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		<title>Bongkud biocrete blocks</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 16:09:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bongkud Community Centre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Green Materials & Products]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bio-crete]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bongkud]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coco-crete]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coconut]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lime]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Safuan Azman]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Pressed bio-crete bricks as a low-carbon locally produced building material. This report by Safuan Azman looks at the workability of biocrete mixes produced in Bongkud, a rural village near Mt. Kinabalu in Sabah, Malaysia. The experiment is funded by Camps International to develop locally appropriate green building materials.]]></description>
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		<title>BSBCC Visitor Centre Demolitions</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2013 14:50:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bornean Sun Bear]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Construction of a new visitor centre for the Bornean Sun Bear Conservation Centre (BSBCC) has started. This is the final piece of the BSBCC project. The first bear house was completed in 2009 and a public observation deck in 2012. The centre will open to the public in 2014.]]></description>
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		<title>Arkitrek Camp S.A.F.E</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 03:58:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arkitrek Camp]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SAFE Project]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ecology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Green Materials]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Renewable Energy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Arkitrek Camp design/build program in July-August 2013. Design and build a powerhouse for renewable energy systems at the SAFE Project field centre in Sabah Malaysia.]]></description>
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		<title>First-Flush Diverter</title>
		<link>http://arkitrek.com/http:/arkitrek.com/first-flush-diverter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2013 09:12:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Green Materials & Products]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[First-flush diverter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Green Materials]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[green technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mantanani]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rainwater Harvesting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Water]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[How to make a first-flush diverter for a rainwater harvesting system]]></description>
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		<title>Mantanani Groundwater</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2013 01:17:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rahim Mudin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment & Sustainability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Water & Sewage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Workshops]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Camps International]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Community]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mantanani]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rahim Mudin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rainwater Harvesting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Small Grants Program]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Water]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Arkitrek are embarking on an 18-month program to engage the community of Mantanani Island to measure and understand their freshwater resources. The program is funded by the UN Small Grants Program and will be run jointly with our long term partner on Mantanani; Camps International. Most importantly however, the program has the blessing of Albi, the sceptical and quick witted Headman of Mantanani.]]></description>
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		<title>YouthPark Design Workshop</title>
		<link>http://arkitrek.com/http:/arkitrek.com/youthpark-design-workshop/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2013 02:47:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Strange</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Workshops]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Brunei; March 5th – 7th 2013. Arkitrek run a participatory design workshop "by the youth, for the youth" to design a YouthPark developing the ideas of students from Nakhoda Ragam Vocational School, University Brunei Darussalam and the Institute Technology Brunei.]]></description>
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		<title>The Wonders of Bio-crete</title>
		<link>http://arkitrek.com/http:/arkitrek.com/wonders-bio-crete/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 2013 01:12:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nic Lim</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Green Materials & Products]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bio-crete]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coco-crete]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Green Materials]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lime]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oil Palm]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rice Husk]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Bio-crete is a low-carbon cement-like material made from lime and natural fibre. Using it can reduce or phase out the energy intensive and non-renewable quarrying for cement and mineral aggregates in favour of more sustainable alternatives. It also helps to passively regulate the internal environment of buildings.]]></description>
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		<title>Bamboo Weaving with the Murut</title>
		<link>http://arkitrek.com/http:/arkitrek.com/bamboo-weaving-murut/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Mar 2013 02:40:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rahim Mudin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Green Materials & Products]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Muaya]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Workshops]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bamboo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Murut]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sipitang]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Woven Panels]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Rahim Mudin writes about a recent design workshop with the Murut community at Kampung Maligan, near Sipitang in the South of Sabah. The 3 days workshop focused on the production of woven bamboo panels for building construction.]]></description>
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		<title>Cococrete Mixing Instructions</title>
		<link>http://arkitrek.com/http:/arkitrek.com/cococrete-mixing-instructions/</link>
		<comments>http://arkitrek.com/http:/arkitrek.com/cococrete-mixing-instructions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Feb 2013 16:18:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Green Materials & Products]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tinangol Kindergarten]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bio-crete]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coco-crete]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coconut]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Green Materials]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lime]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Low Energy Building]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Low-Carbon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tinangol]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Coco-crete is a low-carbon lime-based composite concrete. Arkitrek have been experimenting with a mix using; coconut coir, river sand, dry hydrated lime, portland cement &#038; water. The following are instructions for mixing a 10:5:4:1 (coir:sand:lime:cement) by volume for a cast in-situ wall.]]></description>
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		<title>Architecture learning from Responsible Tourism</title>
		<link>http://arkitrek.com/http:/arkitrek.com/architecture-learning-from-responsible-tourism/</link>
		<comments>http://arkitrek.com/http:/arkitrek.com/architecture-learning-from-responsible-tourism/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2013 08:50:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Responsible Tourism]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Exotic cultures and outstanding natural beauty are the social and natural capital of a large sector of the tourism industry. An emphasis on economics, society and environment is now enshrined in global responsible tourism standards . Green Building standards, focussed largely on technical issues, can learn a lot from the social gains derived from responsible tourism.]]></description>
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