May 2013 Newsletter: A Sustainable Sanitation Revolution

Dear Friends,

Day after day our agronomists bring in epic harvests of spinach, beets, sorghum, yams, and other vegetables, and people are starting to take note of the positive impact that EcoSan compost has on production yields. On the compost supply side, our hearts are rich with stories from SOIL toilet users who like their toilets and the demand for EcoSan toilets around Haiti is so strong that we can’t keep up with all the requests. This month, instead of sending you a long letter, we wanted to give you a chance to check out some of the latest positive news about our work in Haiti. We believe that we are truly making headway towards our goal of instigating a demand driven ecological sanitation revolution, and we couldn’t do it without your support.

With love from Haiti,
the SOIL team

SOIL News:

• Permaculture Magazine features SOIL’s work in Haiti 
• Huffington Post UK profiles the positive benefits that SOIL’s work has on restoring soil nutrients
• SOIL staff prepare to lead a permaculture design certificate course in June
• A theatre group promotes SOIL’s EcoSan projects in Haiti – complete with a cameo appearance by a Madame Bwa impersonator touting SOIL toilets
• SOIL plants fruit trees at the Port-au-Prince municipal dump
• Latest Theo Talk Episode shows new vacuformer production of urine diversion toilet seats
• Interested in other ways to transform wastes into resources? This blog post details the many, many uses for poo

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