Clever Canadian Shitter

January 6, 2007

Design

...Way back in 1998 the Canada Mortgage and Housing association sponsored a “Healthy Housing Design Competition“. The winning house included this novel waste composting system as shown in this thrilling video. OK, so SurviveLA has a weakness for industrial video, but you just can’t beat the combination of rotating shit and peppy music–we just wish he’d drink the water in that glass....

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Tour de Crap

Mr. Homegrown

February 12, 2007

Bikes

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...lity for out own waste as the folks in Scandinavia have done with in-house composting toilets like the Clivus Multrum. In the meantime people, remember that somebody has got to deal with what you all flush and pour down the drain so please don’t put cooking oil and grease down the sink. Not only is this bad for your own plumbing, but it causes clogs in the city’s lines as well. Also keep your pharmaceuticals out of the toilet–no joke here–we have...

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Build a Sawdust Toilet

Mr. Homegrown

January 30, 2007

Composting, Humanure

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...SurviveLA would never have guessed that the composting toilet could provide such a great outlet for aesthetic innovation!. Thankfully you can build your own for less than $25 (pdf instructions)....

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Bucket Crapping

Mr. Homegrown

January 17, 2007

Humanure, Preparedness

...n has some distinct advantages, mainly keeping odors to a minimum. Advanced versions of the same five gallon bucket can even be used for composting and adapted for flushing with water....

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The Wonder of Worms

Mrs. Homegrown

May 21, 2015

Back to the Garden, Gardening, Vermiculture

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...vive the long winters, so are unlikely to be a big problem. But they’re not 100% sure on that, so if your property backs onto pristine northern forest (lucky you!), you should keep abreast of the issue. If you live in a city, this is not something you need be worried about. Unless you fish, that is. This got me wondering if there are other places where worms are not native, and where we should be careful. Clearly they are not native to desert regi...

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