The Complete Biogas Handbook
Hands-on, Very
Cool Classes!
Practical Biogas & Digesters Class
and
Commercial/Organic Aquaponics Class
What/When
On Friday April 23rd (and a good part of Saturday), in Honoka’a, Hawaii (on the north side of the big island), David House will be teaching an extensive, fact-filled, two-day class ($250) on biogas and on building biogas digesters. (Can’t attend but interested in taking a class? Send us an email! See address/link at the bottom of this page…)
The general outline of subjects to be covered more or less follows the subjects as presented in The Complete Biogas Handbook. (See the table of contents.) Get your questions answered and participate in building a digester. Get a break from winter! (Can you feel that warm breeze off the ocean?)
If you are serious about really doing something with biogas, there’s probably no better way to get started than a hands-on experience like this!
Participants will also get a CD with a large number of helpful papers and books in electronic format, as well as several Excel spreadsheets which will help calculate many aspects of the digestion process, the use of biogas, and so on. Following the class, you will be able to make use of an hour of David’s consulting time. Ask about your specific project!
Who should attend?
- Interested about or involved with ASE? You may want this knowledge to assist you to do your job (as for example if you help people with energy planning, or teach courses about alternative energy)
- Biogas in your future? You may want to know enough to plan for, or be involved in running a biogas digester, large or small
- Want to gain energy independence? A lot of people want to be able to live cleanly (with a small carbon footprint), and securely (using energy you produce and consume)
- Do you ever wear a tool belt? You may want
to build a low-cost digester for your household or farm
If you can answer “Yes!” to any of the above questions, this class will enable you to take the next steps in your journey. (So why not? Click on the “Biogas” button, found below…)
Aquaponics class
The biogas class will immediately follow a really exciting, in-depth, four-day course on commercial aquaponics ($1500) which is being taught by Susanne Friend and Tim Mann of Friendly Aquaponics at the same facility (a working aquaponics farm, USDA certified organic). This will be the fourth Commercial Aquaponics Training from Friendly, held April 19th through 22nd, 2010, immediately before the biogas class. As Tim and Susanne say:
“These commercial aquaponics systems grow a lot of food in a small space with high energy efficiency… [There will be] four full days of classroom instruction with additional hands-on instruction at our farm each day. You will learn everything you need to know to build and operate aquaponics systems of any size. You will have all your questions answered, and the trainers make sure you understand every detail completely.”
The Micro System Aquaponics package…
The Micro
System Aquaponics package is included as part of the aquaponics
class purchase. This package shows you how to
- build and sucessfully operate
- a stable, durable, and productive (64 square foot) backyard aquaponics system
- in two weekends
- for less than $700 worth of materials
- that you can buy locally
- giving you a unit that can be rapidly disassembled and easily moved (renters take note!).
These Micro System Aquaponics units are easy to build and easy to operate, and will make an excellent addition to any home, homestead or small farm for producing nutritious, fresh food that grows rapidly. You can consider this system a training system— one will produce a good quantity of food, but it won’t produce all the fresh food a family of four would need. As well, the MSA package does not provide information about marketing, permits, certification, and all the business aspects of commercial aquaponics which will be so well covered in the class. Still, if you read it before you take the class, you will understand the basics of aquaponics. Alternatively if you purchase the MSA package by itself, you can build a backyard unit, and be on your way to feeding your family: And doing it in a way that will make the planet proud of you! Pictures! FAQs!
If you really think about it, you will see that this class offers you an inexpensive and quite rapid pathway to greater independence, a second income, and perhaps even a new career. Interested? Why not attend? Use the appropriate button below…
Sign me up!
Sign up for your biogas training and receive a free copy of The Complete Biogas Handbook!
Sign up for your aquaponics training and receive a free copy of Friendly’s Micro System Aquaponics package!
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last edited: 03.05.10