| Foreword by The Right Honourable |
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| Acknowledgments |
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1 | (6) |
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7 | (14) |
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Project 1: Estimating Your Existing Transportation Related Emissions |
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9 | (2) |
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Project 2: Finding Another Way Around |
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11 | (1) |
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Project 3: Flat Isn't Phat |
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12 | (6) |
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Project 4: Round and Round |
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18 | (2) |
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20 | (1) |
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21 | (12) |
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23 | (4) |
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Project 7: Fixing Your Windows |
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27 | (1) |
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Project 8: Using Thermal Mass |
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28 | (1) |
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Project 9: Testing Methods of Insulating |
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29 | (4) |
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33 | (10) |
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Project 10: A Worm Compost Bin |
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34 | (1) |
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Project 11: Making a Bit of Methane |
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35 | (3) |
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Project 12: Return Your Trash |
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38 | (1) |
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39 | (2) |
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41 | (2) |
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43 | (12) |
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Project 15: Installing an Energy-Efficient Light Bulb |
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45 | (1) |
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Project 16: Calculating Your Energy Savings from Project 15 |
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46 | (3) |
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Project 17: Auditing Your Appliances with an Energy Meter |
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49 | (1) |
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Project 18: Getting Used to ``Better Than Off'' |
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50 | (2) |
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Project 19: A Responsible Shopping List |
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52 | (3) |
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55 | (10) |
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Project 20: A Simple Water Purifier |
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56 | (2) |
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Project 21: Evaporative Cooling |
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58 | (2) |
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Project 22: Saving Water around the House |
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60 | (2) |
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Project 23: Collecting Rainwater |
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62 | (3) |
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65 | (16) |
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Project 24: A Simple Solar Cooker |
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67 | (2) |
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Project 25: Simply Heating Water with the Sun |
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69 | (2) |
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Project 26: A Circulating Water Heater |
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71 | (3) |
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Project 27: Solar Thermal Panels on your Roof |
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74 | (2) |
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Project 28: Solar Thermal Hot Water on the Roof of Your House |
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76 | (5) |
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81 | (14) |
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Project 29: A Model Water Wheel |
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81 | (3) |
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Project 30: A Model-Sized Water Wheel |
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84 | (3) |
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Project 31: The Spiral Water Pump |
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87 | (3) |
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Project 32: Making a Fire Piston |
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90 | (5) |
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95 | (16) |
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Project 33: Demonstrating the Power of Hot Air |
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100 | (1) |
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Project 34: The Energy of a Hot Cup of Tea |
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101 | (3) |
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Project 35: Concentrated Solar Thermal Motion |
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104 | (3) |
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Project 36: A Thinking Man's Cold |
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107 | (4) |
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111 | (10) |
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Project 37: The Homopolar Motor |
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113 | (2) |
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Project 38: A Coin Battery |
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115 | (4) |
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Project 39: Take One Room Off-Grid |
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119 | (2) |
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121 | (16) |
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Project 40: Assembling a Solar Module from PV Cells |
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123 | (7) |
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Project 41: PV Panels on Your Roof |
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130 | (7) |
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137 | (10) |
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Project 42: A Plastic Cup Vertical Axis Drag Turbine |
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139 | (1) |
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Project 43: Raising a Guyed Tower |
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140 | (5) |
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Project 44: Installing the Turbine |
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145 | (2) |
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147 | (16) |
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Project 45: Traveling with a Leitra |
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151 | (4) |
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Project 46: Frame and Fabric Tops |
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155 | (2) |
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Project 47: A Zotefoam Fairing |
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157 | (6) |
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Alternative Fuels for Transport |
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163 | (12) |
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Project 48: A Blender Batch of Biodiesel |
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166 | (5) |
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Project 49: Tearing Up Your Fuel System and Feeding in Waste |
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171 | (4) |
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175 | (14) |
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Project 50: Building with Earth |
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178 | (3) |
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Project 51: The $500 House |
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181 | (4) |
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Project 52: Attend a Public Consultation or Planning Meeting |
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185 | (4) |
| Index |
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