For kids

1. Connecting the dots:
building a whole system

2. There once was a man…..

3. He built houses in the arctic
and noticed that there was a lot of waste..
HEAT ELECTRIC
WATER HONEY
COLLECTED BUCKETS

4. He saw a problem…..
how to build homes with running
water and good toilets in arctic
villages.
Let’s collect some rain water!

5. Bob, the builder,
built a
model home
for his
family
without
a well or
a septic
in Eagle River in 1985

6. He designed a flat roof to collect rain
and snow melt!
2010

7. Oops---
the water had too much nitrogen!
With what would he fix it?

8. HE FILTERED IT THROUGH PLANTS!

9. OOPS! People get dirty!
 With what would he clean them?
WITH A SHOWER!

10. OOPS!
There’s too much soap and
toenails in the water!
 With what would he clean it?

11. With Bacteria!

12. OOPS!
There was too many clumps of
bacteria in the water!
 With what would he fix THAT?

13. He knew the fish would eat
the bacteria!

14. OOPS!
There was fish pee in the water!
GROSS!
With what would he fix it?

15. The plants
would
gladly
drink
fish pee!

16. Is the water safe to use now?
Well, the fish didn’t die,
the plants didn’t wilt……..
Let’s use the water!
……the perfect permaculture system!
(Fine print) The next oops: Too many aphids

17. The Bioshelter’s Closed Loop
Water System

18. Thanks
to Bob,
the Builder!
(Bob Crosby
of Biorealis Systems)