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ABUNDACULTURE WEB

The First Commission says:

Tend the Garden.

The “garden” is our home. It’s where we live. It’s the part of the earth for which we are responsible.

We tend to our ...

ATM pp. 4-5

You can pay someone else for shelter, energy, food, water, and sanitation... OR you can take personal responsibility and, with God’s help, acquire these things with your own hands.

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Shelter

Build without debt. Debt is bondage. We call the home we have designed a Solar Ark. It has special features that make it an essential component of abundant living.

Energy

Use on-site energy production.

Solar electric, firewood and passive solar design

Food

Grow more food in less space.

COMPOST, COMPOST, COMPOST!

Water

Water Conservation.
Catching rainwater is often the simplest and least expensive way to secure the water that you need.

Sanitation

Compost. Compost. Compost!
Strive to change waste into a resource.

ATM pp. 55-100

• Start small. Build in stages when you can afford it.

• Use materials that are available and affordable. ATM pp.85-98.

• Use sun for heating. ATM p.65

• Use earth for cooling. ATM pp.73+74.

• Insulate. ATM pp.60-63.

• Ventilate. ATM p.68.

• Use mass to moderate temperature. ATM p.64.

• Use THE PASSIVE SOLAR FORMULA : ATM p.65

• Use solar electric for lights, pumps, fans and electronics. ATM pp.24-54

• Use wood for heating and cooking.

• Use rocket stoves.

• Use fossil fuels like propane and gasoline sparingly.

ATM pp. 24-54

ATM pp. 145-182

• Grow more food in less space.

• Get more food with less work. ATM pp.145-146.

• Grow more food with less water. ATM pp.147.

• Use Sub-Irrigated Planters (SIPs) ATM pp.150-152.

• Plant in 100% compost whenever possible. ATM pp.176-182.

• COMPOST, COMPOST, COMPOST!

ATM pp. 108-139

•Catch rainwater. ATM pp.108-110.

•Create water storage. ATM pp.111-120.

•Purify drinking water. ATM pp.121-127.

•Use all water twice - once for you and once for your plants. ATM pp.129-139.

•Use wells for backup.

ATM pp. 164-195

•Dispose of trash in a way that is culturally appropriate and acceptable to God. ATM p.166.

•Re-use

•Re-new

•Re-distribute (Share)

•Re-purpose

•Use composting toilets. ATM pp.167-176.

•Make water available for cleanliness.

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