“When the Earth is ravaged and the animals are dying, a new tribe of People will come unto the Earth from many colours, creeds and classes, and who by their actions and deeds shall make the Earth green again. They shall be known as the Warriors of the Rainbow.”
Hopi prophecy
In my post entitled, “The Shi(f)t needen’t hit the Fan” (22 May ’15), I touched on our obsession with flush toilets. It came as a result of a priceless gem I discovered, a book entitled: “The Humanure Handbook”, by Joseph Jenkins.
This is the follow-on of that post.
Really…?
Among all the other atrocities committed against the environment, there are two time-bombs whose explosive charges are being added to every single day: the scourge of disposable nappies and the fact that Humans thought it a brilliant idea to defecate in their drinking water.
Modern flush toilets are not waste disposal units; they are something far more sinister and destructive. They have become waste removal units that transfer a problem from one point to another for someone else to deal with.
True to form, Humans once again abdicate the responsibility for their actions in this case. They simply flush and walk away. They don’t want to know, because…eeuw!
If water-borne sewage is not a ‘problem’ to you, consider this:
“If all the world’s drinking water were put into one cubical tank, the tank would measure only 95 miles on each side.” – The Humanure Handbook.
That was 1992… I shudder to think how much that tank has shrunk since.
Society has misconstrued the meaning of ‘waste’. We refer to ‘kitchen waste’, ‘garden waste’, ‘human waste’ and a whole list of other ‘wastes’. In fact, none of these three are ‘waste’ at all. Why? Because they can all be recycled, if only we would employ a little humility and take responsibility for our actions.
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It would be better to refer to ‘refuse’, because it can be recycled. It should be recycled, because in doing so, we maintain the cycle of life. ‘Waste’, implies the substance or material has no further use. In the case of our bodily ‘refuse’, it couldn’t be further from the truth.
The fallacy that Human excreta is dangerous and must, under NO circumstances, be composted for the purpose of growing food is a well-known one, but it is a perspective maintained by the fecophobes. In reality, Human faeces and urine are excellent ingredients for the compost heap.
It’s all about how the composting is done – and it’s certainly not rocket science. My nine-year-old grandson could do it (with a little supervision in the beginning of course). To learn more about it, get the Humanure Handbook before you try your hand at composting humanure. A complete comprehension of the thermophilic composting method must be gained. The download can be found here. You’ll be amazed!
Objection: “And what about the pathogens?” Get the Humanure Handbook…
Objection: “And what about the smell…eeuw!” Get the Humanure Handbook…
Objection: “Do you mean we have to revert to ‘long-drops’?” Get the Humanure Handbook…
As I did in the Shi(f)t post, I will do again, by posing this question: How is it that a culture can be so deeply indifferent to its own survival that we will pollute our drinking water and deplete the very medium by which we produce food? How, in the name of all that is holy, can this make any sense?
It’s tantamount to giving a child a box of matches and telling them it’s okay to burn the house down…
I leave you with this thought: the words, human and humus (composted material) share the same root with the word, humility.
“Humility: a corrective preparation to be taken 3 times a day before meals.” – Merlin
Credits:
wakeup-world.com
The Humanure Handbook – Joseph Jenkins
New Way Paradigm 