How to Make Humanure Compost with a Composting Toilet

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  @markcharkey118 · 9 years ago

  Been using Joe Jenkins style composting toilet last 5 years. Zero water, zero energy, so easy and builds soil, just do it!

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• AD

  @adamcarroll1975 · 7 years ago

  Yeah, I feel bad every time I shit in clean water and then flush it, knowing there are water shortages and people dying due to lack of clean H2O. This is inspiring. Thank you!!!

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• ST

  @stmnMcdn · 9 years ago

  lolololol this dude is funny and down to earth! "you're welcome to leave a deposit before you leave"

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• SA

  @Samurai-b6z · 1 year ago

  This system also makes u want to eat healthy. Amazing how it creates a cycle of healthiness all around. When you don't see where ur poop goes. U don't think about it. So you eat shitty all u want because you don't think it'll end up in your mouth. But in this method you see it before your eyes and you know it'll end up in your mouth. I love this so so much!

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• FR

  @franczeskoyoł · 4 years ago

  I got to say that's not only humanure for me Since I started doing it, my physical, mental and spiritual health inproved a lot. I recovered from a very hard and difficult to cure disease. Because of this, I could start doing in my life and invent many new things that I could not before due to poor health and poor general condition. Beacause of this, I was able to start working a lot physically and intellectually. I also feel better spritually- happier and freer to do good and generally as me and I can also give this happiness to others. The very sad thing is that people do not want to see that the changes that have taken place are the results of working towards humanure.

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• WA

  @wadepatton2433 · 6 years ago (edited)

  &quot;It took us a long time to lose our Shitphobia&quot; &nbsp;<br><br>thanks for that one! &nbsp; Actually the most pleasant &quot;outhouses&quot; I have ever used or visited were of the composting in a bucket nature. &nbsp;Decidedly most unpleasant have been pit-type or traditional. My turn has come and I have buckets!

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• SI

  @SiwyWabbit · 2 years ago

  I&apos;ve done this for years, but I use only 2 buckets.<br><br>I put a large plastic kitchen waste bag with a draw string into the bucket, use it until full (a week or so) then replace it with the other bag-lined bucket.<br><br>Each bucket has a wire bale. I remove the bag&apos;s contents to the compost pile, re-cover it and let the bucket air out for a week outside. <br><br>Never any foul smells or insects.

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• CE

  @ceceliahuynh · 9 years ago

  I love how Greg and Lisa present, so dry and matter-of-fact about an awkward and taboo subject!

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• PE

  @PermacultureHomestead · 9 years ago

  i like you Greg &nbsp;we should just take care of our own shit ! &nbsp; Thanks again Jordan, love all your work, watch these all the time.

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• VE

  @verityandstumclellan8585 · 5 years ago

  Loving this so much. Just done a permaculture design course and right now composting our shit seems kind of the pinnacle of reconnecting what we do as humans with the hoop of life. So it&apos;s pretty much at the top of my list of changes to make in the coming weeks and months - I&apos;ve just got to convince the rest of my family that it&apos;s a good move....(I&apos;ve already started covertly started peeing on the compost pile). Thanks Greg, Lisa and Happen Films for this sweet and convincing little film.

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• PR

  @preciousmetalhead5155 · 7 years ago

  Sniffs composted poo...”mmmm, yum, good stuff”.....🤣🤣😂

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• FO

  @foodsgoodfarm2429 · 8 years ago

  my compost toilet is one of my favourite things on my homestead. you hit the nail on the head when you said that the main hurdle is the social &quot;norm&quot; that poo is toxic and should be whisked away as quickly as possible, never to be thought about again. &nbsp;once you get beyond that its one of the most satisfying feelings in the world :)

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