We live in an ecovillage that has commitments to preservation and permaculture innovations in building - One thing we have in abundance is the sun! There is a dry season lasting several months, in which there is uninterrupted sun exposure. This resource could be used to replace electricity for some processes, and also for binding plastic together - apparently a solar oven maintains around the temperature at which plastic can be fused. I know household waste can be used as a resource with art and functional processes, in single household and expansive models.
My father Charlie was able to visit me here, and we set aside some time to construct a parabolic! A satellite dish, with metal inserts which can reflect light into a centralized point. More experiments will be able to occur with this technology soon.
