Karatu, Tanzania
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Karatu is on the slopes of the Ngorongoro Crater In Tanzania
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"The Garden of Eden"
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Wildlife is abundant and protected
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Forests are protected
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Just outside those protected areas uncontrolled brick quarries spread
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With inefficient brick ovens
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Tons of trees are burned every day
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Like these
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To make non stabilised bricks
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Used in low quality buildings
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With non earthquake resistant structures
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Covered up with costly cement
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The future is in education
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So we went to learn at the Auroville Earth Institute
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Learned from the Master in Compressed Stabilised Earth Blocks CSEB technology and architecture
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And brought him to Tanzania
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We chose a High School to begin the project
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In the village of Ayalabe, Karatu District
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At the slope of the Ngorongoro Reservation Area
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The Cradle of Mankind is a good place to begin
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Ganako Secondary School
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700 High School students and no Library.
This will be the first CSEB structure in Tanzania
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Preparing the presses platform
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Preparing the Blockyard mixing area
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The community and school will all participate in the project
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Students will learn about environmentally friendly and sustainable practices.
Digging the soil in a hole that will become a water collection pond for the kitchen garden.
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Together we can make it happen
Built by locally trained people.
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The Project Begins. Day 1. transporting the soil
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Everyone Pitches in, literally, to move the dirt.
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No tractor. No Problem.
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Buckets fly
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2 hours work with 100 students
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The soil is ready for the next day
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Day 2. the container with equipement arrives
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From Auroville, India to Karatu Tanzania
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A precious Cargo
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The Auram Press 3000
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Bricks For Life Begins
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Prepare to Mix
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Sieving the Soil
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Ramming the soil platform slopes
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Final Adjustments
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Preparing the Soil
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Local water container solution
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Soil analysis
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Lesson in Soil Analysis
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Idenfying Clay, Silt and Sand
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Soil and sand sieved
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The correct Mix
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Everyone learns the process
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Exact Measurements
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Mixing Soil, Sand, and Lime
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Mixing the Lime with appropiate protection
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Adding the Water
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Mixing
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The Mixture Sets
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Taking a break
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Placing the Mold
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Placing the mixture
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The First Block
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Testing the density with penetrometer
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Measuring for exact dimensions
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Adjusting the Press
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The Press in Action
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Pull
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Pull
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The press opens
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The Block is raised
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Perfect Blocks
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Carried to cure for 28 days
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The first Brick is placed
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Everyone learns to work the 6 person Press
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Although it can be worked with one person.
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Strong enough to pull out the block by himself
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The Sky is the Limit
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The architect's make shift studio
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First day of Brick Production
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Bricks are covered to cure
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Various Block types for demonstration
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The Tile mold
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First Tile
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Stacking Technique
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Mateo and "tiger" Daniel
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Leveling the sand for the U Blocks
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Our first Final Curing Stacks
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Whalimu Ole: Ganako School Principal
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We did it! Call it a Day!
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Storage Area
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The wheelbarrow parking
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300 bags of Lime
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U Block Bricks for Pre Cast Beams
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The Bricks For LifeT eam
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Bricks For Life..
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Together we are changing the world
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One brick at a Time
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