https://wiki.ecohackerfarm.org/ 2026-04-20T18:28:25+00:00 https://wiki.ecohackerfarm.org/ https://wiki.ecohackerfarm.org/_media/logo.png text/html 2019-02-14T18:08:05+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.ecohackerfarm.org/research:animal_manure?rev=1550167685&do=diff Animal Manure - Research Preconditions for the Manure Regarding pesticides, grow inhibitors, etc. What is common to use in agriculture in Brandenburg/Germany? Is that harmful for the ground or degradable? Do the plants absorb it - into the fruits? text/html 2019-02-14T18:09:33+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.ecohackerfarm.org/research:automated_chicken_door?rev=1550167773&do=diff Automated Chicken Door - Research Motivation Automating the opening and closing of the chickens door reduces the mental payload and gives more freedom. It also makes the chickens more safe as humans might forget to close the door in the evening. This is the very definition of progress: making life easier. text/html 2019-02-15T20:58:36+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.ecohackerfarm.org/research:automated_dog_feeder?rev=1550264316&do=diff An automated dog feeder the dogs need a feeder that keeps out rats and mice it needs to be: * sturdy to withstand the dogs * should not be be able to topple over * should be easily refillable * provide cover from rain / snow so the food doesn't get wet text/html 2019-07-23T18:29:31+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.ecohackerfarm.org/research:automated_irrigation_system?rev=1563906571&do=diff Automated garden irrigation system Equipment needed * Arduino Nano (or any kind of Arduino) * light sensitive resistor 2kΩ - 6kΩ * resistor 2kΩ * relay/s * valve/s 12V * power supply 12V Code, License and list of Contributors The code, license and list of contributors are saved on the text/html 2020-01-01T20:03:45+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.ecohackerfarm.org/research:barn_solar_panels?rev=1577909025&do=diff Kuckucksmuehle: Solar panels on the barn Estimate for power production & savings text/html 2017-07-25T09:22:54+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.ecohackerfarm.org/research:bio_degradable_packaging?rev=1500974574&do=diff Research: Eco friendly packaging Here we document research for different eco friendly packaging to be used for our different needs. * Dried herbs packaging for Kuckucksmühle * ... text/html 2022-08-23T15:37:01+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.ecohackerfarm.org/research:biodiversity?rev=1661269021&do=diff Finca Verde Bio Diversity Log If you are making an entry please include the Latin names of creatures as well, you can look these up online. Date Species text/html 2019-07-29T08:51:42+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.ecohackerfarm.org/research:body_wash?rev=1564390302&do=diff Natural & Eco friendly shower gel We are looking to test natural, eco-friendly shower gel to provide for use here at Kuckucksmuehle. Olive pit shower gel Method of production: * Heat water in a pot * Add soap flakes (pre-bought) * Boil for 3 to 5 minutes until all flakes have dissolved text/html 2019-04-08T19:32:19+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.ecohackerfarm.org/research:bulk_buying_options?rev=1554751939&do=diff Bulk Buying Options It would be more efficient for us to buy in bulk to save packaging, maybe even transport costs and hopefully get it even cheaper. Product list Here is a list of products our community could buy in bulk: * Flour * Sugar (ultimately want to substitute this with our own honey) text/html 2017-06-12T14:53:23+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.ecohackerfarm.org/research:chickens?rev=1497279203&do=diff Chickens At Kuckucksmuehle we decided to get a couple of Marans chickens. Research topics ... General features ... Daily care * During the morning, put the food you collected (compost, bread, ...) in the fenced area. Remove old food. * Check the water feeders inside and outside, refill if necessary text/html 2020-01-26T18:05:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.ecohackerfarm.org/research:clothes_detergent?rev=1580061921&do=diff Natural & Eco friendly washing detergent Horse chestnuts will make a great washing detergent, if you use them as follows: * collect as many fresh fallen horse chestnuts in autumn as you can * clean roughly, so that they can be stored dry and clean text/html 2023-04-09T18:29:24+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.ecohackerfarm.org/research:create_community?rev=1681064964&do=diff