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Growing Walls

This is an interesting and very practical idea developed by Gösta Nilsson, the Director of Sanitas in Botswana. He has developed a container gardening system based on walls with built-in growing boxes, made of hollow concrete blocks. The blocks are made using a simple, hand-operated block-making machine. With such a machine, two persons can make 100 blocks a day from a mix of 1 part cement and 4 parts sand. This is the size block which is used at Sanitas, but blocks of similar size would be ...

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From: Soil erosion – Footsteps 15

How to reduce the damaging effects of wind and water on soil

This is an interesting and very practical idea developed by Gösta Nilsson, the Director of Sanitas in Botswana. He has developed a container gardening system based on walls with built-in growing boxes, made of hollow concrete blocks. The blocks are made using a simple, hand-operated block-making machine. With such a machine, two persons can make 100 blocks a day from a mix of 1 part cement and 4 parts sand. This is the size block which is used at Sanitas, but blocks of similar size would be fine...

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How soil erosion happens

by Mike Carter. Imagine you need to push a loaded cart down a gentle slope. You first have to get the cart moving - this may need quite a hard push. Once the cart is moving, a steady, gentle push may keep it moving down the slope. Getting the cart moving in the first place takes a lot of effort - keeping it moving is easier.

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How soil erosion happens

by Mike Carter. Imagine you need to push a loaded cart down a gentle slope. You first have to get the cart moving - this may need quite a hard push. Once the cart is moving, a steady, gentle push may keep it moving down the slope. Getting the cart moving in the first place takes a lot of effort - keeping it moving is easier.

Available in 3 languages

How soil erosion happens

by Mike Carter. Imagine you need to push a loaded cart down a gentle slope. You first have to get the cart moving - this may need quite a hard push. Once the cart is moving, a steady, gentle push may keep it moving down the slope. Getting the cart moving in the first place takes a lot of effort - keeping it moving is easier.

Available in 3 languages

This resource is from Soil erosion – Footsteps 15

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