Rainwater Harvesting and Domestic Composting System
- Pre-Seed
A residential rainwater harvesting and a portable domestic composting system adapted to houses of the shantytown located within or on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro city.
Basic sanitation is a broad problem that crosses entire Brazilian territory and many cities all over the world.
Our solution will influence the scope of ODS "Drinking Water and Sanitation" through the application of ecological sanitation technologies of low cost and easy execution and will be developed with the local residents, taking into account the environmental, social and cultural characteristics. Its includes collectin an charcoal filtering rainwater system and a domestic composting system with earthworms, adapted to small houses.
These technologies should enable access to quality water and waste management, which are essential for improving populations living conditions, and will be linked to a greater process of health education and technical training.
Aiming to unite technology and popular education to promote the autonomy and quality of life of residents of urban vulnerable communities, creating a healthy and sustainable environment, a participatory methodology is proposed for training and implementation of social technologies of ecological sanitation, such as capitation and filtration of Rainwater, composting of organic waste and food production.
The problem our solution solves is the lack of access to sanitation, especially to treated water and efficient waste collection and destination in brazilian favelas.
There are still garbage and few litter composting initiatives in our cities. In shantytown most residents are with low school and have little access to information and public services. There is also violence and high population density.Although many people from Rio's favelas still know how to grow food (because they came from Brazil coutryside), they have to buy expensive and in quality food.
A lot of health problems result from this.
We believe that people are capable of promoting the necessary changes to make their life better. Due to that, we propose not only a sanitation social technology but an entire education and empowerment process promoting autonomy. It’s a participatory and horizontal methodology, unifing Paulo Freire pedagogic methods and environmental engineering.
Together they’re’ a powerful tool to solve various social and environmental problems of water and food sovereignty in urban communities.
A lot can be done once people know that it is possible to solve their problems and learn practical ways to do it or to request it.
Urban communities will be benefit, include those living in slums or neighborhoods in the outlying areas all over the world, starting from Providência favela, the oldest brazilian shanty town, in Rio de Janeiro.
Outcomes:
1. construction of 500 Rainwater Harvesting systems in Rio de Janeiro
2. construction of 600 domestic composting systems in Rio de Janeiro
3. professional training to 1000 Rio de Janeiro favela residents
Social network monitoring - construction of 500 Rainwater Harvesting systems in Rio de Janeiro
Social network monitoring - construction of 600 domestic composting systems in Rio de Janeiro
Presencial monitoring - professional training to 1000 Rio de Janeiro favela residents
- Lower middle income economies (between $1006 and $3975 GNI)
- Low-income economies (< $1005 GNI)
- Non-binary
- Urban
- Suburban
- Latin America and the Caribbean
- Agricultural technology
- Environmental engineering
We propose not only two cheap and efficient sanitation technology but an entire education, empowerment and professional training process in order to promote autonomy.
Through an education process, in wich we will define, select and build the most appropriate technology with the population that will be benefited. And through training courses (in community spaces and public schools) the residents will be capable of building their systems and also selling it to others.
We will seek partnership with the municipal government and ask for sponsoring companies support.
- 1-3 (Formulation)
- Not Registered as Any Organization
- Brazil
Through cross subsidization: we'll offer this technologies and courses to people that can afford to pay for it, so we can to it for free in the low income urban communities.
Not founding sponsors or government partnership.
- 2 years
- 3-6 months
- 1-3 months
https://hortainteligente.wixsite.com/hortainteligente
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=visnD0OrUz8
https://sisesaneamento.tumblr.com/
- Technology Access
- 21st Century Skills
- Water Treatment
- Water Sourcing
- Food Processing
By becoming a solver I intend to receive support and orientation to put those dreams into practice and increase their scale. I believe that I can contribute to a more egalitarian society, where people can live with more quality and health. Solve can help me with this like task.
Two strong women: a life-long friend called Mayra, an environmental engineer and permaculter like me - we've been working with social technologies and environmental education for 4 years; and Elisangela, a young entrepreneur from the Providência favela, who created an education project called "Smart Garden", where I currently work.
I don't believe we have competitors. We propose a open source technology to improve everyone's life.