I love your plain talk Dhruva.YOU should be nominated for this Nobel.You richly
deserve that.
We can propagate the concept of this good work of giving everything back to the
soil from primary scool days through illustated sequence Shit>wash>cover and
help the dung beetle to do the rest. Carry a small shovel along with your
bottle. Flower beds in middle-class suburbia should be all about
that.Architects/Builders must build-in these facilities with POSH new
developments.Maybe a portable shield+a shovel readily available in the flower
garden. All possible and good!
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To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Sat, 3 Nov 2007 11:37:45
+0530Subject: Re: [WaterWatch] Nobel Peace Prize for re-inventing toilet!
I think this International Toilet Summit is total ... crap! They're only
complicating matters by incinerating shit etc. when we already have an energy
crisis. One of the fundamental problems is the attitude that human shit is
'waste'. Composting is one very good solution. No need for fans and
lights and incinerators and bells and whistles. And it converts 'waste' to
wealth. Of course most people who shit in the open are basically aiding
this process. They are also probably aware of it till they get 'educated'. But
there are a few minor problems where the ecology is poor, such as disease and
stink. In a study conducted in some villages near where I live (Vellore
District, Tamil Nadu), inhabitants who shat in the open, with no water supply,
were safe from a recent cholera epidemic. Those with water supply got cholera.
And the first person to get cholera had got it during a visit to the town!
In forests, a whole ecosystem develops around one's shit and it's thoroughly
mixed with earth within a day. You can shit in the open, in virtually the same
spot every day and not cause disease or anything of the sort. In other places
there are some risks, such as hookworm, cholera and the like. Microorganisms
take care of pathogens quite well. But 'sanitation' mostly has caused more
problems than it has solved. There's a lovely and very funny must-read book :
it's called the "Humanure Handbook" by Joseph Jenkins. It discusses compost
toilets (100% dry except for washing one's ass, which is done elsewhere) - why,
what, how, results of the author's experiments, different designs etc. It even
contains ideas for building compost toilets in urban settings such as apartment
complexes, etc. Apparently, it even renders diseased shit harmless, thanks to
the high temperature brought about by the thermophilic bacteria. IMO, the
author (Jenkins) deserves 20 Nobel prizes, though I don't think he'd know what
to do with the money. The book is available online at:
http://weblife.org/humanure/default.html Please read and enjoy!Dhruva.PS. There
is an architect couple in Dharmapuri District, Tamil Nadu, who have
incorporated a compost toilet into their lovely eco-friendly house. This shit
really works.-- The three most difficult things for a human being:Returning
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