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Juan Gabriel Urrego

Back to Care: A Circular Economy Approach to Water Quality Management

  5. March 2025       177      Reading Time: 5 min.

Disclaimer: Find the Spanish version of the Article here.

The talk “Opening to ‘Modeling’ and its role in water quality management” addresses a crucial topic to face today's environmental challenges. However, to fully understand its importance and limitations, it is necessary to place it within a broader context: that of the circular economy.

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Juan Gabriel Urrego

Resisting Through Practice: Dry Toilets as a Pathway to Sustainability

  24. February 2025       429      Reading Time: 4 min.

Disclaimer: To read the article in Spanish click here.

The history of our struggles is intertwined with the management of our resources and the care of our land. In the face of the climate crisis, social inequalities and dependence on extractivist systems, it is time to look to our roots and adopt technologies that harmonize with nature. The implementation of dry toilets is not only a technical solution, but an act of cultural resistance and affirmation of sovereignty.

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Christina von Jasienicki

Documentary Review: "Holy Shit - Can Poop Save the World?"

  10. February 2025       461      Reading Time: 6 min.

“What a Shit Movie!” - When I say this most people would probably assume I didn’t like it, since the term “shit” is commonly understood to have a negative implication. This captures the essence of Holy Shit, which challenges us to reshape our understanding and our relationship to our own feces.

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Teresa Häberlein

The Pioneering Writings of Al-Razi and Ibn Sina on Hygiene

  6. January 2025       851      Reading Time: 3 min.

The history of the advancements in sanitation and hygiene is often viewed through a Western lens, yet some of the most significant contributions came from the Middle East during the Islamic Golden Age. Two famous figures of this era, Al-Razi and Ibn Sina, made groundbreaking strides in the understanding and promotion of hygiene. Their works not only influenced their contemporaries but also laid foundational principles that influenced even our modern perception of health and hygiene.

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Photo by Willy Chipeta, WIN photo competition 2016. A manual worker without protective gear excavates faeces dumped by a vacuum tanker at Nkhorongo, a peri urban area of Mzuzu City, Malawi.

Barbara Schreiner, Claire Grandadam

Managing corruption risks in my sanitation programme? Not my problem…or is it?

  3. December 2024       683      Reading Time: 7 min.

Integrity issues can undermine the work we do in sanitation and make our job harder, leaving behind rampant pollution and millions without dignified sanitation. Yet there’s a lot that we can do to prevent corruption and malpractice. People in the sector are in a good position to do something about it. 

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Latest Blog Articles


Juan Gabriel Urrego Back to Care: A Circular Economy Approach to Water Quality Management

  5. March 2025       177      Reading Time: 5 min.

Juan Gabriel Urrego Resisting Through Practice: Dry Toilets as a Pathway to Sustainability

  24. February 2025       429      Reading Time: 4 min.

Christina von Jasienicki Documentary Review: "Holy Shit - Can Poop Save the World?"

  10. February 2025       461      Reading Time: 6 min.

Teresa Häberlein The Pioneering Writings of Al-Razi and Ibn Sina on Hygiene

  6. January 2025       851      Reading Time: 3 min.

Barbara Schreiner, Claire Grandadam Managing corruption risks in my sanitation programme? Not my problem…or is it?

  3. December 2024       683      Reading Time: 7 min.

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Sustainable Sanitation Alliance (SuSanA)

Welcome to the SuSanA Blog!

We are excited to introduce a new addition to the SuSanA platform: Our very own blog feature!

This blog serves as a dynamic space where we delve deeper into relevant and interesting topics within the WASH (Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene) sector. Here, we aim to provide a platform for our global network of members and partners to share their insights, ideas, events, projects, news, stories, and much more. The SuSanA Blog is designed to be an inclusive and representative space, amplifying voices from all around the world.

We invite you to explore the SuSanA blog, contribute your unique perspectives, and engage in conversations that can shape the future of sustainable sanitation for all. 

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