Positive News: Waste Not, Want Not: How Human Waste is Being Turned Into Help for Haiti

By Positive News, July 2, 2013 A project in the Caribbean country of Haiti, which continues to struggle with the aftermath of the 2010 earthquake, is turning toilet waste into a valuable resource In the UK most of us flush the toilet without a second thought, but for the majority of Haitians, this....

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Christian Science Monitor: Double Win for Haiti: Human Waste Into Valuable Fertilizer

By Kristie Wang, Christian Science Monitor, July 1, 2013 The social enterprise SOIL provides clean facilities for families in Haiti while also supplying a local source of fertilizer to sorghum farmers. SOIL is enabling communities in Haiti to transform human waste into a resource for sustainable....

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Heritage Radio Network - Greenhorn Radio: Dr. Sasha Kramer and SOIL

Live interview with SOIL's Dr. Sasha Kramer on Greenhorn Radio. Listen to the interview Dr. Sasha Kramer is the Co-Founder and Executive Director of Sustainable Organic Integrated Livelihoods (SOIL). Sasha is an ecologist and human rights advocate who has been living and working in Haiti since 2004....

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Episode 14: Mango Gnoshing Cow

Join SOIL’s charismatic Regional Director Theo Huitema on another adventure in EcoSan. This time Theo visits with the SOIL cow – Uit (named after Theo H-UIT-ema) - out at the SOIL experimental garden and farm near Limonade. Join Theo as he questions the meaning of life thinly veiled as a study in....

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SOIL's Office Garden Flourishes Thanks to Konpòs Lakay

One year ago, in June 2012, we packed up our Port-au-Prince office in Delmas 33 and moved around the corner to a beautiful building with more space for our growing team. The building itself was ideal, but our new backyard was a muddy mess full of debris and mosquito-breeding standing water. In short....

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SOIL's First Agricultural Intern Graduates With a Thesis on SOIL's EcoSan Compost

We at SOIL are very proud to announce the graduation of Marckindy V. Etienne, SOIL’s first Agricultural Intern, with a degree in Ingénieur Agronome (Agronomy). He earned his degree at Université Chrétienne du Nord d'Haiti in Limbè, Cap-Haitien. Marckindy originally hails from the town of Acul du....

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June 2013 Newsletter: June News

Dear Friends, First and foremost we want to thank you for helping us to replace the Port-au-Prince Poopmobile. This was our most successful fundraising campaign to date, and we were inspired and humbled by your generosity and belief in our work. The new Poopmobile started making its first rounds....

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Volunteer Opportunity: Travel Agent Needed!

Are you a travel agent? Or do you know someone who loves SOIL and could help us to keep our costs down by finding good travel deals for us? In exchange for occasional help arranging international travel for SOIL staff presenting at conferences or volunteers coming to Haiti, SOIL will feature your....

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New Book By SOIL Friend and Collaborator, Beverly Bell

For many years now we've had the delightful privilege of running into the indomitable Bev Bell around Haiti, and we have always been impressed by her tireless spirt and her drive to fight for the rights of this beautiful country. We don't normally use our blog to announce new books that aren't about....

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SOIL Celebrates World Environment Day

Yesterday, June 5th, was World Environment Day, and SOIL joined with groups around Haiti in celebrating positive environmental action. In Port-au-Prince, activities focused on bringing the benefits of SOIL's EcoSan compost back to the EcoSan toilet users. SOIL's sanitation services are subsidized by....

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