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RT on Haiti and SOIL with Dr. Sasha Kramer

SOIL Co-Founder and Executive Director Dr. Sasha Kramer recently had the honor of joining Commissioner Bart Chilton for an in-depth interview on RT's Boom Bust. They dove into the origins of SOIL's work, the intersection of ecological principles and liberation theology, and the long-term impact that....

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Hub Culture: An Interview with SOIL's Sasha Kramer

"This year at Davos, there's a new global risk report and three of the five major risks are environmental ones: natural disasters, climate change, and water scarcity," says SOIL's Dr. Sasha Kramer in an interview with Edie Lush for Hub Culture. "[SOIL] is working on designing a technology that not....

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Dr. Sasha Kramer Walks Out of President Trump’s Speech at Davos in Solidarity with the Haitian People

Photo: Jorge Ribas of the Washington Post Contact: Leah Page Jean, Development Director, Sustainable Integrated Organic Livelihoods (SOIL), [email protected] / +509 3436-3658 Friday January 26, 2018 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: SOIL stands in solidarity with Haiti and the countries throughout Africa that....

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World Bank Video: A Peek into SOIL's Inclusive Sanitation Solution

Photo: Monica Wise Across the world nearly one billion people reside in urban settlements with little or no access to sanitation, and with the rapid global urbanization that's currently underway, it's expected that 60% of the world will be urban dwelling by 2020. SOIL and fellow Container-Based....

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BBC: Why are People Paying $6 for a Bag of Human Waste?

Why are People Paying $6 for a Bag of Human Waste? The women saving lives using sewage. Posted by BBC on March, 28 2017 Support SOIL Other Recent SOIL Coverage [display-posts category="In the News" include_date="true" date_format="M j, Y" not_in="6929" limit=4] [wufoo username="soilecosan" formhash=....

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AJ+: Turning Deadly Poop Into Fertile Soil

Turning Deadly Poop Into Fertile Soil Haiti is fighting cholera by turning human poop into rich fertilizer. Posted by AJ+ on Sunday, February 26, 2017 Other Recent SOIL Coverage [display-posts category="In the News" include_date="true" date_format="M j, Y" not_in="6929" limit=4]

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CBS News: Sowing seeds of hope for Haiti's future

Check out this video and article from CBS News to see how far SAKALA has come since its founding in 2002 - and look out for a SOIL cameo near the end!

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BBC: Haiti's Fight Against Disease With The Eco Toilet

By Lorena Arroyo for the BBC. 16 September 2014 The 2010 Haitian earthquake displaced thousands of people, with many still living in temporary camps. Poor sanitation has caused serious health problems in the country - but could a special eco toilet improve the situation? Lorena Arroyo reports from....

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National Geographic Video: Putting Waste To Work

SOIL's Executive Director, Dr. Sasha Kramer, gives a talk at National Geographic on fighting Haiti's most pressing health, economic and environmental problems, one toilet at a time. This follows up a previous article in the National Geographic in October on SOIL's attempt to use human waste to....

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The New York Times: The Miracle Toilet [Video by Nicholas D. Kristof]

By Nicholas D. Kristof, The New York Times, December 1, 2010 Nicholas D. Kristof reports from Haiti about toilets that aim to address the sanitation problems that lead to cholera, while also providing fertilizer to help farmers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lie8RlRu1r8

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