Director,
T.E.(Terry)
Manning,
Schoener 50,
1771 ED Wieringerwerf,
The Netherlands.
Tel:
0031-227-604128
Homepage:
http://www.flowman.nl
E-mail: (nameatendofline)@xs4all.nl : bakensverzet
Incorporating
innovative social, financial, economic, local administrative and productive
structures, numerous renewable energy applications, with an important role for
women in poverty alleviation in rural and poor urban environments.
"Money is not
the key that opens the gates of the market but the bolt that bars them"
Gesell, Silvio The
Natural Economic Order
Revised English
edition, Peter Owen, London 1958, page 228
Edition 11: 28
September 2006
05.11
Initial environmental study
An initial report on the environmental impact of this project under the applicable environment
laws has been prepared.
For an example (in French)
see: Study of the
environmental impact of the Yoto 10 project in Togo.
The project is 100% ecological.
It is based on the use of renewable energies, and in particular on the
use of solar photovoltaic cells to power
the distributed drinking water sstructures. The eco-sanitation
structures planned compost waste materials on site. Urine and faeces never come
into contact either with drinking water or with surface or underground waters.
Non-organic wastes are collected and recycled where possible under the
local money systems set up for productive uses within the project area .
The use of high efficiency stoves
eliminate smoke and fine particles hazards inside and around users’ homes. The
replacement of fire-wood and charcoal by locally made min-briquettes safeguards
forests and minimises CO2 emissions. The project should in principle qualify
for CER (carbon emission reduction) certificates under the Kyoto treaty, the
sale of which can contribute to the financing of project activities.
The local production of items made from gypsum composites is also
entirely ecological. The working cycle is such that the very small quantity of
water needed during one phase of the cycle are recycled in a second phase of
the cycle without the loss of any used or dirty water into the environment.
Gypsum composite products are themselves 100% ecological. They are always
repairable. Should they no longer be needed, they can be returned to the
production units for 100% recycling to make new products. Material used is
never lost to the environment, but even if it were, would not harm persons or
things.
The use of gypsum composite materials may well cause fine dust in areas
immediately surrounding the production units and the quarries. For this reason,
the working of gypsum composites in restricted areas should always be
accompanied by means of protection for eyes and lungs. The project involves
manual mining and manual working of materials on a very small scale, to the
order of a few hundred tons a year.
The quarrying of gypsum can in principle cause the need to re-locate a
few families whose homes may be situated directly on the gypsum deposits. The
amounts of gypsum required, are however, so small that the need to re-locate
anyone is considered extremely remote.
Exploitation rights relating to the gypsum deposits are held by the
project on behalf of the inhabitants of the community where the gypsum deposits
are situated. Used quarry areas will be turned into useful local
social structures according to the preferences expressed by the inhabitants,
who are also the owners of the land.
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Summary of project structures.
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