Clean, Green, and Wheelchair Accessible, Paris' Public Toilets Are Pretty Sweet
If you've spent time in Paris, you've certainly seen the work of French designer Patrick Jouin, and maybe you've even ridden one. Last year, the
View ArticleShop for Good Ideas: The Unreasonable Institute Finalist Marketplace is Open
The Unreasonable Institute needs your help: the Boulder-based program is down to 45 finalists, but relies on the public to choose the 25 fellows who actually make it into the fellowship.
View ArticleWiping Your Face with Urine, and Other Natural Delights
I've been known to have a slight toilet obsession. From the selective flush to the idea that male pee is better than female for composting, I maintain that how we deal with our human waste
View ArticleComposting Toilets Can Be "Plush and Fragrant"
From the high-tech Bio-lux composting toilet, to the more rudimentary but effective Loveable Loo humanure system, going "off pipe"—or actually treating and using your own human waste—has a
View ArticleThe Kohler Numi: The Perfect Toilet For Your Living Room
Yes, that is a toilet, sitting in the corner of Pierre Koenig's Case Study House #22, in a reconstruction of perhaps the most famous architectural photograph ever, by the late Julius Shulman. I am...
View ArticleSlow Food Gets Fast, Meets Good Design at Fastvinic, an Eco-Cozy Sandwich Shop
The other day I had a delicious local sandwich in the fabulous new space Fastvínic in Barcelona. It seems the Catalan capital has finally got a place where fast slow food meets good design (and not...
View ArticleThe History of the Bathroom Part 5: Alexander Kira and Designing For People,...
Have a look at your sink after you brush your teeth or shave. There is stuff all over it that you have to clean up. You can't wash your hair in it. Alexander Kira of Cornell University looked at the
View ArticleMinimalist Table and Stool Reduce a Work Space to Bare Bones Basics
At TreeHugger, we're a little obsessed with work space designs: desks made for standing, sitting, a little of both and even walking. Here's a design from British designer Adam Senior that takes a...
View ArticleHistory and Design of the Bathroom Part 6: Learning from the Japanese
Siegfried Giedion, in Mechanization Takes Command, writes:
View Article"Poop As You Go" Biogas Bike To Go On 600 Mile Tour Of Japan
Never dreamed poop could get you blazing down the asphalt? Well, now it all comes true as Japan's biggest toilet maker, TOTO, takes the toilet on the road with its launch of the Toilet Bike Neo, a...
View ArticleSanergy Is Putting A Price On Poop and Cleaning Up in Kenya
People need toilets; flowers need fertilizer. Sanergy makes a business out of supplying both.
View ArticleFoursquare Gets Peed On: App Combines Biological and Digital Territorial...
Most animals pee on things to mark their territory. Humans use Foursquared. Now we can do both.
View ArticleHow to Install a DIY Rainwater-Flushing Toilet System (Video)
This simple-to-install DIY hack allows you to flush your toilets with rainwater, and to switch back to the mains supply whenever you run out.
View Article2011: The Year in Pee and Poop
Pee and poop is not just a reason for toilet humor. In fact human waste can be deadly serious. In 2011, there were a lot of stories on how we might answer nature's call a little differently. Here are...
View ArticleMore Proof That We Should Change The Way We Design Bathrooms
New study shows how far bacteria can spread when toilets are flushed
View ArticleUrine for a surprise: Bathroom Fixture Monitors Your Health
No more taking samples to the doctor; this urinal tests you every time you go.
View ArticleSmart Meter, Smart Grid...Smart Toilet?
Portland is rolling out solar powered and motion sensors for energy conservation.
View ArticleMore Hot Poop on Composting Toilets: Biolan Icelett Freezes Your Poop For...
We have seen toilets that vaporize it and compost it, but this is the first we have seen that refrigerates it.
View ArticleSmart Toilet & Sink Combo Uses Greywater to Flush
Flushing with drinking water is wasteful; water from washing your hands is used to flush the toilet in this water-saving toilet design.
View ArticleIndian Census Reveals Population has More Cellphones than Toilets
The results of India's most recent census show incredible disparities in access to amenities: 50% still have no toilet, but 63% have a phone.
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