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Why Solar Energy? (HD)

Free Energy From the Sun: THE clean, never ending resource! Onbeautiful Seabrook Island, nestled on the coast just south of Charleston, South Carolina, lies Camp St. Christopher It offers over 300 acres of beach, marsh and maritime forest and multiple facilities including meeting and conference centers, lodging, and worship centers. We’re excited about keeping you up-to-date on our progress and informing you about how this project was made possible. The process began last August when the State Energy Office put out information that there were going to be .9 million available in grants for alternative energy projects for non-profits. As soon as we found out, we immediately started getting in touch with local Charleston non-profit organizations to inform them about the opportunity. When St. Christopher responded about being interested, we setup a meeting for late September 2009 and went out to view the grounds and start planning. The RFP from the State was issued in early September. The government was looking at multiple factors before approving a non-profit like St. Christopher for the grant. These included visibility of project, potential job creation, overall benefit in terms of investment and payback of the project (they needed a minimum return of .50 dollars to spent). The grant writing process was long and hard, but St. Christopher didn’t have to worry about that. SES took care of making sure the grant was completed correctly and on time. Anything we were able …

Open Source Tractor, Rototiller, Biodiesel Reactor, Solar Panels

We show the open source tractor, quick attach plate for implements, and open source rototiller. Plus, we show how we set up a biodiesel reactor. We also made more solar panels, and show other fruits of Factor e Farm. More info: openfarmtech.org We arelooking for people who are interested in building the world’s first replicable open source self-sufficient decentralized high appropriate tech permaculture village – to transcend survival and evolve to freedom. Read more at www.openfarmtech.org Visit our myspace page www.myspace.com

Advanced CEB Press and Solar Panels – Open Source Ecology

Here we continue documentation of the open source tractor (LifeTrac) and the CEB press (Factor e Liberator) as built and used at Factor e Farm. We also show how we made solar panels from solar cells. More info: openfarmtech.org We arelooking for people who are interested in building the world’s first replicable open source self-sufficient decentralized high appropriate tech permaculture village – to transcend survival and evolve to freedom. Read more at www.OpenFarmTech.org Visit our myspace …

Solar Panel Construction 2 – Open Source Ecology

This shows how to solder solar cell ribbon to solar cells. Part 2. For more information, see openfarmtech.org See more info about constructing our solar panels here: openfarmtech.org Learn more about similar projects at OpenFarmTech.org We are looking for people who are interested in building the world’s first replicable open source self-sufficient decentralized high appropriate tech permaculture village – to transcend survival and evolve to freedom. Read more at www.OpenFarmTech.org Visit …

Solar Panel Construction 1 – Open Source Ecology

This shows how to solder solar cell ribbon to solar cells. Part 1. For more information, see openfarmtech.org See more info about constructing our solar panels here: openfarmtech.org We are looking for people who are interested in building the world’s first replicable open source self-sufficient decentralized high appropriate tech permaculture village – to transcend survival and evolve to freedom. Read more at www.OpenFarmTech.org Visit our myspace page www.myspace.com…