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Envirolet in Antarctic at E-Base 2041

Envirolet® can be installed anywhere! Now it’s in the Antarctic!

There is a great video testimonial showing two waterless Envirolet® Composting Toilet Systems in use in the Antarctic at the E-Base 2041 camp. E-Base is a cool project that sent a team to the Antarctic to live on renewable and clean energy.

Envirolet® helped provide the sanitation and is described in the video as their “prized possession.” It was installed in a sturdy tent structure called the “Scott Tent.”

Watch the video now.

Video still showing Envirolet® in the bathroom tent.

More About E-Base

Following his success in removing 1,500 tons of rubbish from Antarctica and with the foresight and support of the Russian Antarctic Division, Robert Swan stood at the Bellingshausen Russian base on King George Island looking down on the beach that had been cleaned. From that moment he believed that an education station in Antarctica, where the world could see the beauty of this incredible continent, would inspire and educate people around the world about climate change and play a crucial role in promoting renewable energy, preservation and conservation for future generations.

Since 2003, Robert Swan and the 2041 team have taken over 150 people from 25 nations to Antarctica. Each year these teams have contributed to the design and construction of what would be known as the E-Base.

The E-Base serves as a model for educational, environmental and energy issues. Its purpose is to inspire a global audience to tackle the issue of climate change. It shows that if we can achieve the seemingly impossible in Antarctica, then we can all take small, achievable steps in our own backyards.

The E-Base is located at Bellingshausen Station, a Russian Antarctic station at Collins Harbor on King George Island, the largest of the South Shetland Islands, located at 62°12’S, 58°58’W.

Via E-Base web site.

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Envirolet at IDS08, Part 3

We first wrote about IDS08 on Friday when we posted a quick video. As promised, here are some of the photos from the Envirolet® installation at the Sarah Richardson’s My Country design, part of designLIVE feature at IDS08.

An Envirolet® composting toilet system was the perfect choice to handle sanitation in a sustainable and environment-friendly manner, two goals of the overall designLIVE project. This particular model uses only 0.5L of water per flush.

Envirolet at IDS08
Sarah Richardson’s My Country home design where the Envirolet® is installed.

The Envirolet® in the bathroom.

Lindsay, Tommy and Natalie from the Design Inc. team.

The Envirolet® in the bathroom. You can see the flush switch on the wall. This Envirolet® flushes with only 0.5L of water.

Envirolet at IDS08
Envirolet® brochures in the bathroom make for some interesting reading material.

Envirolet® on the sponsors sign.

This way to see the Envirolet®.

More at designLIVE.

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Envirolet at IDS08, Part 2

Another quick post to show another video of Envirolet® at IDS08. This video is a walk-thru of part of the home ending in the bathroom. Look for the Envirolet® composting toilet!

One more post to follow with photos.

Envirolet at IDS08

An Envirolet® VF™ composting toilet system is part of Sarah Richardson’s home design for designLIVE at IDS08 (Interior Design Show) in Toronto. The show runs this weekend at Exhibition Place.

Sarah Richardson is the star of HGTV’s Sarah’s House and Design Inc.

We have more photos to come, but for now here is a quick video of the Envirolet®.

Envirolet on New Bill Nye Show for Discovery’s Planet Green

An Envirolet® composting toilet recently traveled to Los Angeles for an appearance with on a new television show that will air on Discovery’s upcoming Planet Green television network hosted by Bill Nye.

Bill Nye is of course most famous as Bill Nye the Science Guy. He has made several appearances on many other tv shows, including Living With Ed, another green show hosted by his neighbour and good friend Ed Begley Jr.

The new show is called Stuff Happens but we do not have any concrete dates as to when it will begin airing. Stuff Happens follows Bill as he investigates how to be more green in your home room-by-room. Envirolet® was the perfect product to highlight green sanitation.

While we wait for the show, we thought we would share some photos from the shoot day.

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Envirolet in Washington: "We love it."

An Envirolet® in Washington is helping keep the water clean for the clams and oysters!

Thanks to Tom for sending in photos and a testimonial about his Envirolet® Waterless Remote Composting Toilet System (120VAC) installation. A great feature of the Envirolet® Waterless Remote is that it does not require a drain for excess liquids.

“We installed our Envirolet composting toilet in Washington where we’ve built a vacation cabin on an acre of waterfront in a saltwater estuary on the Puget Sound. Since we have some of the best tasting, cleanest clams and oysters in the state on our beach, we want to keep them that way. So we decided on a composting toilet.

It’s been great! The “biffy” stands up to the needs of our family, small groups, and occasional larger parties with no problem. We love it. I’ve enclosed some pictures.”

Tom C.
Washington

Thanks, Tom! We appreciate it.

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Facing Drought? We Have the Solution.

BUZZ WORD Facing drought in California, solutions are needed. From Yahoo! News:

“For half a century the saltwater lake had slaked the thirst of the urban sprawl of several million that is Los Angeles and its surrounding area, with tributaries flowing into the lake diverted towards the city.

The result of decades of plundering Mono Lake’s water supply were devastating. A key island in the center of the lake became a peninsula as water levels receded, exposing nesting grounds of gulls to hungry coyotes and forcing the birds to leave.”