Transcript A Piece of The Puzzle: Towards Completing the Loop Economic Model • Resources are viewed: – As means to an end – As unlimited.

A Piece of The Puzzle:
Towards Completing the Loop
Economic Model
• Resources are viewed:
– As means to an end
– As unlimited storehouses of energy
Resources
Global Economy
Ecological
Biosphere
Ecological Model
• Economy
exists within
the Earth’s
ecology
Biosphere
Global
Economy
Cities = Black Holes
• Growing urban population
– Less people on farms
• Massive amount of fueled transport
•Energy is wasted carrying energy
• Concrete Jungle
•Nutrients are only depleted
▪ Depletion + Disconnection = Growing Reliance
Land is Strangled
• Less land
more food
– Nutrition depletion
– Tremendous use of energy
• Food is tied to oil
• Ex. A 5 cal. strawberry requires 435 cal. to transport
• Waste should become food
– Now waste is lost to the biosphere
• Immense depletion
Waste Can Produce Food
• Nutrients from human waste go to the land
– Decomposed and used as compost
• 3 Major nutrients: Nitrogen, Phosphorous,
Potassium
– Replace artificial fertilizer with natural
• Complete part of the puzzle
Waste vs. Efficiency
• Regular Toilet
▪Water wasted
• Composting Toilets
(Sun-Mar Corp. product)
We are connected to the soil
(Loop, from EcoSanRes)
Urine + Feces
Food
People
Soil
Crops
Safe Fertilizer
What to do
• Register a 501c3
• Network w/groups and agencies
– Parks Department
– EcoSanRes, Sun-Mar, Brooklyn Botanic Gardens
– Schools, Colleges
• Collect money for
– Help to afford composting toilets
– Begin Recycling/Educating
Growing
• At Local Parks
– Significantly less transport costs
• Fewer trucks and less fuel
• Involve Schools
– Strongly involve college students
– Children appreciate nature
• Breathe fresh air
• Taste fresh, natural food
Growing Outward
• Growth w/Local Activities
• Reach outward beyond locale
• Grow toward completing the ecological loop