Projects to get you off the grid : rain barrels, chicken coops, and solar panels

Weinstein, Noah. (Added Author). Instructables (Firm) (Added Author).

Summary: This compact book focused on a series of projects designed to get you thinking creatively about thinking green features 20 Instructables that illustrate just how simple it can be to make your own backyard chicken coop, or turn a wine barrel into a rainwater collector.

Record details

ISBN: 9781620871645 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN: 1620871645 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Physical Description: print
133 pages ; 24 cm
Publisher: New York, NY : Skyhorse Publishing, 2013.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

Backyard chicken coop -- Greenhouse from old windows -- Solar power system -- Collect rain water with a wine barrel -- Roughneck rain barrel -- Green solar powered water barrel -- Rainwater collection & distribution center -- Small chicken tractor for the city dweller -- Chicken barrow -- DIY 1000 watt wind turbine -- Build a 60 watt solar panel -- How to make PV solar panels -- Solar lawn mower -- Clipping chicken wings -- Solar powered fountain/herb garden -- Chispito wind generator -- How to build a thermoelectric lamp -- An algae bioreactor from recycled water bottles -- How I built an electricity producing wind turbine -- Solar PV tracker -- Solar powered cell phone charger.