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Publications

	The ecosan curriculum was created in order to compile the large amount of information in a structured and comprehensive way. Up to now, it is the only comprehensive work on ecosan in digital form. The structure of the CD allows it to integrate a large share of the papers, books, articles and presentations on ecosan. The CD itself is divided into six different Modules, the very first one being the summary and overview of Modules 1 to 5. Module one gives an overview of how sanitation is related to the Millennium Development goals. Module 2 explains the concept of ecosan in depth. Module three then deals with the technological aspects of ecosan, while module four focuses on management, implementation and operation. The final module shows ecosan projects all over the world.
All modules are available as PowerPoint presentations and as tutorial modules for self-study. In this way, the CD is useful both to those who only want to get an overview of ecosan, as well as those who are looking at a specific aspect of ecosan, and those who want to thoroughly study the subject with all its various aspects and implications. The new version 2.3 is now available with even more background information’s, as for example the 4 volumes of the WHO guidelines for the save use of water, faeces and greywater. Furthermore, an additional module treats the issue of institutional aspects and all the modules have been updated with open-source materials on ecological sanitation systems. The CD “ecosan Curriculum 2.3” can be ordered from Ecosan Services Foundation against the handling charge of Rs 1000 plus service tax for individuals from India( for other countries it will be Rs 100 plus service tax) or Rs. 5500 for courses.

Ecosan Training Course Summer 2007
	Capacity Building for Ecological Sanitation in India ecosan concept - Closing the Loop This is the introductory lecture given by Dr. Johannes Heeb in Ecosan Training courses. This lecture describes the importance of eco-sanitation in achieving the Millennium Development Goals and the Johannesburg plan of implementation. He has described the potential benefits of ecosan against conventional system and thereby attaining sustainable development.

Down to Earth, Vol 10, No. 19, February 28, 2002
	The flush toilet is ecologically mindless. Think about it. Publication by Sunita Narain (winner of the 2005 Stockholm Water Prize) on the mindlessness of flush toilets. Though functioning alternatives exist, we still waste billions of litres of precious water just to flush away highly polluted wastewater.

Ecological Sanitation and Reuse of Wastewater ecosan
	A Thinkpiece on ecological sanitation This paper is a thinkpiece to shoe that there are comprehensive experiences and available technologies that meet new and sustainable sanitation requirements. Ecological sanitation constitutes a diversity of options for both rich and poor countries, from household level up to wastewater systems for mega-cities. The objective of this paper is to show that ecological sanitation can play an important role in this context and it needs to become recognised by decision makers at all levels.

"We used to say that the motivations for tourists were sea, sun and sand...the three news S's are safety, security and sanitation "
	- Walter Jamieson

Services Overview

Training Services Education on ecosan by ESF is to enable the people to develop, plan and implement eco-sanitation systems that are hygienically safe, socially acceptable, economically feasible, environmentally sound and technically appropriate.

Promotional Activities ESF partners different organizations in bringing sanitation to limelight, and thus giving true meaning to the word advocacy - “the process of managing information and knowledge strategically to change and/or influence policies and practices that affect the lives of people – particularly the disadvantaged”.

ProjectsThe concept behind ecological sanitation (ecosan) is that sanitation problems could be solved more sustainable and efficiently if the resources contained in excreta and wastewater were recovered and used rather than discharged into the water bodies and the surrounding environment.

Consulting ServicesThe Consulting unit has the mission of supporting individuals, industrial, commercial, residential, educational and governmental partners with the implementation of ecological sanitation systems to manage communal water in their premises.