Posts Tagged ‘ecosan’
Will no-mix toilets work on San Francisco streets?
At PHLUSH we’ve been looking at urine diversion technologies and think no-mix toilets are going to be really important in the future. And we’re keen to get the word out as we consider earthquake preparedness and what to do for emergency household toilets when we can’t flush. So a proposal, picked up by the New York Times,…
Read MoreSanitation tour series begins Sept 28th with Living Machine visit
To provide opportunities for citizens to get the knowledge necessary to influence sound budget and public policy decisions regarding urban sanitation and sewers, PHLUSH has organized a series of expert-led visits. On Wednesday, September 28th we have arranged a lunch hour visit to the Living Machine® at the Port of Portland in their new LEED Platinum headquarters designed by…
Read MoreEcological sanitation is dinner topic
Most of the thirty odd Portlanders who gathered for dinner at a private home in the Laurelhurst neighborhood had had the same experience. When they had suggested ways to make sanitation more sustainable, there were always some friends and family members who simply refused to discuss the matter. Taboos about human excreta run deep. So,…
Read MoreEcological Sanitation initiative taking off in 2011.
At its final monthly meeting of 2010, PHLUSH and kindred groups will lay basic plans for a new initiative in ecological sanitation – or ecosan – to be rolled out throughout 2011. Everyone is invited to attend the gathering at 5:30 pm at Floyd’s Coffee Shop at 118 NW Couch Street, near the Skidmore…
Read More