Britain’s National Trust is encouraging men to pee on the compost heap. The Telegraph reports:

The rather unusual practice is already actively encouraged at stately homes around the country where pee bales have been deposited in secluded areas of National Trust gardens to allow male members of staff to relieve themselves.

The Trust, which actively campaigns on climate change, said answering the call of nature outside saves both on water and the energy used in flushing the lavatory.

Urine can also speed up the chemical process in the compost heap, making it a better fertiliser to help grow vegetables and save even more energy in reducing food miles.

Male urine is better than female urine because it is slightly less acidic. [continue]

See what you learn here? Now we just need some pee bales on Gabriola — at the Gabriola Commons, perhaps? In the meanwhile, you know how to help the compost pile at your house!