As a class we all went to CERES today and had a grand tour. It was rather interesting and another good place to get information. I was amazed at how they cleaned their waste through water to be reused, a feat I would not risk attempting without 10 qualified people to guide me…not a mess you want to make. Lots of good things were going on, bike repair, organic store, renewable power, school programs and more. The 2 other highlights though where the sloping compost which was layered and apparently very well organised and the aquaponics. Aquaponics is short is where the fish expel nutrients, the water is filtered through seedlings and special rocks with the seedlings taking the nutrients and leaving others and the stones filtering bacteria, then the water goes back to the fish as they need it again. It’s the circle of life but with fish, plants some pipes and bacteria filtering stones.
I may have gotten muddled with the Aquaponics but either way it was interesting to see.
The down side of CERES was that it has nothing to do with my community. Why can’t my community have a centre like CERES? Or better!
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