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 …
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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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Pootopia: the science, art and economics of human manure
Here’s an article about Pootopia in THE STAND, an online publication which champions University of Wollongong’s research projects. Thanks to writer Lizzie Jack. The text from the article is copied below: — Pootopia: the science, art and economics of human manure Most of us don’t think twice about the fact that our favourite fruit and …
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Pootopia on the Radio
Following the 2023 Yours and Owls Festival, we were interviewed by Stefan at ABC Radio Illawarra! Have a listen.
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. …
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