Dearest Poopers, If you’ve already had your morning movement, you may have noticed something different about your toilet today. You may have noticed it was slightly puffed up, proud of itself. It may have been wearing an extra big smile, showing off its porcelain whites. And after your product was whisked away down the drain

Darling poopers, It is with great sadness that I announce Bob’s delay (Bob is a communal, composting toilet soon to be in the midst of Manhattan). I received this from Bob late yesterday: Yes, rush over to the pavilion on the Columbia University campus to see what’s happening, but know that Bob has not yet

Happy Friday everyone! First off, a big thank you to our friends over at Superhero Clubhouse, and congratulations on last night’s work-in-progress reading of URANUS (a play about waste).  Be sure to check out the full production this June 10-12 at the Figment Festival on Governor’s Island. But what are you going to do until

Ever thought of twinning your toilet? Well, for £60, you can twin your toilet at home, work or school with a latrine in the remote Giharo Commune of Rutana Province, Burundi at Toilet Twinning. Toilet Twinning was created by international charities Cord and Tearfund to provide complete water, sanitation and hygiene education.  I love the

In the last post, we hypothesized how Oprah’s poop could save the world by toppling the tower of celebrity and reminding us that—prince or pauper—we’re all cut from the same fleshy cloth. This time, we share a few examples of how what drops from our bottoms can raise us to the top. Why don't I

Like a march on Washington, only different… Celebrate sanitation at World Toilet Day on Friday, November 19th in New York City! The POOP Project invites you to join us in one of the many World Toilet Day events happening around the world, featuring an interactive evening honoring the miracle of modern sanitation while remembering that

After four inspiring days at the World Toilet Summit (WTS) in Philadelphia, I am finally back to Brooklyn.  My head is still reeling from almost four straight days of non-stop potty talk. It's a turd…it's profane…it's TOILETMAN! I enjoyed experts presenting and debating topics with names like “Advocacy and Potty Parity” or “Innovations in Global

It’s the second full day of the conference and I’m on my lunch break.  It’s not technically a break because I could be showing myself around an ENORMOUS exposition of wires, pipes, pumps, tubes, boilers, grates, purifiers–anything and everything that touches water in your home or office–it’s here.  I’m also getting a chance to meet

The Puru and his Number Two (Rebecca Leibowitz) recently took a friend (also named Rebecca), and took a trip to Curry-Ya.  It’s a small Japanese restaurant on 10th Street in Manhattan that specializes in small, flavorful curry stew pots served with a molded mound of rice.  The food was exquisite and the sake half-off, but