Create Community! Welcome to the Create Community Bank of Resources. During the last years we've done a lot of research and would like to share these with people who want to start or continue being thriving healthy communities. If you feel like you have resources to share here please feel free to edit the page and add these on. text/html 2018-02-19T21:44:32+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.ecohackerfarm.org/research:crowd_funding_platforms?rev=1519076672&do=diff Crowdfunding platforms research Purpose * To create opportunities for people to support the projects * Find out which platforms suits the purpose best and is most economical for different uses ie. funding big projects and funding ongoing expenses text/html 2017-09-24T14:33:15+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.ecohackerfarm.org/research:dried_herbs_packaging?rev=1506263595&do=diff Dried Herbs packaging for Kuckucksmühle We want to be able to offer people who are interested in our project something to take home with them. As we have plenty of wild grown organic herbs this seemed the more obvious and sustainable choice of product. text/html 2019-04-03T16:51:44+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.ecohackerfarm.org/research:ecological_open_source_software?rev=1554310304&do=diff Open Source software / open data projects for the Enviroment This should be an incomplete list of open source software, feel free to add: Project Link Open source? Open Data? Active text/html 2017-03-09T22:16:31+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.ecohackerfarm.org/research:ethical_bank?rev=1489097791&do=diff Ethical Bank An ethical bank is characterised by its concern with the social and environmental impacts of its investments and loans. It only invests monies in ethical & socially responsible investments, corporate social responsibility, and promotes the fair trade movement, ethical consumerism, and social enterprise. text/html 2019-02-15T20:20:59+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.ecohackerfarm.org/research:ethical_banks?rev=1550262059&do=diff Ethical Banks We are looking for an Ethical Bank to use for receiving bank transfers for donations to Eco Hacker Farm and possibly our other locations. Banks for consideration For kuckucksmuehle ethikbank Based in Germany they have an account for NGOs Requirements for an NGO-Account: “Förderbedingungen für NGO's Sie sind eine anerkannte Nichtregierungsorganisation (NGO) und beteiligen sich an den politischen Prozessen. Dabei verfolgen Sie zeit- und gesellschaftskritische Ziele, z. B Ent… text/html 2017-06-19T21:28:10+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.ecohackerfarm.org/research:eu_funding?rev=1497907690&do=diff EU funding The european commission has quite a lot of information about available funding here We are interested in looking at projects that are somehow similar or connected in ideology to Eco Hacker Farm in order to: * learn from others * increase effectiveness when applying for funding text/html 2019-07-15T10:53:56+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.ecohackerfarm.org/research:funding_opportunities?rev=1563188036&do=diff Funding Opportunities For the Eco Hacker Farm projects we would like to look into a variety of ways to fund the different sources. This is a space where we explore those options and look into them further. Shared from Sustain Forums - [<https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1w9hi4pOlKfUmjnq5FtETqIOef-h8e7XdodNA-5rgN8Y/edit?usp=sharing>|registry of opensource funding opportunities]]. text/html 2019-07-29T08:58:31+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.ecohackerfarm.org/research:general_house_cleaner?rev=1564390711&do=diff Natural & Eco friendly dish soap We are looking to test natural, eco-friendly dish soap to provide for use here at Kuckucksmuehle. Olive pit dish soap Method of production: * Heat water in a pot * Add soap flakes (pre-bought) * Boil for 3 to 5 minutes until all flakes have dissolved text/html 2020-01-26T18:24:56+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.ecohackerfarm.org/research:geodetic_solar_village_constructions?rev=1580063096&do=diff Geodetic Solar Village / Constructions Dear friends, we are happy to get the chance to publish and discuss a new and sustainable geodetic dome concept with you and will be happy, if you contribute to our research. We cannot do it on our own because of the complexity and special knowledge