Sustainability-wiki

This is a place to assess and improve the sustainable practices and technologies utilized by Beam Reach. Place new information in the categories below or create a new category for your efforts.

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Our marine home: the green ship Gato Verde

Energy

• a biodiesel-electric propulsion system
• Consumption of Electricity (Elise Chapman, 071)
• Biodiesel (Heather Hooper, 071)
• propane
• lamp oil
• batteries
• Sustainable propulsion and energy use on the Gato Verde (Wessal Kenaio, 071)
• regeneration under sail
• a wind turbine?
• Photovoltaic panels (Anne Harmann, 071)
• fuel cells?)

Water

• Source: Friday Harbor
• Source: Roche Harbor
• Source: Snug Harbor
• Source: Port Angeles
• Use: hydration
• Use: washing (dishes)
• Use: showers

Liquid waste

• grey water (sinks, showers, decks)
• black water (heads, urine, feces)
• Sewage in the sea

Solid waste

• Trash
• recycling
• compost
  • Compostable plastics (Alex Kougantakis, 071)

Noise pollution

• Gato Verde underwater signature
• Noise mitigation technologies

Our terrestrial home: Friday Harbor Labs and San Juan Island

Food production and choices

• Lacrover Farm
• Vegetarians and carnivores
• Carbon footprint of transporting tofu and chicken to San Juan Island (Sam Levinson, 071)

Water supply

• Friday Harbor Labs
• Friday Harbor town
• Other sources of water on San Juan Island
• salt water intrusion and desalination
• rain catchment

Water uses

• showers
• laundry
• hydration
• cooking