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Installing the “Nature’s Head” Composting Toilet

Steve Spence — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 19:40:15 +0000

We took some pictures, some video, and are working on a multimedia presentation on the installation and use of the Nature’s Head Composting Toilet. This toilet is ideal for campers, boats and off grid homes where producing septic waste is not the goal, but producing compost is. You can see the pictures at http://jalbum.net/browse/user/album/123670. The toilet is available on our products page at http://www.green-trust.org/products.

New Environmentally Focused Videos

Steve Spence — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 01:18:01 +0000

We have a new feature on our website. A series of environmentally focused videos can be found on the lower right side of this post and other articles on this website. Also check out the discussion topics to the right of this post. Hope you enjoy.

Cornstarch Packing Peanuts

Steve Spence — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 17:03:00 +0000

A Public Radio Commentary by Bill Hammack:

My wife and I got a package in the mail that fascinated me. I don’t even recall its contents, because I was taken with the the green packing peanuts used to protect whatever it was from damage. As I scooped up the pellets to toss them in the trash, my wife said, with a very knowing voice, “Just toss them on the compost pile.” What! Plastic in the compost? No. She showed me a slip of paper that explained: There was no “plastic or polluting gases” used to make these peanuts; they were made of cornstarch.

Toss them on your compost pile or spread them on your lawn and with a bit of water they’ll dissolve in minutes. These cornstarch packing peanuts are part of a movement called “green engineering.”

It’s a design philosophy where the environment is explicitly considered from the beginning: A goal is to find processes and products which are feasible and economical while minimizing pollution at the very beginning. These cornstarch packing peanuts are the work of food engineer Bill Stoll.

Available online at $18 to $25 for 12 cu. ft. at a variety of sources including Uline.

Organic Cleaning Products

Steve Spence — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 22:40:00 +0000

Hypoallergenic and biodegradable, these are the cleaning products we use at Green Trust. For everything from washing floors to washing clothes, even washing our bodies, Vermont Soap Organics keeps us clean and smelling nice!