"Let's get your concern going!"
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Going Concerns Unlimited is a small company serving home and land owners
beginning to realize their dreams of becoming more sustainable and efficient in
the use of the Earth's non-renewable resources under their stewardship. GCU provides
free Permaculture question and answer discussion forums at The
Northern Alberta Permaculture Institute and for focused greenhouse
topics at The
PlainToSea.com Forum. The archives of previous questions and answers
are a valuable and free source of information..
Solar Greenhouse Heating Systems
GCU provides system designs, schedules of materials & construction
drawings for Subterranean
Heating and Cooling System for your solar greenhouses. As little
as $100 can get you a
custom CAD drawn design
with piping layouts, equipment schedule, electrical schematics and as much
email help as you need to understand the basics. With the free SHCS
FAQ's and SHCS
System Calculator you can do it all yourself! With an efficient SHCS
design, you can
heat a solar greenhouse in USDA Zone 4 for as little as 7 cents per square foot per
year!
GCU helps builders design greenhouse structures using available pre-manufactured
components from national
suppliers. I can help with suggestions on
overall design for your do-it-yourself plans that can include strawbale
insulated walls. See the Gabriel
CSA Farm, Guidestone CSA Farm
Strawbale and the Guidestone
Distro greenhouses for examples of custom steel framing.
GCU provides a $20 post paid package of
two different designs. A report and two fully detailed construction
drawing sets are
included. GCU consults via email or the
phone for questions and answers you might have in building your own Sunny
John.
"Care for the Earth, Care for People, Limits to Scale, and Share the Surplus."
GCU provides guidance for propagation of nursery material for new plantings of edible and herbal perennials.
GCU can help you grow your own custom material for your site, creating enough
surplus to finance all of your plantings. GCU freely provides basic design approaches
that demonstrate the permaculture ethic of simplicity in all things.
Energy Conservation, Alternative Energy
GCU can provide answers to basic questions and advice about energy designs that are safe
and efficient for the home and land owner. GCU often co-hosts
Sustainable Practices (Solar PV power, windpower, biodiesel etc) workshops in
association with Solar Energy International
of Carbondale, Colorado. My latest workshops are listed
here.
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