http://www.organicauthority.com/blog Organic Authority - organic food, organic living, green living, organic thoughts. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:00:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/the-environment/kuzumaki-off-the-grid/ http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/the-environment/kuzumaki-off-the-grid/#comments Wed, 31 Dec 2008 12:52:57 +0000 Gerald "Gerry" Pugliese http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/?p=1777 This is cool! A little town in Japan, called Kuzumaki generates 161% of its power needs from clean energy. A marvel, since Japan is a resource-scarce nation, importing 90% of its fuel. The town, of 8,000 residents, utilizes solar panel arrays, wind farms and methane gas from dairy cow dung. The extra power is sold to neighboring communities. Kuzumaki’s self-sufficiency is the brainchild of its former mayor, who lobbied for government funding and grants. Now he promotes tourism to Kuzumaki, which hosts more than 400,000 visitors a year. But, the Kuzumaki’s population is shrinking as younger people move out and older residents die off. Even still, citizens hope their little town serves as a model for the rest of the world. Imagine New York City or Los Angeles off the grid. It’d take a lot of cow crap! Via Time Magazine.]]> http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/the-environment/kuzumaki-off-the-grid/feed/ 2