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PHLUSHers heading for Singapore soon
Tickets have been booked to permit two PHLUSH Co-Founders to speak at the the World Toilet Summit in Singapore on December 3, 2009. Organizers of the eighth annual event invited PHLUSH to share Portland’s experience in increasing the availability of public restrooms with experts from around the world. Barbara Lescher will present Public…
Read MoreCelebrate World Toilet Day on November 19th
Celebrate World Toilet Day on November 19th Seedfolks Roots & Shoots and 4-H Clubshttp://milwaukee.uwex.edu/youth/4h/documents/TheBigSquat.pdf are inviting you to squat with us for one minute to draw awareness to this serious problem. We would like to have a squatting line that winds throughout the church! World Toilet Day is coming on November 19. I know what…
Read MoreHow Save the World with Sanitation
Those are the words of Rose George, the title of her inspiring and informative piece http://bit.ly/3ibB2V in yesterday’s Huffington Post. Reporting from Mozambique, George recounts the reactions of group of villagers at the moment they realize the consequences of toiletlessness. Here’s what happens: a delicious plate of meat and rice is placed in the…
Read MorePHLUSH needs community support to take Portland experience to Singapore!
PHLUSH needs community support to take Portland experience to Singapore! Portland, Ore. October 12, 2009. Public Hygiene Lets Us Stay Human (PHLUSH) has accepted the invitation from the World Toilet Organization (WTO) to share Portland’s experience in increasing the availability of public restrooms. As an all-volunteer grassroots group we’re now calling on the community to…
Read MoreGuest Post: Code change is the best way to increase restroom availability
By Robert Brubaker, Program Manager, American Restroom Association Code change is the best way to increase restroom availability. 090809rb 8:23 am 090809cm 1:45 pm 546 words A State code expert from Kansas, Eirene Oliphant has submitted potty parity code change proposals that address some of the ‘long line’ problems women face waiting to…
Read MoreRestroom design work wins PHLUSH invitation to prestigious international event.
Public Hygiene Lets Us Stay Human, or PHLUSH, has been invited to make two presentations to the prestigious World Toilet Summit in Singapore in December 2009. Old Town Chinatown?s public restroom advocates are busy preparing 20-minute presentations entitled Public Restroom Design for 21st Century US Cities: The PHLUSH Principles and Innovations in Sustainable Design: Case…
Read MoreJamison Square needs a Portland Loo.
The Pearl District, Portland’s icon of New Urbanism still does not have a single public restroom on its pedestrian friendly streets! How can this be? We’re not talking about Starbucks here. We’re talking about the commons: toilet facilities that serve residents and visitors in shared spaces such as sidewalks and public parks. Jamison Square,…
Read MoreOregon’s Floating Toilets
Floating restrooms are available at a number of Oregon locations thanks to the collaboration of the Oregon State Marine Board and local communities. Linda Robinson of Friends of Gateway Green, sent us some photos. The toilets are pumped out using the same vacuum technology that boaters use to pipe the contents of their waste…
Read MoreOregon boaters want more restrooms
More than half of Oregon boaters say restroom availability is inadequate at the state’s ramps and docks. In fact, the lack of restrooms rank third among boaters’ complaints, after boat wake disruptions and no-wake zone violations. In a survey conducted every three years by the Oregon State Marine Board 54.8% of respondents noted the…
Read MoreA neighbor speaks out.
It was good to hear from an Old Town neighbor, even one who is understandably distressed. But public urination is distressing, and especially now that we have toilets at more or less at 1000 foot intervals throughout the hood. There is a concern we have that I would like to address. We have…
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