When is a five gallon bucket of poop more than just a five gallon bucket of poop? In this episode, Shawn Shafner (The Puru) s(h)its down with Sasha Kramer, co-founder and Executive Director of SOIL, and engineer/academic Kory Russel of re.source. Their Container Based Sanitation model is creating....
Jusqu’à présent, la production de vétiver, très traditionnelle en Haïti, s’est faite naturellement et sans apport d’intrant externe ou fertilisant. Pourquoi ne pas nourrir et restructurer les sols où il est cultivé pour voir si la production d’huile essentielle de vétiver y gagne en volume et en....
St. Barnabas Agricultural College (CASB) is an institution with a vision to provide sustainable agricultural services to Haiti’s Northern region, and the school is using both SOIL’s EkoMobil mobile toilets and compost, Konpòs Lakay, to help achieve that goal! The two-year agriculture technician....
When it comes to climate change, we all can do our part to reduce our impact on global warming – from increasing our use of public transportation to reducing the amount of red meat we consume, we can each do something to contribute to a solution. This year, a group of fourteen artists decided to....
No revolutionary household toilet social business could exist without customers, and SOIL’s EkoLakay service is no exception. We hold regular marketing events in Cap-Haitien and Port-au-Prince, Haiti to attract new clients to our EkoLakay household sanitation service. At our next marketing event, on....
Josapha, Sasha and Bobo (2006) Last week SOIL kicked off our 10 Year Anniversary with celebrations in Port-au-Prince and Cap-Haitien. Few people know how to throw a party better than the SOIL team, and everyone was extra excited to be celebrating such a significant milestone. We will be celebrating....
Although nearly 75% of Haitians lack access to toilets, it’s not for lack of effort or attention by the Haitian government. Despite the fact that the sanitation authority (known by its French acronym, DINEPA) is relatively new, formed just prior to the earthquake in 2009, they have worked tirelessly....
SOIL friends Scott and Drew Gurian are in the midst of getting ready for what can only be called the adventure of a lifetime. This summer they are participating in the Mongol Rally, an annual event involving hundreds of teams driving tiny vehicles across Europe and Asia (a quarter of the way around....
This week, sanitation is at the top of the agenda in Haiti. " Improving sanitation is everybody's business. Each toilet built, adopted and used, means that one family won’t be affected by cholera and other waterborne diseases that cause the death of more children under five years than HIV / AIDS....
Don’t worry, we’re not a few weeks late – in Haiti, Mother’s Day is celebrated on the last Sunday of May. As in America, it’s a major holiday, and last week everyone was looking for the perfect cards, flowers, and other gifts to show appreciation to their moms! Here in Port-au-Prince, there are....