The Owner Built Home & Homestead

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November/December 1970
 
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A widespread use of the compost privy is not to be expected. There are many social, legal, and technical difficulties associated with adopting this new functional mode of handling human excreta. For clarification on specific aspects, ask your friendly Building Inspector. In my judgement the long term personal rewards and benefits to the environment warrant whatever manner of subterfuge deemed necessary to build the compost privy. No County Building Department should have the power to prevent my squatting to relieve myself, nor should it prevent compost activities limited to my own garden.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY (Books listed in order of importance)
An Agricultural Testament; Albert Howard
Excreta Disposal; World Health Organization
Composting; World Health Organization
The Bathroom; Alexander Kira
Fertility From Town Wastes; Wylie

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  • Gregory Thibeau 8/15/2009 12:00:11 PM

    Hello Everyone:

    I am new here so I hope to make some real good contributions.

    I have spent a lot of time in the Philippines. Since they have a warm climate,they tend to try to make do with what they have.

    One of the things that I plan to do is to make a cold storage house/shed for keeping things cold. Most people do not own a refrigorator,and if they do,you have the problem of the electricity going out.

    My plan is to build a build a building that is 4ft,wide,by 10ft long,by8ft long. The structure could be anything that would work. I plan to use cememt. It is relatively cheap and I would be sure to get the best use of the temprature that I wish to maintain. This will also be above ground as people will need to go in whenever they need to.

    My plan at this point is to have the stucture 6inches to a foot thick. There will be two air holes on each end.One for the intake and one for the out take. This is so that the air is circulationing all the time.

    To me this is a must for any homestead. It can help cut down on the use of electricity again.

    What is even better is that my place in the Philippines is next to a well traveled road so we can have a small store too.

    I hope some of you may have other ideas that may be of help.

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