Thursday, February 21, 2013

9:00–10:00 a.m. MST

Composting toilets are particularly useful in parts of the world with limited sanitation infrastructure, and have many benefits in developed countries as well. Not only do these systems prevent contamination of drinking water and reduce use of potable water for flushing toilets, they also transform human waste into "humanure," which can be used to enhance soil for food production and regenerate topsoil in degraded ecosystems. Despite these benefits, there are many barriers to implementation, including social stigma, limited resources, and building the community capacity to maintain systems.

Dr. Diane Austin of the University of Arizona's Bureau of Applied Research in Anthropology and Watershed Management Group’s Sowmya Somnath will discuss the challenges and successes of implementing community-based eco-sanitation projects around the world, including in Maharashtra, India; Deou, Burkina Faso; Nogales, Mexico; and Tucson, Arizona, USA.

Click here to register for this free webinar or contact Tory Syracuse at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or 1-520-396-3266 for more information.

Just a reminder that the next webinar is coming up soon. Be sure to register. Both webinars will be recorded and posted online at www.watershedmg.org/soil-stewards

Watershed Management Group is offering a “Soil is Life” free webinar series. Two of the webinars are focused on transforming human “wastes” into landscape resources. More information can be found at: watershedmg.org/soil-stewards

Why Pee on That Lemon Tree? How to Use Urine in Your Landscape
With Carol Steinfeld and David Del Porto
February 7, 2013
3:00 – 4:00 PM MST

There are numerous ways to use urine as a resource – the trick is knowing what to do with it and how to get it there! Join ecological sanitation experts Carol Steinfeld and David Del Porto, authors of The Composting Toilet System Book and Reusing the Resource: Adventures in Ecological Wastewater Recycling (among many others) for a webinar focused on urine diversion and utilization.

Click here to register for this webinar.

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2) Extreme Composting: Using Human Waste to Enhance Soil in Case Studies from Around the World
With Diane Austin and Sowmya Somnath
February 21, 2013
9:00 – 10:00 AM MST

Composting toilets are particularly useful in parts of the world with limited sanitation infrastructure, but there are many barriers to implementation, including social stigma, limited resources, and building community capacity to maintain systems. Dr. Diane Austin of the University of Arizona and Watershed Management Group’s own Sowmya Somnath will discuss projects they have led in India, Burkina Faso, and Mexico and will discuss the challenges and successes of implementing community-based eco-sanitation projects.

Click here to register for this webinar.