Are you trying to communicate information about post-disaster sanitation? Do you need an exhibit for a community event, a preparedness fair or for the lobby of the building where you work?
Then display the four panels on Restorative Sanitation: Why wait until disaster strikes. The display introduces key concepts of emergency sanitation on four large panels. The panels are titled as follows:
- SEPARATE (urine and feces to optimally manage pathogens and volume)
- CONTAIN (safely contain excreta, making sure you have enough containers)
- COMPOST (manage your compost properly)
- WASH (remember hand hygiene; build a hand washing unit.)
The display covers preparation for household sanitation needs in the initial weeks following an infrastructure-destroying disaster and explain what do with collected pee and poo in longer term. It’s based on the 24-page Sewer Catastrophe Companion, which is available for download and photocopying.
While the panels are quite information intensive, all salient concepts and instructions are located at the top large print. Supporting information follows and the scientific and technical studies cited appear in footnotes at the bottom of each panel. Here’s a pdf of the four Restorative Sanitation panels.
This standalone display is self-explanatory and does not require an attendant. It’s designed to remain in place, preferably for at least a week, at a school or conference or in the lobby of a building. It can also be part of an attended booth at an event. It’s family friendly and could be hosted by those as young as middle school students.
The display was developed thanks to a small grant from East Multnomah Soil and
Water Conservation District. A Sewer Catastrophe Companion is the work of Molly Danielsson and Mathew Lippincott of MDML in partnership with the Collaborative Design program of the the Pacific Northwest College of Arts, the International Center for Water Management Services (cewas) and PHLUSH. The Companion is made available at no cost under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 license.