To make compost tea you just need a covered container, compost, water, and time. I use a cotton pillowcase or a square of unbleached cotton. I move the bundle up and down a few times whenever I walk by the container.
More generally, the terms exergonic and endergonic relate to the free energy change in any process, not just chemical reactions. An example of an exergonic reaction is cellular respiration. By contrast, the terms exothermic and endothermic relate to the overall exchange of heat during a process.
All exergonic reactions release energy where the final state always has less free energy than the initial state. Exergonic reactions usually have activation energies, which they must first fulfill for the reaction to be carried out. Continue Reading.