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Bullshit Lines
collated by Dwell Time (2021) Dwell Time is an award winning, not-for-profit arts publication reflecting on mental wellbeing. Produced and curated by Alice Bradshaw, Vanessa Haley & Lenny Szrama, founded in 2018. For National Poetry Day and World Mental Health Day 2021, Dwell Time collated responses to an open call for bullshit and this is…
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5 Facts About Toilets That Will Help You Understand How Your Toilet is Saving Your Life
By World Toilet Organization, curated by Sammy Ginsberg A clean and safe toilet ensures health, dignity and well-being – yet 40% of the world’s population does not have access to toilets. The facts above are from the World Toilet Organization, a global non-profit committed to improving toilet and sanitation conditions worldwide. They believe in empowering…
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A global ‘toilet revolution’ is underway – but it’s polluting water and ignoring the urban poor
By Dejana Iossifova (University of Manchester), Purva Dewoolkar (University of Manchester), and Youcao Ren (University of Manchester), first published on The Conversation, Nov. 19, 2019 Self-constructed toilets in Siddharth Nagar, Mumbai. Purva Dewoolkar, Author provided Don’t take toilets for granted. Their connection to a managed sewage disposal system protects you from diseases and infections that…
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The First Rotary Club Project: Public Toilets
By Sammy Ginsberg As you may or may not know, the first ever community service project by the Rotary Club (which was the World’s first Service Club) was the construction of public toilets in Chicago in 1907. Chicago’s first public comfort station (what a term! haha) was established on the northeastern corner of Washington and…
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Happy Toilet Campaign
By Virginia C. Li For all China’s antiquity and scenic beauty, its tourist industry has not flourished to the degree it should, because tourists’ bad experiences with public toilets. In China, your nose is all you need to locate the public toilets wherever you go. One time, I was on a luxury cruise from Hong…
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Toilet Roll Art
By Alice Bradshaw Winter can be a difficult time of year to feel motivated to do anything, let alone sit in a cold shed-studio making work. Some tactics I fall back on when feeling unmotivated and uninspired include doodling in my sketch pad (in the warmth of the house), reading and watching artists’ lectures on…