If you want to get the RV community talking, ask them about poop. What sort of toilet setup they have, why they chose it, how they’ve altered it, where they empty it — the conversation can go on for ...

After leaving city life behind, we moved to a mountain in Spain to live off-grid, renovating an old stone house and restoring ...

You might think it odd that we’d start an article about compost toilets by stating that no such thing exists. But they don’t. Composting is a specific process, one that occurs under specific ...

Funny how when you say “composting toilet,” most people immediately think of remote cabins and wilderness outhouses – never swanky high-rises or charming brownstones. Which is a shame, because these ...

I’m attempting to “green” my home, room by room. I’ve heard of low-flow toilets, but someone just told me about composting toilets. Do they smell bad? Will my grandmother use it or ask for an outhouse ...

When you hear the words “compost toilet”, there’s a good chance you immediately begin imagining some sort of terrifying box with a hole in it you want nothing to do with. That’s certainly what I ...

It's so simple that it is hard to believe it works. The magic is in the separation of pee and poop. Haley Mast is a freelance writer, fact-checker, and small organic farmer in the Columbia River Gorge ...

One of the most important commodities for the camping or RV lifestyle is a supply of fresh water for both sanitation and cooking purposes. A working bathroom is not far behind on the list. However, ...

Three years ago, Judith Lennox decided to go green. In January, she moved into a 90-year-old bungalow in Baltimore renovated with a recycled wood pellet stove, a gray water system to reuse wastewater ...

Three years ago, Judith Lennox decided to go green. In January, she moved into a 90-year-old bungalow in Baltimore renovated with a recycled wood pellet stove, a gray water system to reuse wastewater ...

Lloyd Alter is Design Editor for Treehugger and teaches Sustainable Design at Ryerson University in Toronto. But lots of people do; last year I stayed in Laurence Grant's house near St. Thomas, ...