| A Very EcoGeek Vacation: Monkey Bay |
| Thursday, 12 October 2006 | ||
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What makes this a choice vacation
spot for an EcoGeek is the fact that not only is it an environmentalist
paradise, it is also full of neat technology, both advanced and old
fashioned. The entire campground is powered by a small array of
photovoltaic panels and a small wind turbine, so there is always electricity
available in the cabins and throughout the campground. Monkey
Bay also offers broadband wireless internet for their guests.
You may bring your own laptop or use the campground's
PowerBook G3. Now that is a vacation, laying in a hammock in the
middle of a tropical forest looking up the latest articles on EcoGeek.com
on your laptop. Monkey Bay also offers a natural history library
with over 500 references.
The majority of the drinking and bathing water in the
campground is supplied by rainwater. The showers are heated by passive
solar heating; they are simply stored in large black barrels and
gravity feed down to the shower stall. Another extremely interesting
part of the Monkey Bay campground is an unexpected relationship between
the outhouses and the kitchen. The outhouses are designed to capture
the methane gas from your waste and that gas is then transferred into
the kitchen to power the stove burners. Not only is this amazingly
sustainable, it's also just gross enough to give you an amazing story
to tell your friends.
This is one vacation spot that
this EcoGeek would love to go to again. And for those of
you who are college bound EcoGeeks, Monkey Bay offers internships, courses,
and homestays with native Belizeans.
Comments
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So gross, yet so cool.
written by Jason , October 15, 2006
So gross, yet so cool. Using your feces to transfer methane gas into the kitchen to power the stove burners. Ewww !!
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