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Industrial designer and London–based Dwell contributor Virginia Gardiner shares the ins and outs of her low-cost, low-tech concept for a waterless toilet system.
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Greywater Installation Workshop
Interested in learning how to reuse your greywater? Then come to a three-part design and installation workshop given by The Greywater Guerrillas.
* First there will be a presentation of information on the most common, low-tech,
low-cost, effective, residential greywater systems.* Next, participants will break into groups to plan a residential system.
* Finally, the workshop will focus on the design for the system that will be built onsite. Water will be rerouted from the washer to irrigate fruittrees, bushes and large perennial plants. Activities will involve digging, measuring, cutting pipes, observing, and morel
The Bathroom Reinvented
Exploring everything from conceptual ideas about waterless toilets to just what it takes to integrate a greywater system into a residence, Dwell leads the conversation online about the future of bathroom design.
Waste Opportunity
While the Western world forgets its waste with a flush, 2.6 billion people don’t even have toilets. Virginia Gardiner ventures to the World Toilet Summit in search of sanitation’s future.
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