When SOIL employee Joasil “Tidou” Lucny and I sit down together once a week, he patiently teaches me Haitian Creole and I help him to improve his English. He told me that he dreams of becoming an agronomist, so I asked him if he would like to write about the topic below to share with our followers....
By Jessica Altenburger in Forbes, July 31, 2014 “The 2015 goal to halve the proportion of people living without sanitation is running 150 years behind schedule.” - WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply and Sanitation 2010 Since 2008, the “International Year of Sanitation,” the topic....
By Jessica Altenburger in Forbes, July 31, 2014 “The 2015 goal to halve the proportion of people living without sanitation is running 150 years behind schedule.” - WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply and Sanitation 2010 Since 2008, the “International Year of Sanitation,” the topic....
At SOIL we're all about the small details. By focusing first on quality, we are able to avoid the pitfalls that were all too common in the post-earthquake surge of development organizations (such as the construction of internally displaced persons camps that had inadequate and non-user-friendly....
More than 4 billion people around the world lack access to safe sanitation - about half of the world's population. So while SOIL is particularly focused on Haiti, we recognize that sanitation is global issue. Our Guide to Ecological Sanitation, first published in 2011, has been accessed by people in....
By Alexis K. Barnes in Vice June 3, 2014 Joe Jenkins has been saving his shit for 37 years. The 61-year-old thinks that to do otherwise—to flush the toilet after you’ve finished defecating into it—is a waste of perfectly good drinking water and valuable turds. Instead, you should do your business in....
I am Andrew Coco, a Sustainable Development Intern with SOIL this summer. I studied Environmental Studies concentrating in Sustainability at the University of Vermont and have been friends with SOIL for the past four years. My official title is Konsiltan Agrikilti (Agricultural Consultant) and I am....
What is SOIL’s ecological footprint? We know that turning wastes into compost adds much-needed topsoil to Haiti’s eroding hillsides, and that it keeps the nutrients (not to mention the pathogens) from poop out of fresh water, but does it have ecological benefits in terms of reducing climate change....
There's no escaping the fact that Cité Soleil has a reputation. Poor. Dirty. Violent. Googling the name turns up headlines like "The Most Dangerous Place on Earth" relating stories of horrifying gang violence during the 2004 coup that deposed President Aristide. The residents of Cité Soleil know all....
TedX Traverse City is an annual event that brings together "the most innovative and inspiring minds... innovators who have passion, curiosity, creativity and adaptability to change the world with revolutionary ideas." Sasha and SOIL were honored to be a part of this wonderful event on May 13, 2014....