Speaking of toilets, I just stumbled upon a blog post from our friend Chris Canaday of El Parque Etnobotanico Omaere. Chris was the one who initially trained my counterpart and me in dry toilets. His post shows some of the pictures of the construction of an Arborloo (disclaimer: I have not read the whole book at this link, but his basic idea is really cool). An Arborloo a different type of green toilet, in some ways much simpler than the ones we constructed in our community, and the one we constructed was made from mostly recycled materials (i.e. super duper cheap to make). So, if you're itching for more information about how to poop green, check out his blog! Here's the link:
(His post is in both Spanish and English--scroll down to the blue for English.)
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| Some Peace Corps volunteers and community counterparts put the roof on the Arborloo. Look at that door! |
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| Finishing the Arborloo. |
..kirstie..
This post is part of the Rethinking High Tech series.
Note that in areas of excessive rainfall, arborloos can contaminate groundwater as the poop isn't isolated from the ground, so rain can wash it through and into the aquifer. Probably not a huge concern unless you build it right above a spring or your well, but it's worth thinking about.
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