Today the Port-au-Prince office is all aflutter as we welcome the newest members of our team: the chickens! Our three new friends are named Sgt. Pepper, Soli, and Cora, and they will live in our beautiful backyard. The chickens will feast on black soldier fly larvae, harvested with our new BioPod....
Written by our friends at re.source – a start-up team based out of Stanford University, funded by a Grand Challenges Explorations Phase 1 grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The re.source team is partnering with SOIL to help design an improved household EcoSan toilet and a social....
This past week we received a donation check in the mail from Ride for World Health (R4WH) to support public sanitation programs in Haiti. R4WH is a committed group of public health advocates who traveled from San Diego to Washington, D.C. by bike to raise awareness and funds for fighting global....
Join SOIL's Regional Director, Theo Huitema, on another adventure in EcoSan. In Theo Talks Episode 3, you'll see SOIL's Job Etienne, Nick Preneta and Sasha Kramer attempting to "sex" fish. In the background you'll see Theo's house, made out of a former compost bin, at the SOIL farm and tree nursery....
Here in Port-au-Prince the sun is shining and the temperature is a balmy 86°F, but for many of our friends in the United States and throughout the world, winter is fast approaching! No matter where you are, the holiday season is on its way, and that means that SOIL calendars are here again! One of....
For those familiar with SOIL, the Household Toilet Project probably doesn't sound all that new. For years we’ve dreamed about a social business model for providing household sanitation in Haiti, and today we are happy to report that our dream has started to become a reality! On October 30, 2012....
It's a sunny day in Port-au-Prince, but we're watching weather updates anxiously as Sandy continues to head north, towards the homes of our friends and family members along the east coast. Our hearts are with you! If you'd like some reading to take your mind of the storm, we recommend this....
Dear friends, Just a quick update on the situation in Haiti and our fundraising efforts at SOIL. The rain from hurricane Sandy has mostly soaked into the mud and evaporated into the air, replenishing the rain that is falling on our friends along the east coast of the US today. For all of you who are....
Dear friends, We are writing to you to update you on the situation in Haiti with the passing of hurricane Sandy. Here in Port-au-Prince the rain has been coming down for three days straight, the most rain we have experienced since the earthquake. We are very lucky that everyone on our staff is safe....
Join SOIL's Regional Director, Theo Huitema, on another adventure in EcoSan. In Theo Talks Episode 2, Theo gives a short, enjoyable tour of the young tree seedlings being cultivated at the SOIL nursery in Cap-Haitien. And speaking of the tree nursery... we need a new name for this nursery and we'd....