#rainwater
Photo credit: Angeline Swinkels - photographer
By Shardell Joseph
A new aquatic design captures and harvest rainwater, allowing people in drought-stricken areas to catch utilise their own water. Design Academy Eindhoven Graduate, Shaakira Jassat, showcased the Aquatecture panel at Dutch Design Week last month.
Designed to fit on the outside of buildings in dense urban environments, the panels collect rainwaters as it filters through the openings in the structure. The water is then pumped into a grey-water system connected to the specified building.
‘The main goal was to create a water harvester that would fit in dense urban spheres through its compactness, visual identity and ability to integrate into architecture,’ Jassat said.
‘It consists of a modular panel designed to harvest rainwater. When integrated with technology, it has the ability to harvest moisture from the air,’ she added.
‘Instead of sliding off the surface, the panel permits water to be collected through a punctured, geometric surface. Aquatecture makes water conservation both visible and engaging.’
The panels are made from stainless steel, utilised for the materials durability and rust resistance. The steel was then studded with perforations in a slim, rounded funnel shape. Jassat tested the pattern, and other patterns, by making prototypes and showering them with water to simulate the rain.
Once the rainwater has been captures, the Aquatecture panels would allow residents to channel the rainwater into the building grey-water system, which can then be recycled along with the wastewater from sinks, washing machines and other appliances.
While the primary purpose of the panels is to catch rainwater, Jassat says that, if hooked up to other equipment, they could potentially also pull water from the atmosphere via condensation.
As part of her research into aquatic design, Jassat has also designed the Tea Drop tea machine, which has the ability to condense water vapour from the surrounding atmosphere. Jassat claimed that it could initiate an alternative for daily rituals, adding an element of sustainability to day to day routines.
‘It functions on its own time frame, so one has to wait for the tea vessel to be filled up with water, before it can be boiled and ready for making tea,’ she said.
Jassat conducted her research on tea farms in Asia, discovering that water is a large by-product of processing tea and harvesting tea leaves, which are dependent on weather and time.
Jassat’s next step will be to test the design in situ on a building facade. She has also recently conducted research into air plants – the tillandsia and bromeliad species – which draw all their water needs from the air.
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When you’re thinking about being kind to the environment, you’re probably drumming up images of the great outdoors in places like natural parks and neighborhood trails. But what about the great outdoors in your backyard?
While you may not see the negative impacts of littering or pollution outside your window, that doesn’t mean your lawn doesn’t impact the world. In fact, there are plenty of steps you can take to reduce your lawn’s negative impact on the environment. Through careful and considerate landscaping, you can actually reduce the resources your lawn consumes every year and even save a little money while you’re at it.
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Beaches - are great for working rituals and spells. Excellent for meditation too!
Creek (Stream) - Use creek or stream water in spells for purification, encouraging harmony, or to cleanse.
Dew - Dew water is best when gathered at Beltane! It’s used to enourage good general health, and aids in spells for eyesight and beauty!
Fog (Mist) - Great for encouraging creativity, balance, and fostering partnerships.
Harbors - are a great place to host spells for abundance and prosperity. Also good for banishing.
Ice - Balance, Creativity, and spells for transformation.
Pond (Lake) - This water is ideal for spells for rest and relaxation, self reflection, peace, and contentment.
Rain - Use for added energy to boost your spells. Also spells for protection and cleansing.
River - Like creek water, river water is used for cleansing. Use it for spells of progression and moving forward, and also protection.
Riverbanks - Perform spells here to boost your personal power.
Sea Water - Manifesting goals, increasing your own magickal power, and spells for health.
Snow - Like Ice, use snow water for transformation and balance spells.
Spring Water - Traditionally used for Holy Water. Use for spells for growth, cleansing, protection, and prosperity.
Swamp (Waste Water) - Banishing and binding spells could use swamp water.
Waterfalls - Full of energy. Use in spells to give it a boost, for spells to empower or for success.
