Comments on: The Humanure Handbook http://goodnewsindia.com/pointreturn/online/home/2010/07/the-humanure-handbook/ ...the point is to return Sat, 15 Oct 2011 08:57:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Ashis Basu http://goodnewsindia.com/pointreturn/online/home/2010/07/the-humanure-handbook/comment-page-1/#comment-1951 Ashis Basu Wed, 17 Aug 2011 12:15:06 +0000 http://goodnewsindia.com/pointreturn/online/home/?p=379#comment-1951 India is a country with 5 billion people, animals and other animate species. If all the 'shit-dung' can be properly explioted as energy and fertiliser etc, we won't have to depend on and kow-tow to any oil-producing country. In fact we will become an energy exporting country. WOW! India is a country with 5 billion people, animals and other animate species. If all the ‘shit-dung’ can be properly explioted as energy and fertiliser etc, we won’t have to depend on and kow-tow to any oil-producing country. In fact we will become an energy exporting country. WOW!

]]> By: Debashis Ray http://goodnewsindia.com/pointreturn/online/home/2010/07/the-humanure-handbook/comment-page-1/#comment-1171 Debashis Ray Fri, 24 Dec 2010 06:37:22 +0000 http://goodnewsindia.com/pointreturn/online/home/?p=379#comment-1171 Well China was not the only place that had a traditional use for human excrement. In Goa many traditional country houses had a toilet with a large horizontal opening. The excrement would pass out to a pig sty, where domestic pigs would clean up the muck almost as soon as discharged. No septic tanks to maintain, no labor of composting, and free food for the pigs which could later be slaughtered for meat, thus completing the cycle. If one's not apalled, and hygiene is not critical, this system of excrement disposal was hard to beat! If you find this hard to believe, just do a google search on 'pig toilet' and see for yourself. Well China was not the only place that had a traditional use for human excrement. In Goa many traditional country houses had a toilet with a large horizontal opening. The excrement would pass out to a pig sty, where domestic pigs would clean up the muck almost as soon as discharged. No septic tanks to maintain, no labor of composting, and free food for the pigs which could later be slaughtered for meat, thus completing the cycle. If one’s not apalled, and hygiene is not critical, this system of excrement disposal was hard to beat!
If you find this hard to believe, just do a google search on ‘pig toilet’ and see for yourself.

]]> By: pointR http://goodnewsindia.com/pointreturn/online/home/2010/07/the-humanure-handbook/comment-page-1/#comment-807 pointR Sun, 08 Aug 2010 14:49:52 +0000 http://goodnewsindia.com/pointreturn/online/home/?p=379#comment-807 the difficulties with humanure begin in the head. one must first accept it as a valuable resource and not a waste to be 'managed'. engineering issues of user friendly, clean toilet design are really very trivial the difficulties with humanure begin in the head. one must first accept it as a valuable resource and not a waste to be ‘managed’. engineering issues of user friendly, clean toilet design are really very trivial

]]> By: T.G. BALAKRISHNAN http://goodnewsindia.com/pointreturn/online/home/2010/07/the-humanure-handbook/comment-page-1/#comment-804 T.G. BALAKRISHNAN Sat, 07 Aug 2010 10:17:35 +0000 http://goodnewsindia.com/pointreturn/online/home/?p=379#comment-804 ok with humanure. But how will we be able to solve the problem of producing and storing it, and keeping the environment clean at the same time in a city. ok with humanure. But how will we be able to solve the problem of producing and storing it, and keeping the environment clean at the same time in a city.

]]> By: pointR http://goodnewsindia.com/pointreturn/online/home/2010/07/the-humanure-handbook/comment-page-1/#comment-686 pointR Sun, 18 Jul 2010 04:13:19 +0000 http://goodnewsindia.com/pointreturn/online/home/?p=379#comment-686 indeed, yes; nature will strike a balance. in this instance, with emerging shortages of flush water and fuel for sewage works and landfill trucks, the balance will be striven for by spread of pathogens and disease. composting humanure locally and intelligently will free the load on resources and create a new, valuable one indeed, yes; nature will strike a balance. in this instance, with emerging shortages of flush water and fuel for sewage works and landfill trucks, the balance will be striven for by spread of pathogens and disease. composting humanure locally and intelligently will free the load on resources and create a new, valuable one

]]> By: Surveysan http://goodnewsindia.com/pointreturn/online/home/2010/07/the-humanure-handbook/comment-page-1/#comment-685 Surveysan Sun, 18 Jul 2010 03:31:20 +0000 http://goodnewsindia.com/pointreturn/online/home/?p=379#comment-685 sometimes, i feel like we are overdoing it. landfill or not, nature will have a way to set the balance - i would hope. no? sometimes, i feel like we are overdoing it. landfill or not, nature will have a way to set the balance – i would hope. no?

]]> By: pointR http://goodnewsindia.com/pointreturn/online/home/2010/07/the-humanure-handbook/comment-page-1/#comment-664 pointR Thu, 15 Jul 2010 08:02:06 +0000 http://goodnewsindia.com/pointreturn/online/home/?p=379#comment-664 hi nisha and raghu... you may have narrowly missed karpagam and sriram visiting the same places within days of your visit. they have returned very inspired -dv hi nisha and raghu…
you may have narrowly missed karpagam and sriram visiting the same places within days of your visit. they have returned very inspired
-dv

]]> By: Ragunath http://goodnewsindia.com/pointreturn/online/home/2010/07/the-humanure-handbook/comment-page-1/#comment-660 Ragunath Wed, 14 Jul 2010 15:57:20 +0000 http://goodnewsindia.com/pointreturn/online/home/?p=379#comment-660 Hello again, It is a coincidence that we just returned from a retreat at <a href="http://www.esi.org.in" rel="nofollow">Environment Sanitation Institute</a> in Sugad, Ahmedabad. ESI was created by Padmashri Ishwarbhai Patel an ex-president of Harijan Sevak Sangh that Gandhi started. They have a variety of humanure technologies and teaching aids (which they gifted to us on our return). Let us know if we could help you with eco-sanitation in any way. You should also visit ESI if you can make time to know the technologies they have and also meet with one of our mentors, Jayeshbhai who runs <a>Manav Sadhna</a> at the Gandhi Ashram in Ahemedabad (and is the son of Ishwarbhai Patel). Ragu, Nisha Hello again,

It is a coincidence that we just returned from a retreat at Environment Sanitation Institute in Sugad, Ahmedabad. ESI was created by Padmashri Ishwarbhai Patel an ex-president of Harijan Sevak Sangh that Gandhi started. They have a variety of humanure technologies and teaching aids (which they gifted to us on our return). Let us know if we could help you with eco-sanitation in any way. You should also visit ESI if you can make time to know the technologies they have and also meet with one of our mentors, Jayeshbhai who runs Manav Sadhna at the Gandhi Ashram in Ahemedabad (and is the son of Ishwarbhai Patel).

Ragu, Nisha

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