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2011 a formative year.

 2011 proved to be a formative year for the Foundation, those that have interest in our activities will by now realize that the project has two "conceptual legs" upon which to stand:-

  • Posted: 24/01/2012
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The Linkage over Boundaries

The vision is one of true sustainable living in a Modern world and as such is based on technologies we believe are not only good for the environment but for society as well.... The first and most important link is Nutrition for without that we are nothing. Richard Higgins now works in Uganda, and Mozambique and he has plans to develop this work into Rwanda with our partners Sustainable Sanitation Alliance, Norgesvel and Stockholm Environment Institute.
  • Posted: 22/12/2011
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The clouds roll back,

Richard Higgins, New Directions Foundation's subscriber and EcoSan Consultant accepts a new role as co-chair of the Working Group on Productive Sanitation within the influential Sustainable Sanitation Alliance in Eschborn Germany. Richard visited Kigali Rwanda, for the 13th SuSanA meeting and whilst there he attended the WSSCC AfricaSan meetings in each case to introduce the merits of Dry Sanitation and the concept of nutritional recycling.
  • Posted: 12/09/2011
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Development to be done.

Richard Higgins is returning to the Refuge Camps in Port au Prince, Haiti, after a short UK break to refresh his spirit. He returns to expand his operation to another 5000 people, providing those excrement re-mediating solutions to others in that devastated country. His assessment is that a state of Red Alert still exists not just for for water and sanitation but many other issues. Food Security now threatens the people of Haiti, and the need for Sanitation to be linked with its old partner, agriculture, is more evident daily.
  • Posted: 21/05/2010
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Integration, the way ahead.

Adam Smith through his division of Labour in that early Pin Making Factory, showed us the stepping stones necessary to achieve the fantastic economic heights we now take for granted in the Developed World. In a strange way Thomas Crapper, he of the Water Closet, set us free to work in a divided world without polluting. To act wisely in an uncertain world we must always study past events, reviewing with care the effects of change on our future.
  • Posted: 16/04/2010
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The Open Day at Camp Canope Vert

Richard Higgins writes “After four days of planning NDF held its open day for top consultants, authors and specialists in the Haiti Water, Sanitation and Health Cluster. It was also attended by a Baltimore logistics specialist flown in by Catholic Relief Services. Sasha chaired the DINEPA meeting. Oxfam sent along their sanitation specialist, and other operational NGO's were present. The world famous author of the HUMANURE HANDBOOK, Joe Jenkins came to find out what was new in aroma-less sanitation. Joe is seen relishing his Pizza!
  • Posted: 28/03/2010
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Sustainable Living in a Developing World

We firmly believe that people must live in a sustainable manner. Our planetary resources are being rapidly depleted, none more so than the nutrients and organic matter in the world's agriculturally damaged soils! Our message starts with the understanding that contamination of water by human excrement is wrong and that in the Western economies are built on a false belief, namely that the supply of utilities by the huge corporations is essential for our survival; this is certainly not the case. The project clearly demonstrates that.
  • Posted: 06/11/2009
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