Peri-urban sanitation with urine diversion dehydration toilets, eThekwini Municipality (Durban) South Africa - draft

Case study of sustainable sanitation projects

This case study is about a large-scale project of eThekwini Municipality (Durban), where free basic water supply and sustainable sanitation in form of UDDTs (urine diversion dehydration toilets) have been provided in rural and periurban areas on household level. More than 63,000 households have been served (with one UDDT each).

Bibliographic information:
Holzwarth, S. (2010). Peri-urban sanitation with urine diversion dehydration toilets, eThekwini Municipality (Durban), South Africa - Draft. Case study of sustainable sanitation projects. SuSanA.

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The urban producer's resource book-FAO Publication

 

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The manual is the product of collaboration between FAO, Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and several other partners. This collaboration was formally initiated in 1993 when a group of agencies convened in Ottawa to formalise a support group on urban agriculture. FAO formed an internal working group around 1996 and in 1999 its Committee on Agriculture passed a resolution calling for stronger coordination of its activities in this area. This translated into a new Priority Area for Interdisciplinary Action (PAIA) named Food for the Cities. During this period, FAO and IDRC, together with UN Habitat, have staged joint events at global summits, regional forums and workshops.The manual focuses on issues of central concern to urban producers worldwide: access to resources for production; financial constraints; policy and regulatory environment; local government and institutional support; environmental and food quality; and safety standards and group organization. Not only does the manual advise urban producers on how to tackle these issues, it does so by showing and illustrating how much more effective it is for producers to tackle these issues as groups rather than as individuals. It explains how urban producers can be assisted in forming themselves into organizations or how they can strengthen their existing organizations. It distinguishes between issues whose solution lies within a group’s control from those, usually more serious ones, whose solution requires co-operation with other groups and stakeholders.

Nourish Curriculum, a Worldlink Initiative

WorldLink and the Center for Ecoliteracy have recently released the Nourish Middle School Curriculum Guide. This curriculum invites teachers and students to explore the thought-provoking question: "What's the story of our food?"

"The goal of this curriculum is to actively engage middle school students in a meaningful conversation about food and food systems. The activities give students opportunities to reflect on current food practices, to explore more sustainable ones, and to link their learning to relevant action". -from Nourish Book.

Download the Free Nourish Curriculum at: http://nourishlife.org/curriculum/Nourish_Curriculum_Guide.pdf

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This last, Nov. 10th, it was held a training worshop at Escuela Central de Guapiles, winner of the first place of the environmental contest "Solutions for my Planet". More than 30 children were involved joined with teachers and community members that collaborated to the establishment of the demonstrative systems installed at the school. Everybody that passes around the place got interested on the systems.