Region Illawarra has published an interview with Pootopia artist Kim Williams, celebrating a grant awarded by Wollongong’s wonderful Culture Bank. You can read the article here. Thanks to Region Illawarra journalist Zoe Cartwright for the media coverage, and thank you Culture Bank for the funds!
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V.I.Poo at Yours and Owls – Short Video Documentary
Here’s a short video documentary created by WayWard Films in collaboration with the Pootopia! team. A glimpse at our project for the 2023 Yours and Owls Festival in Wollongong. Enjoy! V.I.Poo at Yours and Owls Festival 2023 from Luca Zoid on Vimeo.
Poo is taboo!
Poo is taboo! Probably one of the reasons why poo is so funny (and why kids like to laugh about it) is because it’s taboo. We laugh about poo. In our Global Challenges project, we get to enjoy a little frisson of naughtiness, because we are using the word “poo” in an academic context. Poo-puns …
VIPoo a triumph at Yours and Owls Festival
Article by Don Poo-leone In an exclusive world premiere, the 2023 Yours and Owls Festival featured a VIPoo zone – a luxury composting toilet nestled among the music stages and art installations. The brainchild of University of Wollongong researchers, VIPoo was promoted first and foremost as a pleasurable experience. Speaking to Glimpses of Pootopia Magazine, …
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New human manure publication acclaimed at Land Studio launch.
The following article by M. Crappington was originally published in Faecal Sludge Management Quarterly (FSMQ), and is reprinted here by permission of the author. New human manure publication acclaimed at Land Studio launch. Shit puns flew in the Capertee Valley at the gala launch of a new magazine championing human manure composting. Your reporter was …
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Vol 2 now published – Mrs Kang’s story
Volume 2 of Glimpses of Pootopia has now been published. In this edition, Mrs Kang from Port Kembla explains the material joys and social challenges of installing a human manure composting system in her backyard. With an editorial by Don Poo-leone, and a special bonus centrefold section by Mrs Kang herself. You can read it …
Vol 1 now published – Walty’s story
Volume 1 of Glimpses of Pootopia has now been published. In this debut edition, we find out why editor Don Poo-leone is so hot under the waistband for human manure composting. And we hear Walty’s story of setting up a humanure system off-grid in the bush near Wee Jasper. Includes Walty’s bonus full colour centrefold …
Hello Humanure!
This magazine is about real people and their experiences of human manure composting. Each new volume we publish will be uploaded to this website for free access. You may wish to request a hard copy, to read while you sit on the loo. Or you may wish to contribute your stories for a forthcoming edition. …