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The Dream of the 60′s is Alive in Wolhusen

Written by molly on June 6, 2011 — Leave a Comment

As part of the Cewas start up program Mathew and I had a chance on May 19th to visit Tropenhaus, a greenhouse for tropical plants located in the small town of Wolhusen, CH. The idea for the tropical house began with Johannes Heeb 11 years ago. The motivation was to re-use the waste heat from [...]

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Towards ubiquitous public urinals

Written by Mathew on April 22, 2010 — 1 Comment

We got started on waterless urinal development through talking to Carol McCreary of PHLUSH at Recode’s Greywater celebration and revised our plans through discussions with Carol, Jeff, Barbara, and everyone in PHLUSH. I gave a talk on this subject over at Research Club Sunday, 4/10 at the Tribute Gallery. Special thanks to Tribute director Brian [...]

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Fighting the Flush: Metropolis Next Generation Competition

Written by molly on February 4, 2010 — 5 Comments

Mathew and I entered Metropolis magazine’s competition for “one fix that will make a positive difference in the designed environment.”  They had 292 applicants this year. We wrote up a proposal for a networked sensor platform for navigating the social and legal obstacles to locally cycling organic matter.  It closes the loop between composting toilets [...]

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We’re speaking at PSU on January 25th

noon on a Wednesday. Room 296 in the Smith Memorial Student Union (near SW Broadway and SW Harrison). We will speak about the recent history of urban sanitation, and the dual crisises of resource management and aging infrastructure driving the development and deployment of alternatives.  The talk will focus on case studies of alternative systems in the US, China, Germany, Sweden, and Yemen.
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