SOIL builds composting toilets in earthquake ravaged Haiti fighting cholera and building soil fertility.
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Compost Toilet Fights Cholera As It Builds Soil Fertility
Tuesday, January 11th, 2011The Simplest Acts Can Have the Greatest Impact.
Monday, January 4th, 2010Most of the rural population of the world do not have access to safe and reliable toilets. A good toilet, together with a safe reliable water supply and the practice of good personal hygiene can do much to improve personal and family health and well-being. There is an urgent need for the construction of simple, low cost, affordable toilets that are easy to build and maintain. This video shows success by SOIL (Sustainable Organic Integrated Livelihoods), in promoting composting toilets in one of the poorest countries in the world.
Read: Peter Morgan’s Toilets that make compost (pdf)
For more inspiring information dealing with crap see:
Humanure by Joseph C Jenkins (Full Text available free online)
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