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Dung beetles!

By Marie, July 12, 2011

Dung beetles: from the superfamily Scarabaeoidea

A few months back we noticed dung beetles in our composting toilets!

Dung beetles work very hard to either burrow in, consume, or otherwise deal with poop. The photo above was taken on the road to the Bosque, where the beetles are working to collect cow dung for […]

Ode to the Outmoded Commode

By Marie, September 8, 2010

Dear Flush Toilet, How we don’t need thee.

You waste 2 gallons of water per flush. The average person flushes you 4 times per day. So daily, per person 8 gallons of water, usually drinking quality, go down the toilet. Literally. What a lovely thing to do to perfectly good water, eh? […]