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In anything you do having the right tools is essential. Sailors will know sailing dead downwind is a challenge but with our new winged spinnaker from Precision Sails it’s a pleasure! Tap the link below for some dreamy downwind sailing and to see how we set this awesome sail up.

Rebreathers are a vital tool in advancing underwater research with proper structure and training. Demonstrated here by our team on the Ocean Census Macaronesia Expedition. All part of the FSDA goals in training and application at Tvärminne Zoological Station, University of Helsinki

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I was co-author of an IWA Blue-Green Systems paper on a Community Dry Toilet and Urine Diversion System Using IAPMO WE•Stand © 2018; it was published 30 July 2019. This system was issued a permit by the City of Portland, OR, US in September 2019, and is still in use by ~50 persons at the Kailash EcoVillage. Bear in mind, not all of the urine in this system is diverted. https://lnkd.in/gJj32cYB Let's be clear, unless you can afford one of those ~$1,000 composting toilets, most of the decomposition occurs outside the commode/toilet in a processor. And so, Alisa Keesey's deep experience and well-founded eco-sanitary/ecosan dry toilet model is workable for most citizenry—that is, as long as citizenry can buy-in to contributing to safely manage the decomposition management process. Getting citizenry to be comfortable with the humanure management process is the biggest challenge for more wide spread adoption.

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