Publications

The Humanure Handbook – A Guide to Composting Human Manure, 3rd edition, by Joseph Jenkins, 1999. A very informative, exhaustively researched, and entertaining book that will have you turning turds into tomatoes in no time.
Jenkins Publishing, distributed by Chelsea Green Publishing, PO Box 428, White River Junction, VT 05001.

The Composting Toilet System, by David Del Porto and Carol Steinfeld. Center for Ecological Pollution Prevention, 1999.
P.O. Box 1330, Concord, MA 01742-1330.

Lifting the Lid – An Ecological Approach to Toilet Systems, by Peter Harper and Louise Halestrap. New Society Publications, 2001. This book covers information on potential insect infestations of composting toilets and coping strategies that are overlooked by the other books.

Liquid Gold – The Lore and Logic of Using Urine to Grow Plants, by Carol Steinfeld. Green Frigate Books, 2004. A welcoming introduction to the beneficial reuse and recycling of urine in household landscapes. A feces-less first step to composting human waste.

The Toilet Papers, by Van der Ryn. Capra Press, 1978. A guide and resource for composting toilets.

Online resources

www.omick.net
A wonderful website highlighting the ongoing exploration of some practical aspects of simple, land-integrated living. David and Pearl offer the best dryland composting toilet information and workshops I’ve come across.

www.ersson.sustainabilitylane.com
This is a wonderful site documenting Ole and Maitri Ersson’s experiments with composting toilets, rainwater harvesting systems, small houses and more.

http://www.youtube.com/v/SqpIt1e2FDM&rel=1
This is a great video of an ecosan composting toilet in Bangalore, India by Vishwanath Shrikantaiah. For more information, visit:
www.rainwaterclub.org

For additional ecological sanitation alternatives use the term “ecosan” to do an online keyword search. A particularly good site is:
www.ecosanres.org