From the Depths 21 Jul 2008 07:00 pm
Two Kinds of Biodigesters
Greetings all,
It is now the second official week of training. I’m still adjusting to life here in Honduras but things are starting to fall into place. Familiarity is increasing. However, I am sad to report that as much as I enjoy Honduras, my stomach unfortunately does not. I hope that one day my stomach and Honduras can be good friends but as of right now they are bitter enemies. I don’t know what the problem is but I am consulting with the medicos down here so hopefully my gastrointestinal status will improve soon.
Training is going well. I am very excited about all the things we get to do in the Protected Areas Management program. In a few weeks we get to build latrines. I’m not sure why this seems so thrilling to me, but it does. Maybe it has been my recent bout with stomach problems that has made me appreciate a solid latrine. Whatever the reason, I am excited to be building one. We have a lot of other really cool projects coming up as well. For example, we are going to build biodigesters, which are basically big compost pile sacks that break organic material down into methane gas which is then pumped into homes to light stoves. It’s a really cool concept. You should invest in one yourself. What I am most excited about however, is environmental education. We had interviews with our project leaders the other day and I told them that is what inerests me the most, so hopefully that is what I will spend the majority of my time on during my two years down here in the big H.O.N.D.U.
I know there isn’t too much new info here, this isn’t too big of an update, but it will have to do for now. I still miss everyone a great deal however. Especially you.