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Composting Toilets...Not Just For Cabins

Composting, or waterless toilets have long been used in remote hunting cabins but over the last few years have begun to be considered for environmentally responsible suburban and urban homes as well. There are...

5 comments    home environment green
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Dual Flush Toilets

Dual flush toilets and things to look for when shopping for a toilet. (toilet buying guide)

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Ostia Antica, Roman Empire. Water flowed in a sewer channel under the stony seats. Citizens would gossip and share a cloth scrubber soaked in water mixed with vinegar and/or salt (on a good day).  Ahhhh, good times.86

The Flush Toilet: Time for IT to Go?

Our humble friend, the flush toilet, has been with us in some form or another ... though not always close or convenient ... since the ancient civilizations of the Indus Valley, Minos and Rome. Now interesting times are upon us, and conserve we must. But how? This particular water activity is, well, harder to hold back on than most. This Hub will delve into a couple of alternatives for relieving this dilemma.

12 comments    home water hubmob
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Composting Toilets

This hub deals with a topic that many people are reluctant or embarrassed to talk about - human waste - and a technology to deal with this waste in a manner which benefits, rather than harms, the environment...

1 comment    compost toilets
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full time rv life

These days it seems like everyone is talking about carbon-footprinting and environmental impacts.RVing isn't necessarily known as the most environmentally friendly activity on the planet, but as many RV...

1 comment    rv camping rving campground
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In Search of Self-sufficiency

The 21st Century has seen two major issues arise that effect our whole planet: climate change/global warming, and the financial collapse. What more incentive do we need to try to reduce the negative impact...

1 comment    water garden solar power
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Can Shit (literally) be Used as a Fertiliser to Grow Plants?

Processed human waste is a by-product of the water recycling process and can be used safely and environmentally friendly as an organic fertiliser on food crops. Composting toilet and using it in agriculture...

0 comments    organic farming manure humanure
Our Shovel From The Mountain, Kept Close At Hand Even Now79

Shovel Man: How To Fight Fire, Dig Wells, Dig Outhouses, And More

My handle on hubpages.com is Ghost32, but my wife knows me better as Shovel Man. When we began homesteading a twenty acre parcel in the mountains near Craig, Montana, in 1999, there was much to do. Highest...

0 comments    life advice family
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Build Composting Toilet - Why Build a Composting Toilet?

Evaporation and decomposition are what make a composting toilet work. Contrary to what many people believe, there is no odor with a composting toilet. This is due to the proper distribution of moisture and...

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