needed. If you think you are able to work on one of the teams mentioned on page 2 or provide knowledge about involved technologies or links to sources, please go ahead and let us know! We will as well provide… text/html 2017-07-27T08:43:47+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.ecohackerfarm.org/research:germany?rev=1501145027&do=diff EU funding for Projects in Germany The EU portal provides a list of EU funded projects in Germany of which we have examined a few that have some overlap with our ideals. * Biomass energy and maintaining sustainable habitats * Mobile chicken house * Plant robot human ecosystems * Herb garden into prosperous business * High performance economical and sustainable biocomposite building materials * Adaptable wine making Funding opportunities to try Country Culture * Briefing docum… text/html 2018-01-29T22:04:42+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.ecohackerfarm.org/research:google_summer_of_code?rev=1517263482&do=diff google summer of code research participation in 2018 text/html 2019-11-25T15:55:46+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.ecohackerfarm.org/research:governance_decision_making_liquid_democracy_tools?rev=1574697346&do=diff Governance / Decision making / Liquid democracy tools We would like to find good opensource applications for small communities to aid in involving community members in the decision making process. Pre-requisites * opensource * self-hosted * text/html 2019-07-29T09:02:03+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.ecohackerfarm.org/research:hand_soap?rev=1564390923&do=diff Natural & Eco friendly hand soap We are looking to test natural, eco-friendly hand soap to provide for use here at Kuckucksmuehle. Olive pit hand soap Method of production: * Heat water in a pot * Add soap flakes (pre-bought) * Boil for 3 to 5 minutes until all flakes have dissolved text/html 2019-02-14T17:57:24+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.ecohackerfarm.org/research:harvest_data_logging?rev=1550167044&do=diff Harvest data logging - Research We would like to have a system that is not reliant on google drive in order to log the harvest and show a summary result on our wiki. Interested in joining this team? Join our #ecohackerfarm iRC channel on freenode or send us an email on text/html 2019-07-29T11:44:24+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.ecohackerfarm.org/research:humanure?rev=1564400664&do=diff This article is a work in progress Humanure What is humanure? Humanure, simply put, is the composted excrement produced by humans. The word composted here is important because when working with humanure we need to make sure that human pathogens that may be present in the excreta are rendered harmless to produce safe and nutritious compost soil that can be used for food production. text/html 2020-01-26T15:09:43+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.ecohackerfarm.org/research:hydroelectirc_wheel_at_the_kuckucksmuehle?rev=1580051383&do=diff Hydroelectirc wheel at Kuckucksmuehle Description This project is about researching and implementing an hydroelectric solution for the Kuckucksmühle (Kum). Constraints * Legal issues (the right to use the water) * Water needs to continuously flowing (at the moment a beaver damn ensures that) but officially there is no creek on the map anymore text/html 2017-08-04T16:28:10+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.ecohackerfarm.org/research:ivy?rev=1501864090&do=diff Ivy Ivy can be used to make dish soap. Here is the method (that probably needs testing and improving) : Boil 100g of leaves in 2l of water for 5 to 10 minutes. Let it cool down. Crush the leaves, and let them soak in the juice for another 15 minutes. Collect the juice (press the leaves to get as much product as possible), and use it as dish soap. text/html 2017-07-28T11:55:59+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.ecohackerfarm.org/research:land_culture_application_idea_summary?rev=1501242959&do=diff Country Culture Application Idea Summary Name of the project Hackerspace Kuckucksmühle Amount applied for Eur 100,000 Duration of funding period 2018 - 2020 Date application sent 28th July 2017 text/html 2023-04-10T12:50:11+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.ecohackerfarm.org/research:local_economy_event_checklist?rev=1681131011&do=diff Community Events for Strengthening Local Economy Event Organisation Checklist This checklist is useful for event organisers organising community events to strengthen