Posts by Phlush
The POOP Project is coming to Portland 2/22/2020!
Straight from New York City, The POOP Project is coming to Portland! How do you break the potty taboo and catalyze creative conversation about sustainable sanitation for the person, planet and world community? The People’s Own Organic Power (POOP) Project has been showing us how, using a brilliant combination of theater, art, and education. The POOP…
Read MoreCelebrating World Toilet Day with NYC Restrooms 4 All
November 6, 2019 World Toilet Day brings toilet folks together. It’s a lively and thrilling time. Emails, messages, and greetings flying in every direction creating an ever denser network of connections. Our work is tough. Taming the taboos takes time. People who deal in pee and poop are easy to ignore. Practitioners, policymakers, promoters – all…
Read MoreNYC Restrooms 4 All takes up the challenge
November 4, 2019 We celebrate the launch of partner organization NYC Restrooms 4 All with a post by co-founder and Roosevelt Institute Fellow, Maeve Flaherty. If you’ve spent any time in New York City, you’ve had that sinking sensation– a desperate need to go to the bathroom, and no place to go. You look around…
Read MoreSecond Graders Tackle Sanitation Justice in Brooklyn, New York
July 6, 2019 This guest post from Amber Hickey, doctorate in Visual Studies and service-learning project faculty member for Service Learning Project, highlights the need to involve youth in sanitation advocacy. This past spring, 2nd graders at PS 298 in Brownsville, Brooklyn advocated for sanitation justice in their community. Participating in the youth-led Residency Program…
Read MoreDo Americans enjoy the Human Right to Water and Sanitation?
January 23, 2019 In a recent segment on NPR affiliate KLCC, Oregon journalist Denise Silfee points out that the UN General Assembly affirmed the human right to water and sanitation in 2010 while the United States failed to join the majority of nations voting for the resolution. In her interview with people sheltering in a…
Read MoreFall brings new opportunities for PHLUSH to go "glocal"
We’re all in this together, aren’t we? We all poop and pee. How about joining PHLUSH as a donor or volunteer?
Read MoreEmergency Sanitation Recommendations for Hurricane Florence
Hurricane Florence is upon us. She is predicted to bring excessive rainfall (over 2 feet) and dangerous storm surge (up to 9-12 feet) to North and South Carolina. While some are rejoicing that wind speeds have been downgraded, NWS continues to predict life-threatening storm surge and unprecedented rainfall. As an organization focused on safe sanitation…
Read MoreHurricanes, homelessness, and human needs – 2017 Annual Report
In 2017, we made progress toward our goals against a background of hurricanes, homelessness, and a new awareness of human needs that underlines the significance of our work. We invite you to download our 2017 PHLUSH Annual Report. The deadly consequences of hygiene facilities that came too late Public toilet and hygiene facilities protect human…
Read MoreDesign Trends: Inclusion, Privacy, Efficiency, & Convenience
We’ve been taking a closer look at contemporary restrooms and see some excellent trends in their design, namely inclusion, privacy, efficiency, and convenience. INCLUSION Inclusive, gender-neutral restrooms serve everyone from those caring for opposite-sex children or elders to gender non-conforming people. Unlike single unisex ADA toilet rooms, new space-efficient facilities bring everyone into the same…
Read MoreTransit’s missing link: The public toilet
This case study illustrates how the lack of a public restroom on a key route can render transit unusable for many riders and what community members can do to fight back. When it opened in late 2016, riders changing buses at an expensive new transit center in Washington State were dismayed to find they had…
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