With the goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions and saving taxpayers money, Dane County, Wisconsin has been harvesting methane from its large landfill and surrounding farms to produce electricity and renewable natural gas.
Colby May and Jim Brown offer churches everything from energy assessments, to solar panel installation, to behavioral workshops for staff, to help them reduce their energy bills and carbon footprint.
To prolong use of the local aquifer, a groundwater management district reduced the amount of water farmers could use to irrigate their crops by 20%. Farmers rallied to the challenge.