January 14, 2020 This week we celebrated a huge milestone in the progression of OAEC’s Compost Toilet Research Project.… Read More >
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January 14, 2020 This week we celebrated a huge milestone in the progression of OAEC’s Compost Toilet Research Project.… Read More >
Compost Toilet Research Project Update: Pleasing Government & Grandma! Since we embarked on this journey to introduce Ecological Sanitation principals… Read More >
The SOIL Permaculture Design Process After touring the SOIL collection and processing sites around Cap-Haitien, we arrived at the SOIL… Read More >
We arrived by bus in Cap-Haitien, the second largest city in Haiti located on the north shore. The bus ride… Read More >
Today’s work was to visit the SOIL composting site at the city dump in Twitye to learn about the specifics… Read More >