"seeking Justice" Live Radio Talk

The Good Earth. The Not So Good Earth. Part II: Defining Sustainability

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Sinopsis

Our Good Earth & Not So Good Earth series (Part II) continued with Dan Schnitzer, Director of Sustainability for Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools (CHCCS) in North Carolina. Dan first defined "sustainability" from multiple perspectives - to include a deep analysis & consider of our human sustainability on this planet - regarding how humans have been treating our earth with waste products in the past - and how we hope to better sustain our earth in the future by producing, using, and composting human waste - as opposed to dumping waste into landfills and water systems. Dan educated me in our interview with the deeper and most innovative methods that are being used to "compost" waste in the CHCCS (school) system - detailing how during the initial implementation of this composting system - the school system had immediately realized a savings in money, resources, energy and time. The composting program virtually paying for itself with a minimal investment. Dan further provided a deeper understanding of ho