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<div class="feed-description"><p><img src="https://blog.susana.org/" alt=""></p><p>In March 2025, amidst the vibrant atmosphere of the Nepal International Theatre Festival (NITFest), a unique workshop titled "Breaking Menstrual Stigma" unfolded at Mandala Theatre in Kathmandu. Facilitated by myself, Theresa Hübscher, alongside Malin Freytag and Saraswoti Chaudhary, the workshop employed Theatre of the Oppressed techniques to explore the myths, taboos, and realities of menstrual health in Nepal.</p> </div>

<div class="feed-description"><p><img src="https://blog.susana.org/" alt=""></p><p>In March 2025, amidst the vibrant atmosphere of the Nepal International Theatre Festival (NITFest), a unique workshop titled "Breaking Menstrual Stigma" unfolded at Mandala Theatre in Kathmandu. Facilitated by myself, Theresa Hübscher, alongside Malin Freytag and Saraswoti Chaudhary, the workshop employed Theatre of the Oppressed techniques to explore the myths, taboos, and realities of menstrual health in Nepal.</p> </div> 2025-05-23T10:08:32+00:00 2025-05-23T10:08:32+00:00 https://blog.susana.org/articles/meenas-three-wishes-from-animation-to-rural-sanitation-transformation SuSanA Admin

<div class="feed-description"><p><img src="https://blog.susana.org/" alt="Generated with AI"></p><p>In 90’s, in the heart of rural Bangladesh, the idea of having a single family toilet at home was nearly unthinkable for many families. A personal latrine just for one household? A deep tubewell for a community? These were seen as luxuries - something you might dream about, but not expect.</p> </div>

<div class="feed-description"><p><img src="https://blog.susana.org/" alt="Generated with AI"></p><p>In 90’s, in the heart of rural Bangladesh, the idea of having a single family toilet at home was nearly unthinkable for many families. A personal latrine just for one household? A deep tubewell for a community? These were seen as luxuries - something you might dream about, but not expect.</p> </div> 2025-03-05T12:58:31+00:00 2025-03-05T12:58:31+00:00 https://blog.susana.org/articles/back-to-care-a-circular-economy-approach-to-water-quality-management SuSanA Admin

<div class="feed-description"><p><img src="https://blog.susana.org/" alt=""></p><p>Disclaimer: Find the Spanish version of the Article <a href="https://ccgestionagua.wordpress.com/2025/01/29/volver-al-cuidado-repensando-la-gestion-de-calidad-de-agua-desde-la-economia-circular/">here</a>.</p> <p>The talk “<a href="https://youtu.be/XKFt2mERwhE?si=fZQqw00tSeZ61ixl">Opening to ‘Modeling’ and its role in water quality management</a>” 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.</p> </div>

<div class="feed-description"><p><img src="https://blog.susana.org/" alt=""></p><p>Disclaimer: Find the Spanish version of the Article <a href="https://ccgestionagua.wordpress.com/2025/01/29/volver-al-cuidado-repensando-la-gestion-de-calidad-de-agua-desde-la-economia-circular/">here</a>.</p> <p>The talk “<a href="https://youtu.be/XKFt2mERwhE?si=fZQqw00tSeZ61ixl">Opening to ‘Modeling’ and its role in water quality management</a>” 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.</p> </div> 2025-02-24T12:36:39+00:00 2025-02-24T12:36:39+00:00 https://blog.susana.org/articles/resisting-through-practice-dry-toilets-as-a-pathway-to-sustainability SuSanA Admin

<div class="feed-description"><p><img src="https://blog.susana.org/" alt=""></p><p><strong>Disclaimer:</strong> To read the article in Spanish click <a href="https://ccgestionagua.wordpress.com/2025/01/24/resistencia-desde-las-practicas-los-banos-secos-como-camino-hacia-la-sostenibilidad/">here.</a></p> <p>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.</p> </div>

<div class="feed-description"><p><img src="https://blog.susana.org/" alt=""></p><p><strong>Disclaimer:</strong> To read the article in Spanish click <a href="https://ccgestionagua.wordpress.com/2025/01/24/resistencia-desde-las-practicas-los-banos-secos-como-camino-hacia-la-sostenibilidad/">here.</a></p> <p>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.</p> </div> 2025-02-10T13:23:11+00:00 2025-02-10T13:23:11+00:00 https://blog.susana.org/articles/reflecting-on-holy-shit-documentary-review SuSanA Admin

