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Ecomachines & Living Machines are ecological wastewater treatment designs originally founded by Dr. John Todd of Ocean Arks International. They are viable solutions for our future. A future in which water wont be so easily accessible and we will need to re-evaluate our wastewater treatment systems and to develop these systems into a more natural process that utilizes the wisdom of nature.

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Being an avid composter, this article by Marion Owen really appealed to me. From now on I will be composting wool socks, old leather gardening gloves, pencil shavings, toenail clippings, wooden toothpicks, stale bread, old pasta, dead bees and flies, and wee from my toddler’s potty. For the full list of 163 things, read Marion’s article here.

Source: EcoFriend

Penney Poyzer, of No Waste Like Home fame, gave birth to a daughter last week and took her placenta home to compost it.

” The placenta would only have been incinerated and what a waste of goodness that would have been!” said Penney.

In an interview with grownupgreen, Penney talks about her natural birth, and how she and husband Gil Schalom will be ensuring that daughter Jasmine grows up green.