the local economy following the permaculture ethics: earth care, people care and fair shares. text/html 2020-01-26T16:13:44+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.ecohackerfarm.org/research:mushroom_production_kuckucksuehle?rev=1580055224&do=diff Mushroom production at Kuckucksmuehle Aim Produce enough mushrooms to meet local demand for mushrooms, eliminating the need to buy mushrooms. This should be as low-maintenance as possible and as automated as practical. If this proves successful, supplying fresh mushrooms to nearby shops and restaurants should be considered, increasing the production accordingly. text/html 2019-07-29T09:00:33+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.ecohackerfarm.org/research:natural_soap?rev=1564390833&do=diff Natural Soap / Cleaning products We would like to learn how to make natural soap products that are environmentally friendly whilst serving the respective cleaning purpose needed. * Natural & Eco friendly dish soap (de-greaser) * Natural & Eco friendly shampoo * Natural & Eco friendly shower gel * Natural & Eco friendly washing detergent * Toothpaste * Natural & Eco friendly hand soap * ... text/html 2017-07-26T14:54:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.ecohackerfarm.org/research:nettles?rev=1501080861&do=diff Research: Stinging Nettles Stinging nettles are bountiful and wild growing at Kuckucksmühle it would be foolish to ignore so much abundance and so here we look into possible uses for this not so loved plant. Plant properties .... Uses * Food * Drink * text/html 2018-02-19T20:33:58+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.ecohackerfarm.org/research:open_source_development_funding_opportunities?rev=1519072438&do=diff Funding for Open Source development work * Google Summer of Code - application for 2018 was not accepted * Mozilla Grants - currently discounted as our current project powerplant is not focused on open web * Open Source retreat - currently discounted as they provide working space in San Francisco * Foundation Travis - sent an email to arrange a meeting 19/02/2018 text/html 2017-11-15T13:44:18+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.ecohackerfarm.org/research:opencollective.com?rev=1510753458&do=diff Opencollective Collects money for opensource projects: transparent, crowd funding, help of accounting. Contra * Collect data in the US and the US Goverment text/html 2019-07-29T08:47:56+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.ecohackerfarm.org/research:shampoo?rev=1564390076&do=diff Natural & Eco friendly shampoo We are looking to test natural, eco-friendly shampoo to provide for use here at Kuckucksmuehle. Olive pit shampoo Diluted with water 5:1 Method of production: * Heat water in a pot * Add soap flakes (pre-bought) * Boil for 3 to 5 minutes until all flakes have dissolved text/html 2022-05-06T07:44:30+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.ecohackerfarm.org/research:start?rev=1651823070&do=diff Welcome to the Eco Hacker Farm Research Page Here we seek to document research topics that are driven primarily by team members and project managers based in different locations, anyone is welcome to participate in the research efforts and team up with others who are interested in the different topics. text/html 2018-03-23T19:22:12+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.ecohackerfarm.org/research:time_bank?rev=1521832932&do=diff Time bank We are looking for an Open Source Time Bank System to exchange values between EHF project with each other but also people/projects who want to use the time bank system. eg. <https://www.community-exchange.org/home/> or <https://timerepublik.com> text/html 2019-03-08T00:12:43+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.ecohackerfarm.org/research:wifisockets?rev=1552003963&do=diff if you want open software on your wifi sockets these are good for that: * <https://www.itead.cc/smart-home/sonoff-pow.html> (german article about it: <https://www.heise.de/ratgeber/Neue-Firmware-fuer-smarte-WLAN-Steckdosen-4288580.html>) text/html 2017-04-15T18:37:57+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.ecohackerfarm.org/research:wormery?rev=1492281477&do=diff Wormery - producing Vermicompost What is Vermicompost? Vermicompost is the product of earthworms + soil/compost (worm bedding) + organic matter (kitchen scraps) + time. Simply put the earthworms eat the food and poop out vermicompost. does the vermicompost produce better quality compost than other types of compost?