The Humanure Handbook

The Humanure Handbook:
A Guide to Composting Human Manure,
Third Edition

The Humanure Handbook: A Guide to Composting Human Manure
by Joseph C. Jenkins is an amazing book for anyone interested in composting their own human waste (which you all should be!) As gross is it may sound, it isn't, if you do it correctly. This book gives tons and tons of background info for composting all around, and will easily show you how to build a cheap but effective sawdust toilet. Almost all reviewers have stated that it has practically no smell, at least no more than any other bathroom.

You may be asking yourself why in the hell should you compost your human waste? If you enjoy flushing about 6 gallons of clean drinking water down the drain every time you use your porcelain piece-of-shit, please, stick your head in it next time. Maybe it will swirl some sense into you. I'm sure at one point the modern toilet was an amazing technological advancement, but continuing to use it on a wide-scale basis is absurd. And if you think 6 gallons is a lot, read my post on 30 minute showers.

If that's not enough convincing, did I mention you're getting FREE amazing compost out of the deal? You might think it's gross to picture a cycle of eating, excreting, and growing, but it makes perfect sense. And when done correctly, you won't be able to tell your finished humanure from overpriced bags of compost at a garden center.

Even if you don't think you're ready to undertake that task quite yet, I strongly recommend you read this book just because of it's wealth of information and ecological viewpoint of the author. If you're at all interested in improving the quality of life on this planet, I guarantee you will find something useful and motivating in this book. Click here to get the Humanure Handbook

I promise it won't smell.