Otji 3.0 Ready For Serial Production
Our urine-diverting-dry-toilet bowl Otji 3.0 is now mature for serial production. The design of Otji 3.0 contains the knowledge of over 15 years field-experience all around urine-diverting-dry-toilets (UDDT). The last couple of months we have spent to sharpen precision, functionality and appearance of our new design. Now the prototype of Otji 3.0 is ready for the factory.
Participatory Ecological Sanitation At "Ecoescuela Koyam": A Community-Led Response to Chile's Water Crisis
The Araucanía region of Chile, the ancestral homeland of the Mapuche people, is a land of extraordinary natural beauty and cultural richness. It is also a region under severe ecological stress. Despite abundant rainfall, rivers and lakes are chronically contaminated due to the absence of proper wastewater treatment.
Otji Toilet Launches "OTJI 3.0"
Dry sanitation is technically, economically and ecologically the preferable sanitation solution, not only for over 25% world population which is not having access to water-based sanitation. But dry sanitation needs more attention and constant innovation to finally overcome its commonly negative image as low-standard option and to unlock its huge benefits.
Entrepreneurs, Producers and Farmers Fair
The EcoSur Ecuador Foundation contributes to the sustainable development of local businesses and initiatives run by residents of the communities of El Altar and Puela, in the Penipe canton. These communities were severely affected by the eruptions of the Tungurahua Volcano more than 20 years ago, which caused widespread poverty in the area, as residents were unable to cultivate their land for several years.
Weaving Global Partnerships: Collaboration between Sofonias Nicaragua Association, EPFL, And UNAN Managua
December 2023
In an exciting chapter of international exchange and collaboration, the Sofonías Nicaragua Association, based in Jinotepe, Carazo, had the honor of welcoming representatives of the project “SOCIAL CONCRETE: Towards a New Paradigm of Construction,” carried out by the prestigious Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland.
Hands-On LC3 Production
In an effort to address the challenges of climate change and reduce CO₂ emissions in the cement industry, representatives of Grupo Sofonías joined construction professionals from around the world at the LC3 Production Seminar, recently held at the Central University “Marta Abreu” of Las Villas, in Santa Clara, Cuba.