Funny how when you say “composting toilet,” most people immediately think of remote cabins and wilderness outhouses – never swanky high-rises or charming brownstones. Which is a shame, because these ...

After covering the wonderful Tiny Tack House, Commenter Marrena noted: A bucket and sawdust! That's pretty hillbilly for most people. I see that the other similar tiny home you feature here, Alek ...

One of the most important commodities for the camping or RV lifestyle is a supply of fresh water for both sanitation and cooking purposes. A working bathroom is not far behind on the list. However, ...

Picking a toilet for your camper van can be an intimidating experience. There really are just… so many different kinds, from composting to chemical to incinerating. Lately, I've been testing the OGO ...

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When you hear the words “compost toilet”, there’s a good chance you immediately begin imagining some sort of terrifying box with a hole in it you want nothing to do with. That’s certainly what I ...

If you want to get the RV community talking, ask them about poop. What sort of toilet setup they have, why they chose it, how they’ve altered it, where they empty it — the conversation can go on for ...

I’m attempting to “green” my home, room by room. I’ve heard of low-flow toilets, but someone just told me about composting toilets. Do they smell bad? Will my grandmother use it or ask for an outhouse ...

Three years ago, Judith Lennox decided to go green. In January, she moved into a 90-year-old bungalow in Baltimore renovated with a recycled wood pellet stove, a gray water system to reuse wastewater ...

Lloyd Alter is Design Editor for Treehugger and teaches Sustainable Design at Ryerson University in Toronto. But lots of people do; last year I stayed in Laurence Grant's house near St. Thomas, ...