Detailed theory

• Before every module you will learn a little  theory prior the practical application. This will assist you to think for yourself should you want to make any changes to your DIY eco system.

• Intro and class room theory: roof gutters, leaf catcher, first flush,                                    pavement catchment & road catchment

• NEW LESSON Building of the tower with a gravity shower under and

       plumbing a water tank 

• Mistakes & improvements

Hard Surface

Harvesting water in the ground - Earthworks

• Eight principles of successful water harvesting 

• Different types of earthworks: berm & basin, swales and terraces

• Mistakes and Improvements

Sandbag water reservoir

•  Construction of sand bags with a floor slab and sump

•  Construction of ferro cement supportive wall

•  Plastering & water proofing

Underground reservoir with usable flooring above

•  Excavation and construction of walls

•  Construction of concrete beam & ferro cement dome roof 

•  Air crete filler for flooring

Ferro Cement reservoir

• Foundation preparation, wiring the mesh & ply wood tying 

• Dome roof construction

• Plumbing, plastering  & water proofing

Transforming a standard pool into a biological storage

•  We will construct 2 types of perfected pool wetlands 

• Excavation for wetland liner installation

• Planting and sourcing aquatic plants from local eco systems

• Testing & Maintenance + detailed mistakes & improvements  

Bio char slow sand filter

• Pre treatment of very dirty or iron rich water water

• Making bio char and making of biochar gassier oven

• Sifting and cleaning stone, sand & biochar                                  

• Ball valve installation

• Preparation and setting up of the drums  and plumbing 

• Testing the flow  & maintenance & mistakes and improvements

• Click here to view the test results from our Bio Char filtered city rain

 Water Organising Module  - pressurized water

• Municipal bypass valve installation into your city home

• Plumbing of Biochar Slow Sand Filter to the pump 

• NEW LESSON Construction Water organising module  

• NEW LESSON Launching and troubleshooting of W.O.M.

• Mistakes and improvements

Creating a constructed wetland

• Container, rock entrance + plumbing of the system

• Filling the container with the correct aggregate - NO SMELL

• Aquatic planting, where to source then and how to plant them

• Irrigation with treated grey water and toilet flushing

• Siphoning pump & other tech for low lying outlets

Treating sewage whilst making methane

• Creation of a sewerage treating constructed wetland

• Installation of already made biogas digester

• Plumbing of sewage

• Outlet tank & safely irrigating with treated sewage

• How to build a sexy composting toilet

• Mistakes & improvements

Upcycling - Kitchen and Laundry

• Building a simple grease trap for passive flow into the garden

• Trench & earthworks, filling the trench with correct medium

• Maintenance of the grease trap

Alosha's latest  invention an off-the-grid trailer

• learn how to arrange all of the water eco tech puzzles to create an off the water grid trailer biome. (all sketches will be shared in a video lesson)

  • Harvest water with a stretch tarp (tested amazingly back in 2012

  • store it in 250 Gal IBC tank

  • 2 part composting toilet using 250 Ga IBC tank

  • Slow sand bio char filter to treat all harvested rain water

  • grey and kitchen water recycling

  • loads of micro green trays.

• trailer is encapsulated as a green house with shower facilities​

Construction of your own food growing machine

• Sourcing of the drum and container preparation

• Cutting the drum up and extruding planter pockets with a gas torch

• Plumbing of your irrigation system for the food grower

• Creating a worm tower & installing it into the food growing machine 

• Setting up a automatic gravity flow earthworm tea extractor

• Planting the plants and the right choices for east, west, north & south

• Creating a micro green & nursery station for the shade side