Environment & Sustainability

Blog posts on environment & sustainability at Down to Earth Organic and Natural.

Cow manure, a source of green energy

There is a growing trend to use cows as a solution for reducing our dependence on fossil fuels. Cow dung, or manure, is being used to provide electricity in Kansas, where cows outnumber people two to one. [1] In a demonstration project, manure from a cattle feedlot will be used to power 30 nearby homes. Over the course of a year, just one cow's manure contains the same amount of energy found in 140 gallons of gasoline. The manure can be turned into gasoline, or in other farmland states, chicken and turkey droppings are being directly burned in coal-fired plants.

Seventh Generation TV ad

Seventh Generation have a new ad for their environmentally safe cleaning products.

See their YouTube Channel

https://www.youtube.com/user/SeventhGeneration#p/c/2AAC7791F096C6E7

Solar farm helps reduce Hawaii’s carbon footprint

A new 500 kilowatt solar farm in Kona will power 250+ homes on the Big Island, reducing oil imported to Hawai’i by 2,000 barrels annually. The concentrating solar power collectors, which are located at a 4 acre farm in the Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawai'i in Kona, are twice as efficient as photovoltaic panels, and cost less to manufacture.

Down to Earth in Africa?

Photo: Volunteers Operate a New Water Well in Tanzania

Sarah, Our Kahului store manager sent me an email the other day saying "a while back we donated a gift card to a woman named Jacqueline who runs a group called Carina Water Wells. They put up drinking water well in Tanzania.