Treehugger’s Green Tips: Humanure Composting

Humanure: it’s exactly what it sounds like. Human feces and urine when composted properly, is perfectly safe to use in gardens, even those growing edibles. As part of their Green Tips project, Treehugger has a few videos that explain the (surprisingly easy) process of composting ‘humanure’. Created by Joseph Jenkins, the author of The Humanure Handbook, the first video explains how to set up a safe and secure humanure composting system while the second shows you how to empty the bins.

From Treehugger:

While some people may be put off by the idea of gardening with human waste, as long as it is done properly there really shouldn’t be any safety concerns. And as Joseph explains in a few of his videos, when done properly humanure composting systems are almost odor-free. And there is no doubt it is an important subject. As the blurb for Joseph’s book says: “There are almost seven billion defecating people on planet Earth, but few who have any clue about how to constructively handle the burgeoning mountain of human crap.“

Be sure to check out the rest of Treehugger’s Green Tips, ours tip about biking to work without being a sweaty pig got picked up by them for a post.

Link [Treehugger] + [Chelsea Green]

Man Claims Pot was for Composting, Not Smoking

File this under incredibly creative excuses: an Iowa man told police that recycling was all he had in mind when he was found to be the proud owner of a large quantity of marijuana. I mean, why bother pulling the old “It’s not mine!” or “I thought it was oregano!” when you can at least come up with something entertaining that will get your name in the news.

The Jackson Sun has it:

A complaint by the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office says the 30-year-old man told police in Iowa City that he planned to turn several large bags of marijuana into compost.

Officers report the bags he had when he was arrested early Saturday held a “gallon” or more of marijuana each.

The complaint says officers didn’t buy the compost story. The suspect remained in jail Sunday without posting $14,000 bail on a charge of possessing marijuana with intent to distribute.

I’m going to remember that next time I uh, know somebody who knows somebody who has what might be something like pot. Especially if they have several GALLONS of it. Jesus. Puff, puff, compost!

Link [Jackson Sun]
Photo credit: Flickr user r0bz

Magic Marvelous Compost Bin Video

Do not take acid before you watch this. You really don’t need it. It already looks like something somebody came up with after a bad trip; in fact, it sort of resembles the crazy scene in The Pick of Destiny where Jack Black eats a mushroom and goes off on a fantastic colorful adventure with a Sasquatch.

“When Grandad died from drinking gin, we put him in my compost bin!”

Link [Groovy Green]