http://phlush.org Fri, 23 Jul 2010 17:59:53 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Why are we still are building public restroom facilities designed for mid 20th century families rather than for the dynamic twenty-first century global society in which we now live?    A rethink of public restroom design would solve the dilemma that Lisa A. Fram outlines in  Men? Women? Parents Face ... http://phlush.org/2010/07/22/its-high-time-for-21st-century-design/ Several solid pieces of journalism  have burst on the scene recently and threaten to break  through our society's prevailing "flush and forget" mind set "A Fecal Matter" The cover story in the June 2nd Willamette Week takes on Portland's sewers.  Pulitizer-prize winning Nigel Jaquiss looks at the city's groaning ... http://phlush.org/2010/06/11/journalists-breaking-the-pee-and-poop-barrier/ PHLUSH has received a small grant from the Bureau of Planning and Sustainability. We will be able to meet requests for Restroom Location signs and postcards thanks to a City of Portland BPS grant.    We are now waiting for the check, which will be issued by the Northeast Coalition ... http://phlush.org/2010/05/10/phlush-news-updates-2/ What a surprise !   Talk about great neighbors! Fashion Buddha has just sent this fabulous new stop motion PHLUSH PSA !!!!    It was received by PHLUSH Co-Founder Lan Nguyen on the day of a special PHLUSH event. Orchid Salon, across the street from the generous band of creatives in the historic ... http://phlush.org/2010/04/27/fashion-buddha-creates-phlush-psa/ Earth Day got its start when Wisconsin Senator Nelson Gaylord called on US university students to organize Vietnam style demonstrations and teach-ins to bring attention to environmental degradation and push a new policy agenda.  It worked. ........ Grassroots organizing brought together 20 million Americans in Earth Day events that first year - 1970.   In ... http://phlush.org/2010/04/22/arth-day-the-biggest-crisis-youve-never-heard-of/ PHLUSH News Updates In like a lamb, March went out like a lion, leaving PHLUSHers with a number of new projects. World Water Day Celebration  Recode Oregon threw a great event at SEA Change Gallery on March 22   Great talk by Rep Ben Cannon who sponsored the gray water legislation in ... http://phlush.org/2010/04/01/phlush-news-updates/ Observed globally on March 22, World Water Day provides a speacial opportunity to celebrate gray water reuse in Oregon.   Thanks to the efforts of gray water champions in Salem like Rep. Ben Cannon and the folks at Recode Oregon, gray water reuse is now legal in our state. To celebrate ... http://phlush.org/2010/03/05/world-water-day-celebrate-gray-water-reuse-in-oregon/ Although PHLUSH is willing to take on problems others don't want to deal with, we've been pretty stymied by public urination.  Our neighborhood now has great 24/7 public toilets so we're losing patience with the practice and hate the results. When the temperature drops, it's embarrassing to walk over those ... http://phlush.org/2010/01/30/is-portland-ready-for-emergency-urinals-in-recycling-bins/ Passengers win two toilet availability victories today In a singular move to accommodate transit riders, the Washington DC area Metro announced today that there will be restrooms at every station on the new Silver line.  http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/20/AR2009122002030.html   The American Restroom Association has long advocated for toilet availability for the capital's extensive ... http://phlush.org/2009/12/22/passengers-win-two-toilet-availability-victories-today/ We're happy to see that all presentations from the World Toilet Summit on December 2-4 are now on line.  Here  they are  for Day 1,  Day 2 (includes our PHLUSH presentations), and Day 3. Since returning from Singapore, we've had to tackle the backload of work here and our reporting on ... http://phlush.org/2009/12/16/world-toilet-summit-presentations-now-online/