Well - Water from a well is most well known to be used in wishmaking. Also good for healing and aid with intuition.
To Charge Water
Place water-safe crystals within a vessel.
Use visualization techniques to give it purpose.
Visualize energy entering water.
Sun Water
Highly charges water, full of energy. Great for that added “oomph” to spells for self-confidence, improving leadership abilities, and increasing vitality.
To give Sun Water a little extra boost, time the charging around peak sunspot activity or add gold flakes to the water.
To Make Sun Water
Fill a transparent glass jar with water (keeping in mind the water source), add any water safe stones, metals, herbs, etc. and seal the jar tightly. Place the jar inthe sun just after it has risen, and retrive jut before it sets.
A great day to do this is the Summer Solstice.
Moon Water
A versatile water with many uses determined by the moon phase it was made under. The influence of the zodiac may be taken into consideration and may also be used to extend the influences of the moon phase.
To give Moon water a little extra boost for you intended spell, time the charging around the phases or zodiacal influence that coincides with your spell work. You could also add silver flakes into your water.
To Make Moon Water
Fill a transparent glass jar with the chosen water, add your water safe stones, metals, herbs, etc. and seal the jar tightly. Place in moon light just after sunset and retrieve just before sunrise.
A great night to do this is the Winter Solstice.
Bonus!
Water in Dreams
Clean Water - Peace of mind and emotional balance.
Dirty Water - Depression or uncertainty.
Drowning - Difficulty keeping up with resposibilities.
Flooding - Feeling overwhelmed, a worsening situation that needs action.
Rain - Sadness, or emotional cleansing and healing.
Swimming Pool - Indicates a need for relaxation.
Tidal Wave - Overwhelming feelings. Things out of your control.
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Tiny Off-grid Vertical Farm Shed
FEATURES
I’ve always been a bit into Grow Your Own and Self Sufficiency but like many I’m limited by space, time and funds. Also I’m concerned about our climate crisis and that motivated to reduce my CO2 footprint and don’t even get me started about single use plastics However my immediate selfish motivation was keeping my Coriander out of the reach of slugs and after three years of trying I ended up with a Tiny Off-Grid Vertical Farm.
The basic structure is a 2 meter cube (photo 1) built from 52 “Grown Up Building Blocks” and double wrapped in insulation and tarpaulin. Each block is like a large Lego brick with racking for 3 seed trays or 8 1.5 litre pots inside and which is just about portable when fully loaded. The whole shed has racking for up to 400 1.5 litre pots or 140 24 cell seed trays - so a maximum of 3400 seedlings.
OTHER INFO
1) Rainwater is harvested from the roof, stored and slowly dripped into the top of the plant pots so each rain drop passes through the roots of up to 11 vertically arranged plants before soaking away. (photo 10). In times of drought (or initial water loading) the tarpaulin sides can be turned into awnings for shade and to increase the rain capture area to 20 square meters. My next build is to collect and recirculate this water with a solar powered pump. Overflow water is stored internally in a 100 litre butt which also provides a little thermal mass.
2) Solar powered grow light LED strips boost natural light and provide 250 watts of warming for winter nighttime. To conserve heat, prevent light pollution and so as to not impact insects I have fitted thermal blackout blinds.
3) A cubic meter of leaf and grass Hot Composting sacks continuously provide a tiny bit more winter heat (photo 9 bottom). They also provide compost and liquid fertiliser as they rot down and they give off a high CO2 atmosphere inside the shed which captured by the plants and promotes growth.
This Off-grid Vertical Farm Shed is in the running for UK’s Shed of the Year 2022!
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Hi everyone, I’m really sorry
I didn’t fully understand what I was reading with the rainwater post, and I said it’s illegal to collect rainwater in some places
This is not true!! Again I’m really sorry about the misunderstanding! It’s much more complex than illegal and legal, and people can collect rainwater (with some restrictions per state).
I’m so sorry again for the misinformation, that is absolutely not what I’m trying to spread here!!
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