{"id":14482,"date":"2012-06-07T13:11:22","date_gmt":"2012-06-07T19:11:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-367309-1145705.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=14482"},"modified":"2012-06-07T13:11:22","modified_gmt":"2012-06-07T19:11:22","slug":"zeer-pot-diy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/zeer-pot-diy\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Make a Zeer Pot"},"content":{"rendered":"

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UPDATE:<\/strong> As out commenter JM Johnson, and several commenters at Lifehacker<\/a>, have noted, a zeer pot needs dry conditions to work – if the humidity’s over 75%, don’t try this at home…<\/p>\n

Those of you who have been around for a while know that I’m a big fan of appropriate technology: it’s hard to get more sustainable that using readily available materials to meet basic human needs. So when I came across Emily Cummins<\/a>‘ variation on the zeer pot<\/a>, a simple device that uses evaporative cooling to provide refrigeration, I thought “Hey, it’s time to do that zeer pot post.” There were plenty of variations on the rocket stove<\/a> and chicken tractor<\/a>, so that’s probably the case with pot-in-pot refrigerators, too… right?<\/p>\n

Well, no… the zeer pot is so simple that there’s not a whole lot of room for design changes. I still think this is an awfully cool innovation, so thought I’d pull together some of the better DIY information I’ve found… these things would be great for keeping a six-pack cool while grilling this Summer, for instance.<\/p>\n

The basic zeer pot<\/h3>\n

There are lots of tutorials and instructional videos out there for making a zeer pot: I liked this one from MixCat.com<\/a> just because it’s so thorough:<\/p>\n