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EcoSan-Toilets
Table of Contents:

1. Background
2. Design of Toilets
3. Composting
4. Construction -- Base & Vaults
5. Construction--Pad Fabrication
6. Construction--Superstructure
7. Finished!
8. Monitoring & Evaluation
9. EcoSan Resources


 

Tools for Neighborhood Organizers 

Tools for Neighborhood Organizers is a series of workbooks I authored for Seattle's Department of Neighborhoods.  The booklets are based on my two decades of experience as a community organizer.  To open and read, you'll need Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on you computer.  

Organizations that want to get things done can always use more members. Some empowerment organizations have tens of thousands of members. Others but a handful. Clearly, bigger organizations are more powerful than small ones. Do the big organizations know something the small ones don't? Is there a secret to recruiting members?  Find out how in the "Secrets of Membership Recruitment."  

Consider the last time you attended a meeting. Of any organization. During the meeting, were you involved or were you bored? Did something of importance happen or was it a waste of time? Did time go by quickly or did you think the meeting would never end? Are you looking forward to the next meeting or have you already prepared your excuse not to attend? Learn how to plan for great meetings: 


Following two decades of steady decline, the permanent death of this Seattle neighborhood business district seemed certain when two popular restaurants, one owned by a national chain, the other by local residents, closed their doors almost simultaneously. With a majority of store fronts already boarded up, the business district looked like a ghost town.

How this decaying neighborhood was brought back to vibrant life through the efforts of its own residents, and lessons learned about community redevelopment, are recorded in this story.

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