<div class="feed-description"><p><img src="https://blog.susana.org/" alt=""></p><p><em>“What a Shit Movie!”</em> - 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 <em>Holy Shit</em>, which challenges us to reshape our understanding and our relationship to our own feces.</p> </div>

<div class="feed-description"><p><img src="https://blog.susana.org/" alt=""></p><p><em>“What a Shit Movie!”</em> - 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 <em>Holy Shit</em>, which challenges us to reshape our understanding and our relationship to our own feces.</p> </div> 2025-01-06T10:05:49+00:00 2025-01-06T10:05:49+00:00 https://blog.susana.org/articles/the-pioneering-writings-of-al-razi-and-ibn-sina-on-hygiene SuSanA Admin

<div class="feed-description"><p><img src="https://blog.susana.org/" alt=""></p><p style="text-align: justify;">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.</p> </div>

<div class="feed-description"><p><img src="https://blog.susana.org/" alt=""></p><p style="text-align: justify;">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.</p> </div> 2024-12-03T10:05:30+00:00 2024-12-03T10:05:30+00:00 https://blog.susana.org/articles/managing-corruption-risks-in-my-sanitation-programme-not-my-problem-or-is-it SuSanA Admin

<div class="feed-description"><p><img src="https://blog.susana.org/" alt=""></p><p style="text-align: justify;">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. </p> </div>

<div class="feed-description"><p><img src="https://blog.susana.org/" alt=""></p><p style="text-align: justify;">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. </p> </div> 2024-06-11T08:01:52+00:00 2024-06-11T08:01:52+00:00 https://blog.susana.org/articles/nature-calls-why-sanitation-is-the-logical-starting-point-for-fighting-climate-change SuSanA Admin

<div class="feed-description"><p><img src="https://blog.susana.org/" alt=""></p><p style="text-align: justify;">In September 2021, Hurricane Ida dropped more than six inches of rain on New York City in a matter of hours. Roughly half of that rainfall, 3.15 inches, fell within the first hour—nearly twice the rate the city’s infrastructure was designed to handle. </p> <p style="text-align: justify;">At 11am that day, I got a call from my daughter’s school in the outskirts of the NYC metropolitan area asking me to collect my daughter ASAP. The school basement was filling with water … fast. By the end of the day, the school was shuttered, and the surrounding community evacuated. Meanwhile, outside my front door in suburban New York, neighbours were piling the contents of their basements onto the sidewalk. ‘The neighbourhood’s shit is in my basement!’ one exclaimed. Social media was filled with discordant images of flooded streets and Teslas floating through them.</p> </div>

<div class="feed-description"><p><img src="https://blog.susana.org/" alt=""></p><p style="text-align: justify;">In September 2021, Hurricane Ida dropped more than six inches of rain on New York City in a matter of hours. Roughly half of that rainfall, 3.15 inches, fell within the first hour—nearly twice the rate the city’s infrastructure was designed to handle. </p> <p style="text-align: justify;">At 11am that day, I got a call from my daughter’s school in the outskirts of the NYC metropolitan area asking me to collect my daughter ASAP. The school basement was filling with water … fast. By the end of the day, the school was shuttered, and the surrounding community evacuated. Meanwhile, outside my front door in suburban New York, neighbours were piling the contents of their basements onto the sidewalk. ‘The neighbourhood’s shit is in my basement!’ one exclaimed. Social media was filled with discordant images of flooded streets and Teslas floating through them.</p> </div> 2024-05-07T06:17:00+00:00 2024-05-07T06:17:00+00:00 https://blog.susana.org/articles/can-kiritimati-become-a-model-circular-economy-society-water-and-sanitation-as-potential-entry-points SuSanA Admin

<div class="feed-description"><p><img src="https://blog.susana.org/" alt=""></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Kiritimati Island is a unique place. Situated within the Line Islands group of the Republic of Kiribati, an island country spanning almost 3.5 million km2 of ocean, it isn’t easy to find on a map. The closest international airport (other than its own) is in Honolulu – more than 2,000 km away. The capital of its own country is even farther away. Despite being  the largest coral atoll in the world, as of 2020 only 7,369 people live there.</p> </div>

<div class="feed-description"><p><img src="https://blog.susana.org/" alt=""></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Kiritimati Island is a unique place. Situated within the Line Islands group of the Republic of Kiribati, an island country spanning almost 3.5 million km2 of ocean, it isn’t easy to find on a map. The closest international airport (other than its own) is in Honolulu – more than 2,000 km away. The capital of its own country is even farther away. Despite being  the largest coral atoll in the world, as of 2020 only 7,369 people live there.</p> </div>