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Compost Toilet / Casa de Banho de Composto

Our compost toilet

O nosso casa de banho de composto

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Our first compost toilet

O nosso primeiro casa de banho de composto

The Humanure Handbook – Brilliant book on composting “human manure”. Everyone should have a copy! Also available as a free download (.pdf). Livro exelente sobre compostar o ” manure humano”. Todos deve ter uma cópia! Infelizmente, não disponível em Portugues, mas em Espanhol: Sistema de Saneamiento Seco por Compostaje de “Humanure”.

Lifting the Lid – Centre for Alternative Technology publication – where the design for our dual-chamber toilet came from.

6 Comments

  1. gintoino says:

    “a nossa casa de banho…” casa de banho is feminine ;-)
    I was glad to see you writing in Portuguese (and you did say corrections were welcome …)

  2. sophie says:

    obrigada!

    a nossa primeira casa de banho … só uma caixa de madeira sobre um buraco!

  3. Hi Sophie & Andy, like the new look site.

    I worked in the Algarve back in 1994.

    I pick up languages quite quickly, so before I left I got a book from the library.
    After studying for a while, I thought “no problem”, it looks just like Spanish.

    When I arrived I realised the language LOOKS like Spanish, but sounds completely different !

    In the Algarve everyone speaks English, so despite being there for 7 months, my lazy English brain never got much further than Obrigado.

    Well done with your efforts.

  4. Paula says:

    Obrigada por partilharem o vosso trabalho. Inspira-me para tentar, já este Verão, a minha própria casa de banho seca.

    Nunca pensei que uma casa de banho pudesse ser tão inspiradora “:O). O design da parede é lindo.

    Thank you for sharing your work. It inspires me to try my own this summer.

    I have never thought that a toilet could be so inspirational “:O). The wall design is beautiful.

    Suadações
    Cheers

  5. Ellen Bell says:

    Composting toilets are such a great way to save water and money—and minimize your negative impact on the environment.

  6. Monique Volkers says:

    Dear People,
    Great handbook on human manure! We are building in the Serra de Monchique (Terra do Milho) and want to make use of our manure instead of washing it down the drain. Saw your lovely bathroom. Could not find an email address on your website and hope you will mail us back. We wonder which system you are using for the compost toilet. And gray water system. Wetland maybe? Hope you mail us…
    Kind regards, Monique Volkers & Tom Stobbelaar

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