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  1. I cannot believe that I just bought a toilet named the "Diplomat".

    Why‽ I can't decide if it is funny or horrifying.

    #toilets #diplomacy #remodeling

  2. I am once again on #GOTransit and once again I have accepted the job of telling people that the shitter is out of order and to try another carriage rather than wait for the door to unlock. #Transit #Trains #Toilets

  3. CLIMBING DOWN

    #Hirayama, in #Perfect Days, is not a failed climber.

    He is someone who saw the #ladder clearly and stopped obeying it.

    That is a very different thing.

    The world keeps whispering: more #status, more #usefulness, more #achievement, more #improvement, more #proof that the self is becoming something.

    No one has to #whip us anymore. We do it internally and call it ambition.

    Hirayama’s freedom is not that he cleans #toilets. That could easily be another prison.

    His freedom is that he is not using his life to become impressive.

    Water does not need to win.

    The useless #tree does not need to justify its #existence.

    And “I need do nothing” does not mean sitting around uselessly. It means I do not need to #manufacture a self.

    The #body can #clean, #breathe, #walk, make #coffee, light #fires, put #shoes on, feed #dogs, and #love the ones nearby.

    But there does not have to be a grand inner project of becoming #Worthy

    Simple living is not automatically #holy.

    Low status is not #awakening.

    A small life can still be full of #grievance, vanity and comparison.

    But a life without #comparison ?

    That is #freedom.

    Maybe the real act is not #climbingdown.

    Maybe it is stopping the argument with where I am.

    youtu.be/pOCCfExW7FQ?si=M7T8VS

    #fasting #acim #acourseinmiracles #newthought #eckharttolle #buddhism #breathwork #connection #healing #pridemonth #Karma #TrueNature #Awakening #Meditation #Mindfulness #Spirituality #intermittentfasting #nonduality #reality #life #quantum

  4. 📰 Circular management of human excreta as a pillar of sustainable cities and food systems

    hal.science/hal-05478504

    This is the written summary of a presentation I gave at the annual meeting of the International Fertiliser Society (you can watch the presentation here: video.ploud.fr/w/qb3a8rXPxW7QQ)

    I discuss the limitations of sewer-based sanitation in the face of climate change and increasing water scarcity: can we still afford the amount of water that is needed for sewers to effectively carry fecal matter all the way to the treatment plant?
    Obviously I also mention how alternative management methods are being tested throughout Europe, including in large neighborhoods in Hamburg, Sneek, or Helsingborg (and soon Paris).

    #circularity #circularEconomy #environment #sanitation #fertiliser #toilets #sustainability #sustainableCities #WWTP #sewers

  5. NEW CHAPTER ALERT! We jump to 1992's volume 9, SODA & THE KRAPATERIAN KALAMITY. Soda and Chunks go to visit the alleged "largest toilet on Sifillis". Read for free at #RoyalRoad: royalroad.com/fiction/132171/s

    Ilustration of Chunks & Soda in der terlit by the immensely talented @joshway!

    #newchapter #newchapterinlife❤️ #newchapterbegins❤️📖 #book #books #booktok #booksta #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #booklover #bookaddict #fantasybook #strangefantasy #weirdfantasy #soda #chunks #toilet #toilets #toilet

  6. Are Australia's 4WD enthusiasts wrecking the bush?
    From bushwalking to ALL TERRAIN driving in the bush

    "4WD touring is booming and it's putting unprecedented pressure on the bush. The increased traffic is also degrading many of the tracks...Many of the tracks are historical — initially built for logging, gold mining or firebreaks — and are not designed for four-wheel driving. These tracks proliferate, they very rarely disappear."

    "Something bogs up, drivers go round it, and it gets bigger, damages vegetation and spreads weeds and pests...The rules for four-wheel drives are the same whether you're in a national park or in a state forest, you're supposed to drive them on a road. You're not supposed to drive them around in the bush, willy nilly."

    "Seasonal closures can also protect areas at risk of degradation.The spokesperson says 181 infringements totalling more than $60,000 were given to people caught driving cars or riding trail bikes illegally off-road or in restricted areas last year."

    Déjà vu of SUVs being washed in a perennial stream (Orara River) on the eastern slopes of the Dorrigo Plateau and nappies deposited on river rocks.
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    abc.net.au/news/2024-07-13/4wd
    #conservation #NPs #TheBush #NSW #TheDrive #Bellingen #Orara #rivers #NeverNever #SUVs #ATV #OffRoad #DomesticTourism #rubbish #weeds #toilets #degradation #car #culture #regulation #bushwalking #biodiversity #habitat #climate

  7. Unchecked tourism at Bellingen's Never Never River
    Indigenous custodians embrace chance to curb tourism at 'trashed' swimming spot

    "Occasional closure part of Indigenous Protected Area plan for troubled Never Never River's Promised Lands. The spot has now been declared part of an 81,000-hectare Indigenous Protected Area (IPA) in the Bellingen Valley."

    "There have been concerns about pollution in the Never Never River at a popular swimming spot known as the Promised Lands, near the town of Bellingen...In January 2023, water quality at the river showed concerning levels of faecal matter, with human and dog excrement the suspected source."

    "It was once regarded as something of a secret spot, but coverage on social media has seen it become an increasingly popular swimming site. But as the site is not recognised as a tourist area by Forestry Corporation NSW, which manages the Crown Land, there are no public toilets or rubbish bins, and minimal parking."

    "Rather than it being a free-for-all, driving up and down from sacred places, we need to give it a rest sometimes during the year."
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    abc.net.au/news/2024-07-10/nev
    #PromisedLand #NeverNever #rivers #Bellingen #TheDrive #ExcessiveTourism #tourism #NSW #pollution #dogs #SaveTuckersNob #GumbaynggirrCountry #GoBeforeYouGo #swimming #toilets #MidNorthCoast #platypus

  8. Gleniffer Reserves and waterways management

    There will be a review of the 5 year management plan of the Gleniffer Reserves. A meeting will be held at the Gleniffer Hall on Tuesday 23rd January from 9.30am to 12 noon.

    Once residents and visitors have frequented the local watering holes in Bellingen, the swimming holes at Gleniffer are the main thing to do on a hot day. The mass tourism is funneled via ' the tourist drive'. The scenic country road has just been reconstructed into a highway-like infrastructure. Motorists are now enticed to race from the watering hole to the swimming hole. Cars park as close as possible to the small creeks and unload dogs and gear. The unwanted waste is commonly left behind for the local wildlife and the next load of visitors.

    The reserves have a lot of car parking infrastructure and educational signage about settler explorers now.

    A "Go before you go” campaign urges visitors to go to a public toilet before leaving the township. Many motorists/swimmers forget and the dogs can't read.

    The 'upgrade' of Gleniffer road channeled the flow of visitors into local waterways that have no toilets.

    #tourism #toilets #waste #rivers #cars #wildlife #platypus #waterways #GumbaynggirrCountry #GlenifferRoad #Gleniffer #PromisedLand #TheDrive #NeverNever #Bellingen #OverTourism #roads #MobilityDesign