Healing Appalachia: Sustainable Living through Appropriate Technology

Illustrations

Utility intertied system 280 Portable solar generator 340 Typical microhydroelectric system 420 Turbine for Long Branch microhydropower system 460 TVA wind turbine in Tennessee 530 Air currents in a contraflow stove 610 Elbow torch stove 630 John Freeman and Grace Freeman with fuel wood 670 Long Branch solar hot water heater 730 ASPI nature center in the shade 800 Solar food dryer 960 ASPI solar food dryer 970 Edible landscaping at Long Branch 106 Intensive garden in Cumberland, Kentucky 115 American Chestnut Nursery at Long Branch 127 Attached solar greenhouse 136 Solar greenhouse at Long Branch 137 Vent placement for attached solar greenhouse 143 View from Appalachian Trail 155 Illustrations Stand of American bamboo (river cane) at ASPI 163 Horselogging in Kentucky 178 Ginseng patch at undisclosed Appalachian location 192 ASPI contour wetland 200 Cross section of an artificial wetland 202 Schematic of ASPI’s artificial wetland 204 Reclamation effort in Appalachia 209 Orchard house at Long Branch 224 ASPI solar house 230 Long Branch pond cabin 241 Community center under construction near Clairfield, Tennessee 256 Radon removal 263 Insulating a cordwood structure 282 ASPI cordwood/mobile home 283 ASPI yurt 290 ASPI’s solar electric car 304 ASPI’s solar electric charging station 307 ASPI’s composting bins 312 Tripartite composting bin 313 Long Branch passive solar composting toilet 326 Fairchild Big Batch composting toilet 327 ASPI two-seater composting toilet 328 Composting toilet at Long Branch office complex 329 Encouraging recycling in Berea, Kentucky 338 xii ❖ Illustrations Trout pond at Long Branch 347 Ideal cistern system 352 ASPI cistern and sediment tank 353 Rainwater filter 357 Watering a raised garden bed in Berea, Kentucky 364 Typical drip irrigation setup 367 Illustrations ❖ xiii ...