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SOIL at UNC

Join SOIL at the UNC Water & Health Conference in Chapel Hill

We are excited to announce SOIL’s participation in the 2025 UNC Water and Health Conference . SOIL’s Executive Director, Dr. Sasha Kramer, and Director of Research and Innovation, Maya Lubeck-Schricker, will be in attendance to showcase our ongoing efforts and progress towards accelerating universal....

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World Water Week

Investing in Resilient Sanitation Systems: Insights from World Water Week 2025

This week in Stockholm, the global water and sanitation community gathered for World Water Week , hosted by the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) . It has been a week of powerful conversations, new partnerships, and a shared commitment to building resilient systems that deliver safe....

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AWS/ GWI/ SOIL

Climate Mitigation: SOIL's Continuing Partnership with Global Water Intelligence

Each year Global Water Intelligence (GWI) organizes the American Water Summit bringing together policy makers, regulatory and investment communities, and leaders working within the North American water sector to explore technologies, challenge mindsets, and tackle key questions that are vital to....

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One of SOIL's team members rocking protective equipment to keep dust out of his eyes while hard at work with our new bonzodè grinder

New and Improved Bonzode

One of SOIL's team members rocking protective equipment to keep dust out of his eyes while hard at work with our new bonzodè grinder! Photo credit: Vic Hinterlang In Haitian Creole the word bonzodè means “good smell,” and that’s just what it does! What is it? Bonzodè is the cover material used as....

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Saving Water, Twenty Million Gallons at a Time

Two things we know to be true about SOIL’s crew: we’re data driven to our core and we’re really passionate about poop (or about finding innovative ways to transform it from something that wreaks havoc on the environment and public health into something that combats climate change and grows more food....

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Water Atlas SOIL map

SOIL’s EkoLakay Service Mapped in New Water Atlas

Hot off the press is Guerilla Cartography’s Water Atlas, their latest project featuring volunteer submissions of maps on all things water, including one titled “Reducing Water Pollution with a Poop Solution” – a map on SOIL’s EkoLakay household sanitation service! Monika Roy, SOIL’s former Project....

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The New Poopmobile Makes for Happy Microbes!

We now have an improved routine for getting water to our compost site in Port-au-Prince thanks to your outstanding response to our Poopmobile emergency donation drive in May! With the new Poopmobile, our compost team can transport multiple heavy cisterns of our own water several times a week rather....

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Theo Talks Episode 1: A Sunrise Tour Through the SOIL Nursery in Cap-Haitien

Join SOIL's Regional Director, Theo Huitema, on the first (of many we hope) adventures in EcoSan. In Theo Talks Episode 1, Theo will take you on a sunrise tour of the SOIL nursery outside of Cap-Haitien. Listen closely and you might hear some tree cocks! Do you want to support this effort to improve....

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