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Why We Give a Shit about Toilets

We are two people who work at GOOD HQ. We come from very different backgrounds—one a globally-oriented journalist, the other a graphic...

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This Entrepreneur Is Raising $1K an Hour By Sitting on the Toilet The TOMS of Toilet Paper Is Sitting on the John 'Till He Gets $50K

This Australian entrepreneur is livestreaming himself on the potty to get his charitable toilet paper company off the ground.

Photos: Emerging Toilet Technology in Nairobi

See how social entrepreneurs are solving messy human problems in Kenya.

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The Silicon Valley of Shit: Nairobi Is Ground Zero for Sanitation Innovation

Social entrepreneurs have flocked to Nairobi to profit from peoples’ excrement.

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Pee-Cycling: Bill Gates Is Getting Creative with Human Waste

The Gates Foundation is working on a whole bunch of uses for human waste, including feces microwaves. Can we get over the yuck factor?

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HTI HydoPack: Clean Water for Disaster Relief The HydroPack Is Like a Capri Sun Pouch for Disaster Relief

For World Water Day: Meet the Capri Sun pouch you simply drop in a mud puddle or contaminated river to get clean, fortified water.

Photos: Water, Wells, and One Wonderful Woman Meet One Wonderful Woman Who Fixes Wells and Inspired a Village

See glorious photos of a heroic trailblazer who escaped forced marriage, built a business, and inspired a village.

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Does Requiring Professional Licensing Stifle Entrepreneurship?

Regulators say licensing ensures safety and sanitation. Critics claim the education and training costs required for licenses are hurting the economy.

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Protesters Are Awesome: Watch Egyptian Volunteers Clean the Streets

As one of the protesters in this video puts it, "We are here cleaning our country Egypt, which is our property and not anyone else's."

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"Search for the Obvious: Sanitation Is Sexy" Winners Announced

The winners of the Acumen Fund's "The Search for the Obvious: Sanitation Is Sexy" project imagine a world without toilets.

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Image of the Day: Dada for World Toilet Day

Today is World Toilet Day, which aims to call attention to the crisis of water sanitation around the wold.

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World Toilet Day: Noble Fecophiliacs Break Taboos to Save Lives

Toilet taboos are literally killing people around the world. So find an artsy/activist event in your neighborhood to save lives with potty talk.

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Basic Sanitation Is Important. That Should Be Obvious.

The Search for the Obvious has a new challenge: Help remind the world that toilets and running water are really important.