SOIL is seeking a full time EkoLakay Project Manager to support the scale up of SOIL’s social business pilot for providing sustainable household sanitation in Port-au-Prince. We are looking for someone passionate about researching, designing, implementing, and improving social business models for....
As SOIL's summer intern, it’s a pleasure to bring you an update about EkoLakay, SOIL’s household toilet social business pilot. This summer, I have the opportunity to participate in SOIL's marketing team, which is testing marketing strategies for all of SOIL's services and products. As you may know....
At SOIL, we always love when we hit upon mutually beneficial partnerships, so we're thrilled to serve as an internship site this summer for the Haitian Education Leadership Program (HELP). HELP's mission is "to create, through merit- and needs-based university scholarships, a community of young....
The development of SOIL’s household urine diversion toilet, aka the EkoLakay toilet, has been an iterative process. We thought that it would be great to share that history with you: EcoSan lovers, SOIL fans, and toilet developers around the world! A good toilet design should take into account....
Their work is unglamorous. It may even be the definition of unglamorous for many people. But the six men who make up the compost team in Cap-Haitien are no short of sanitation superheroes in the eyes of SOIL and the surrounding community. Why? They take something that is deadly, a leading killer of....
"Development of sanitation systems is considered one of the greatest improvements in public health over the last century. But despite advancements, 2.5 billion people around the world still live without adequate sanitation facilities. The resulting impacts from fecal matter contamination are....
"Long before the devastating earthquake hit Haiti in 2010, the island nation was beset by a laundry list of environmental woes, ranging from deforestation to a lack of clean water. Satellite images reveal the countryside is devoid of lush vegetation. After a rainstorm, Haiti appears to ooze into the....
Here at SOIL, we’re dedicated to basing our strategic objectives, protocols and procedures, and design iterations on careful research and data. We also make an effort to share our lessons and progress with the global ecological sanitation community. That’s why we’re so pleased that a scientific....
Happy World Environment Day! Today, June 5, is an international day set by the United Nations to bring awareness to environmental issues. This year’s theme is “Seven Billion Dreams. One Planet. Consume with Care.” We celebrated this event in Cap-Haitien with a local women’s federation called....
Update: Since writing this blog, we've grown EkoLakay's household toilet service and our waste treatment site capacity. As of 2017, we're transforming more than 50 metric tons of waste into lush, organic compost each and every month. If you're interested in learning more, or if you live in Haiti and....