a mailing list to continue to share ideas and support each other after the tour. | ||
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| More information about all of these topics can be found on our **[[info|Information and resources]]** page | More information about all of these topics can be found on our **[[info|Information and resources]]** page | ||
| - | **[[tour|Where we will give workshops]]** | + | **[[tour|Where we will give workshops]]** |
| ==== Campaigns against the energy monster === | ==== Campaigns against the energy monster === | ||
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