Renewable = Sustainable
Ecological sustainability is the achievement of an ongoing
balance between human impacts and the regenerative capacity
of the natural world. Production of electricity from non-renewable
sources—coal, oil, natural gas—is not sustainable
because the planet’s supply is being used up. In addition,
burning these materials adds to the carbon dioxide burden
in the atmosphere, a major cause of the global climate change
that is taking place. Generation of electricity from nuclear
power plants is not the solution because of the problems with
disposal of the nuclear waste.
Renewable Energy at the Farm
 As
part of the Green Earth Institute’s commitment to sustainability,
we want to install at the farm energy equipment that uses
solar and/or wind energy. Our Renewable Energy Committee is
working in conjunction with The Conservation Foundation to
research, plan, and find funding for renewable, environmentally-friendly
energy equipment that can be placed on the farm and be beneficial
to both the Green Earth Institute and The Conservation Foundation.
Candidates for use of renewable energy, besides the Foundation’s
offices, include the ventilation fans in the greenhouse, the
refrigeration equipment in the barn, the pumps for the water
well and the fish pond, and the lights and household appliances
in the residential apartment.
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Read about
a Naperville home that uses solar power, on page 2 of the
March issue of Green Earth
Connnections.
Interested in learning more about renewable energy?
Interested in working on the project to have renewable energy
at the farm? Contact us. |
