This blog is dedicated to sharing the concept that our hands are essential to learning- that we engage the world and its wonders, sensing and creating primarily through the agency of our hands. We abandon our children to education in boredom and intellectual escapism by failing to engage their hands in learning and making.
Saturday, October 11, 2008
Some of my oldest friends in Eureka Springs would be amused by this photo showing a dry toilet similar to some I made years ago for friends committed to water conservation and protection of the environment.
Helsinki is built on a series of rock islands with insufficient soil for waste water filtration. They became leaders very early in the environmental movement to protect groundwater.
My first pay as a writer came when I got a check for $50.00 from Mother Earth News for information about the use of sawdust for neutralizing odor and for composting human waste. So, it would be very natural that I might be one of very few at the Helsinki City Museum interested in this important part of their history. There are other tourists sites that get lots more attention.
Getting to the bottom of things, I see...
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