Ideas worth spreading

Een vies praatje voor een gezondere toekomst

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Molly Winter |

TEDxBend

• April 2016

Onze poep en plas hebben superkrachten, maar meestal benutten we ze niet. Molly Winter doorbreekt onze preutsheid en vraagt ons om in te zien dat wat er door het toilet verdwijnt een hulpbron is die kan helpen bij het bestrijden van klimaatverandering, het stimuleren van innovatie en die ons zelfs geld kan besparen.

Onze poep en plas hebben superkrachten, maar meestal benutten we ze niet. Molly Winter doorbreekt onze preutsheid en vraagt ons om in te zien dat wat er door het toilet verdwijnt een hulpbron is die kan helpen bij het bestrijden van klimaatverandering, het stimuleren van innovatie en die ons zelfs geld kan besparen.

This talk was presented to a local audience at TEDxBend, an independent event. TED's editors chose to feature it for you.

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Find out where your water comes from and where your poop and pee go. Are you connected to a sewer? Contact your local treatment plant. Ask where the biosolids (sewage and sludge) and treated effluent goes. Are you on a septic system? Pull up a groundwater map for your area, findable either through a local county extension service or through USGS.

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Molly Winter

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Molly Winter works on legalizing sustainable building practices.

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This talk was presented to a local audience at TEDxBend, an independent event. TED's editors chose to feature it for you.

Read more about TEDx.

Find out where your water comes from and where your poop and pee go. Are you connected to a sewer? Contact your local treatment plant. Ask where the biosolids (sewage and sludge) and treated effluent goes. Are you on a septic system? Pull up a groundwater map for your area, findable either through a local county extension service or through USGS.