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Water for Cities: Responding to the Urban Challenge
That’s the theme for World Water Day 2011. PHLUSH is responding to the challenge by getting out basic information, both on the situation globally and in our cities here in the Pacific Northwest. Look for information on this blog and on developing portions of the website. We’ll also be communicating directly with the media and…
Read MoreEcological Sanitation initiative taking off in 2011.
At its final monthly meeting of 2010, PHLUSH and kindred groups will lay basic plans for a new initiative in ecological sanitation – or ecosan – to be rolled out throughout 2011. Everyone is invited to attend the gathering at 5:30 pm at Floyd’s Coffee Shop at 118 NW Couch Street, near the Skidmore…
Read MoreThree-year old inaugurates Jamison Square Loo
The forth in a walkable chain of Portland Loos was inaugurated under sunny skies this week. The honors of the First Flush went to three-year old Clark Bradley, standing here with his Mom and City Commissioner Randy Leonard in front of Loo with its colorful door designed by graphic artist Sarah Fine.The Loo stands across the…
Read MorePortland celebrates World Toilet Day
November 19th brings Americans an opportunity to talk about and even have fun with an issue they rarely discuss in public – toilets. As a member of the World Toilet Organization, PHLUSH took advantage of World Toilet Day to get the word out about the global situation, to celebrate the opening of a new…
Read MoreSix ways to observe World Toilet Day
Here are some ideas for observing World Toilet Day: Watch “The World’s Toilet Crisis.” The 44 minute Current TV documentary with Adam Yamguchi. is available on line. http://current.com/shows/vanguard/92482205_the-worlds-toilet-crisis.htm Promote passage in the House of Sen Paul Simon Water for the World Act 2010 in during the lame duck session. Excellent short video here. Earl Blumenauer…
Read MoreSanitation Policy Advocacy in Flush-and-Forget America
Following on Singapore, PHLUSH was invited for the second year in a row to speak at the World Toilet Summit. This year the annual event was held for the first time in the US. Convened in Philadelphia Oct 31-Nov 3, 2010, the Summit was jointly organized by the World Toilet Organization and the International Code…
Read MoreNew signs tell Portland visitors where to go
New signs tell Portland visitors where to go Now appearing in neighborhood windows are blue and white signs that inform visitors of the location and hours of nearby public restrooms. And cooperating Old Town Chinatown retailers are welcoming walk-ins postcards with this information rather than saying “We don’t have public restrooms.”With the opening of a…
Read MoreFederal Public Restroom Requirements Initiative
American Restroom Association’s Federal Public Restroom Requirements Initiative For presentation at ARA panel at the World Toilet Summit 10:00-11:15 am on Wed 3 Nov 2010 INTERNAL COORDINATION DRAFT of 13 Sept. – NO PUBLIC ABSTRACT REQUIRED The lack of publicly available restrooms in the United States is a problem that can be traced to policy…
Read MoreIt's high time for 21st century design.
Why are we still are building public restroom facilities designed for mid 20th century families rather than for the dynamic twenty-first century global society in which we now live? A rethink of public restroom design would solve the dilemma that Lisa A. Fram outlines in Men? Women? Parents Face Public Bathroom Dilemma: How old…
Read MoreJournalists breaking the pee and poop barrier
Several solid pieces of journalism have burst on the scene recently and threaten to break through our society’s prevailing “flush and forget” mind set “A Fecal Matter” The cover story in the June 2nd Willamette Week takes on Portland’s sewers. Pulitizer-prize winning Nigel Jaquiss looks at the city’s groaning infrastructure, salutes the engineer-heros in the…
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