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Opinion

21 March 2023

Do not say the planet is dying

Sumaiya Jawed
Brief

20 March 2023

Arts Interventions for Sustainable Sanitation and Resource Recovery (accessible version)

Published by: Institute of Development Studies

Many countries in the global South declare regions to be open defecation free, but they must still address significant sanitation, wastewater, and faecal sludge management challenges. Climate uncertainty, water shortages, and weak infrastructure mean that ‘flush and forget’ systems are not always possible or desirable.

Hannah Macpherson
Hannah Macpherson
Towards Brown Gold: Nepal Towards Brown Gold: Re-imagining off grid sanitation in rapidly urbanising areas in Asia and Africa Central and South Asia Nepal
Brief

20 March 2023

Arts Interventions for Sustainable Sanitation and Resource Recovery

Published by: Institute of Development Studies

This briefing describes how art interventions can help people reimagine alternative sanitation futures. Drawing on research in Nepal, it describes how activities such as dance workshops, humanure planting, song competitions, and radio jingles can generate new knowledge about sanitation challenges and faecal sludge re-use, showing that ‘brown’ can be ‘gold’!

Hannah Macpherson
Hannah Macpherson
Towards Brown Gold: Nepal Towards Brown Gold: Re-imagining off grid sanitation in rapidly urbanising areas in Asia and Africa Central and South Asia Nepal