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Community development, sustainable technologies, rural-urban (colonia) projects,
unconventional/alternative construction techniques

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Solar Water Distiller Projects

Sharon Cornet was Project Manager for EPSEA (El Paso Solar Energy Association) in 2000-2003 and installed over 100 solar water distillers in west TX, southern NM, and Colonias in Anapra and south Juarez, Mexico.

Supporting article on past projects: http://www.txses.org/reflector/reflector-summer-2001.pdf  

BorderPACT/CONAHEC Solar Distiller Project Report with water issues tables, photos, project details:
http://www.sunstar-solutions.com/BorderpactFINALreport.htm 

Foster, R., SWTDI New Mexico State University, Amos, W., SolAqua, Inc. and Eby, S., El Paso Solar Energy Association, 2005:
Ten Years of Solar Distillation Application Along the U.S.-Mexico Border

Gupta, B., Vogel, G., Amos, W., and Cormier, M., SolAqua, Inc. and Eby-Martin, S., and Foster, R., El Paso Solar Energy Association, 2003: Solar Distillation Applied in Texas

Eby-Martin, S., and Tirres, A., El Paso Solar Energy Association, and Foster, R., SWTDI New Mexico State University, 2002. Solar Water Purification for the Border: EPA Grant for Solar Distillation, PDF version http://www.sunstar-solutions.com/EPA final pres.ppt

Eby-Martin, S., El Paso Solar Energy Association, and Foster, R., SWTDI New Mexico State University, 2001. Solar Water Purification for the Border: Solar Distillation, PDF version http://epsea.org/pdf/borderpact.pdf

Eby-Martin, S., El Paso Solar Energy Association, and Foster, R., SWTDI New Mexico State University, March, 2001. Targeting Drinking Water in Border Colonias: A Solar Still Development  Resource url:
http://conahec.org/conahec/borderpact/grants/1999/Region 3/Region 3B (English).htm

Composting Toilets

CERM (Center for Environmental Resource Management) at UTEP was in charge of a composting toilet (some of them with solar design).  A large composting toilet (CT) also is located at Tom Mays park in the Franklin Mountains, El Paso, TX

Papercrete (fibercrete) with Mike McCain

Mike McCain is one of the "Papercrete Guru's" for alternative fibercrete (recycled paper and cement) construction methods

Straw Bale Houses

Tierra Madre is the Straw Bale housing community (sweat equity homes) in the Sunland Park, NM area

Our Straw Bale home in Nebraska

Alternative Construction with Tires, Bottles, Fidobe, etc.

These locations range from Columbus to Taos, NM, etc.

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