A Piece of The Puzzle:

1. A Piece of The Puzzle: Towards Completing the Loop

2. Resources Global Economy Ecological Biosphere Waste Economic Model • Resources are viewed: • As means to an end • As unlimited storehouses of energy

3. Ecological Model • Economy exists within the Earth’s ecology Biosphere Global Economy

4. Cities = Black Holes • Growing urban population • Less people on farms • Massive amount of fueled transport •Energy is wasted carrying energy • Concrete Jungle •Nutrients are only depleted ▪ Depletion + Disconnection = Growing Reliance

5. Land is Strangled • Less land more food • Nutrition depletion • Tremendous use of energy • Food is tied to oil • Ex. A 5 cal. strawberry requires 435 cal. to transport • Waste should become food • Now waste is lost to the biosphere • Immense depletion

6. Waste Can Produce Food • Nutrients from human waste go to the land • Decomposed and used as compost • 3 Major nutrients: Nitrogen, Phosphorous, Potassium • Replace artificial fertilizer with natural • Complete part of the puzzle

7. Regular Toilet ▪Water wasted Composting Toilets (Sun-Mar Corp. product) Waste vs. Efficiency

8. Food Urine + Feces People Soil Crops Safe Fertilizer We are connected to the soil(Loop, from EcoSanRes)

9. What to do • Register a 501c3 • Network w/groups and agencies • Parks Department • EcoSanRes, Sun-Mar, Brooklyn Botanic Gardens • Schools, Colleges • Collect money for • Help to afford composting toilets • Begin Recycling/Educating

10. Growing • At Local Parks • Significantly less transport costs • Fewer trucks and less fuel • Involve Schools • Strongly involve college students • Children appreciate nature • Breathe fresh air • Taste fresh, natural food

11. Growing Outward • Growth w/Local Activities • Reach outward beyond locale • Grow toward completing the ecological loop