Global MDG Challenge

2.6 billion with no sanitation
1.75 billion to be served by 2015

450 million new installations by 2015

95,000 installations per day to 2015

Member Organization

• "Loo sans l'eau: Why we need waterless potties" [Whole Life Times]  Posted: 31 January 2007
• "Pee-cycling" [New Scientist]  Posted: 31 January 2007
• "Sanitation Has Been The Greatest Medical Advance" [Medical News Today]  Posted: 31 January 2007
• Australia: "Lismore ‘won’t need to drink recycled water" [Northern Star]  Posted: 31 January 2007
• India: "Ecosan toilets opened in Musiri" [Chennai Online]  Posted: 31 January 2007
• Philippines: "RP to export waterless toilets" [Inquirer.net]  Posted: 21 December 2006
• Finland and Zambia: "The ideal gift: a toilet?" [SixDegrees]  Posted: 30 November 2006
• Rwanda: "Firm in Ecological Toilets Venture" [The New Times - Kigali]  Posted: 20 November 2006
• World Toilet Summit and Expo in Moscow Sept 6-9, 2006

Posters (*New!*)

Closing the Loop on Sanitation: ecological sanitation on a rural/single-story dwelling scale
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Closing the Loop on Sanitation: ecological sanitation on an urban dwelling scale
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Publications

An Ecological Approach to Sanitation in Africa:  A Compilation of Experiences by Dr. Peter Morgan, Aquamor, Harare, Zimbabwe

Ecological Sanitation Pilot Project in Palestine - A Project Appraisal Oct 2002. Uno Winblad. PDF 566 kB

SanRes Final Report 2002. Uno Winblad PDF (776 kB)

Closing the Loop:
Ecological Sanitation for Food Security.
Esrey, S. et al. UNDP. Sida. 2001

VINSANRES Ecosan  Demonstration Project Nha Trang Vetnam 1997-2000.  Appraisal October 2000.  Pham Si Nghien and Paul Calvert PDF (178 kB)

Ecological Sanitation (1998) Esrey et al. Sida. PDFs in English (1.27 MB) Spanish (1.24 MB) French (1.52 MB) Chinese (9.28 MB) Vietnamese (2 MB)

Conferences

International Conference on Sustainable Sanitation: Eco-Cities and Villages - on 26-31 August 2007 - Dongsheng, China

World Toilet Expo and Forum in Bangkok Nov 16-18, 2006
Media Coverage: "Bangkok sits up for World Toilet Expo"

Ecosan at the World Water Forum 4 in Mexico City March 16-22, 2006

3rd International Ecological Sanitation Conference
May 23-26, 2005 Durban, South Africa  http://conference2005.ecosan.org

2nd International Symposium on Ecological Sanitation
April 7-11, 2003 Lübeck, Germany www.gtz.de/ecosan/english/symposia.htm

EcoSanRes at the 3rd World Water Forum, Kyoto March, 2003

World Summit on Sustainable Development - Water Dome
Water, Health & Poverty Day  Johannesburg, South Africa 2 September 2002

African Sanitation and Hygiene Conference Johannesburg, South Africa  29 July–1 Aug 2002

First International Conference on Ecological Sanitation - Nov 5-8, 2001 Nanning, China - Conference Report online PDF (64 kB) COMPLETE PROCEEDINGS

Ecological Alternatives in Sanitation Proc. Sida Sanitation Workshop. Ballingsholm (1997)

Other

Dedication to Dr. Steven Esrey

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