shit - COLORS MAGAZINE, A SURVIVAL GUIDE
We all do it. We don’t want to talk about it. Stopping street deification in Bolivia, Prisons powered by poo in Rwanda, Witch-doctors in Kenya, Future toilets in Japan and fertiliser in Germany.
Mgang Machacos, witch doctor, Kenya
Mgang Machacos, witch doctor, Kenya
Rose Wayunzyoka, witch doctor, Kenya
Justina, 44, El Alto, Bolivia
Rosemary, 37, El Alto, Bolivia
Eulogia, 60, El Alto, Bolivia
Santusa, 38, El Alto, Bolivia
Prisoners eat their second & final meal of the day in Butare Prison, Rwanda
Objects used in triggering process, Aramisa, Chuquisaca, Bolivia
Prisoners stirring cow and hum mixture in Butare Prison, Rwanda
Every 100m3 of waste can produce 50m3 of fuel for cooking more bowls of beans, maize and vegetables.
Feces. Excrement. Stool. Poop. Caca. Its name changes but not most people’s reaction to it. You probably ignore it, despise it, fear it. You do it behind closed doors and in private. You don’t mention it in polite company. You think shit is unspeakable. That’s if you’re lucky. Nearly two-thirds of the world – who have no toilet – must live intimately with shit. They excrete it, eat it, die from it. Diarrhea – a banal stomach bug for anyone with a bathroom – kills more children than HIV/AIDS. But shit can be fuel or fertilizer, as well as poison and death. It can heat us, feed us, cure us. It is the most underrated resource in the world. It is as rich as oil and as useful. Let us introduce you properly to shit: you won’t regret it.
