2015
The Terra Preta Household Re-discovered from an ancient Amazonian civilization Integrating sanitation, bio-waste and the food soil web The recent discovery of the bio-waste and excreta treatment of a former civilization in the Amazon reveals the possibility of a highly efficient and simple sanitation system. With the end product that was black soil they converted 10% of former infertile soil of the region: Terra Preta do Indio (black soil of the Indians). These soils are still very fertile 500 years after this civilization had disappeared. Deriving from these concepts, Terra Preta Sanitation (TPS) has been re-developed and adopted to include;
Backyard Terra Preta Sanitation Tutorial |
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