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Entries from December 2012

Vancouver: Greenest City in the World by 2020

December 21st, 2012 No Comments

The city of Vancouver has pledged to become the greenest city in the world by 2020. To accomplish this goal, the city has identified three areas of focus, concentrating efforts on issues relating to carbon, waste, and ecosystems. Food is one aspect of any city that relates to all three of these areas. Carbon from […]

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After the Flush

December 18th, 2012 No Comments

Another very cool waste conversion project was started by my good friend Rolf Eriksen, owner of the Happy Acres Sewage Processing Plant located on Orcas Island in Washington State. As a side business, Rolf began trucking sewage off Orcas, and bringing potable water onto the island (in different trucks of course) to augment the groundwater […]

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