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]

Related Posts:

Magic Marvelous Compost Bin Video
Man Claims Pot was for Composting, Not Smoking
How to Green Up Your Dorm Room
Ali G In The Tree, Ali G In The Tree
‘Dirty Jobs’ Mike Rowe Gives His Energy-Saving Tips