Surfers Without Borders
Fostering Good Works in places with Good Waves
This group came about as a desire to share the stoke of surfing while providing sustainable assistance to communities in need in the form of Permaculture Design. The primary ecological focus is to help communities create a secure water and food supply. The primary geographical focus is Latin America. The fact that over two-thirds of the world is lacking c ...learn more
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Created: Dec 08, 2007
Updated: Nov 27, 2009
Membership: Open
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Topic: Atmospheric Moisture harvesting
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I am sure you are looking into moisture condensers for the purpose of drinking water, but I had an observation yesterday morning that fits along with this topic.
I live close to the coast in Malibu. We often get marine influenced weather where I live. In this one spot we have planted a few coast redwoods that are over 10 years old now. The morning saw a typical low level marine layer that held a lot of moisture. The redwoods were acting as a condenser and caused droplets of water to fall from its leaves. The air all around the redwoods felt more moist than other spots in the yard. This led me to think, with the right plantings, maybe we can create more moist microclimates that harvest the mist naturally and minimize the need for irrigation. It would be great to see more plantings established that take advantage of this scenario.
I hope this helps in another sense. Sean |
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Awesome observation, Sean.
Plants are the first moisture harvesters, and they have no moving parts! If you use the right ones, no maintenance even! They definitely create microclimates and increase atmospheric moisture directly around them.
And yes, I was referring to moisture harvesting for drinking water, though a design incorporating plants would be great. I will think about that one...
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What about methane digesters?