What's Inside
Essential Composting Toilets is a streamlined, illustrated manual that takes a practical approach to system selection criteria, design, installation, and operation, while meeting universal health and safety objectives.
COMPOSTING HUMANURE
A walk through the process of looking after the compost processing pile for the batch commode (or humanure) system. This is just one of many compost toilet systems described in the book.
AboutGord
Integrated Systems Design: Water, Energy, Buildings, Soil
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Co-Author of the book "Essential Composting Toilets" published by New Society Publishers in Oct 2018
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Technical editor for the Manual of Composting Toilets and Greywater Practice for the province of BC
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Accredited Professional with the American Rain Catchment Systems Association (ARCSA)
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Co-creator/builder of the award-winning Eco-Sense home; awarded Living Building Challenge petal recognition in 2010.
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Councillor District of Highlands 2014-present
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Sits as a Water commissiosoner on both the Juan de Fuca and CRD water commissions
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Gord’s formal education is experimental (neural) psychology and business (accounting).
AboutAnn
Regenerative Design: Food, Water, Energy, Lifestyle
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Co-Author of the book "Essential Composting Toilets" published by New Society Publishers in Oct 2018
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Grows and processes 100% of the family fruits and vegetables. Radical Homesteading.
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Co-creator/builder of the award-winning Eco-Sense home; awarded Living Building Challenge petal recognition in 2010.
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Councillor District of Highlands 2014-present
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Involved with Adaptation, Mitigation, and local Resilience in the face of a rapidly changing climate
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Ann’s formal education is a BSc in Biology '91
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Worked in forestry, respiratory medicine, microbiology, and entomology.
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Worked for many years in bookkeeping and financial management for small business