Game of Thrones

This is not a fictional TV series. It’s a real race to access an intimate, clean toilet that can save your life. Discover your position in this game by adding one point for each positive response and zero for each negative response. Add your final score and tell us your result. 1. Do you have […]

Health: A rural debt

Imagine that you need to go to the bathroom so much that your body cannot take it anymore. However, you are not at home, or in the office or college. What’s more, you’re not in town; you’re surrounded by trees, some wooden houses and yes, people are looking at you. You need an urgent bathroom. […]

Drinking water in Cartagena: What are the candidates proposing?

In the face of mayoral elections across the country, we reviewed the proposals related to water issues for each candidate running for the position of mayor of Cartagena. Currently, there are 12 candidates for mayor.  No proposal: Five of the fourteen candidates do not present any government program. They are Germán Viana, Minerva Romero, Rosmery Torres, […]

Entrepreneurs Want to Have a Conversation about Toilets

There is a strong taboo on discussing open defecation in Columbia as in the United States. However, with five million Colombians defecating outdoors, it is necessary to investigate this problem to find solutions. Three years ago, Columbia announced that it would eradicate the open defecation of Colombians and meet the United Nations’ 17 Sustainable Development […]

Tierra Grata among the finalists of ONU Ambiente

Two Colombian enterprises could win the UN’s sustainability prize A wall built with plastic bottles to collect rainwater and reuse it in different activities. An ecological bath that does not require water to function but a discharge with natural materials that allows organic matter to biodegrade quickly without generating bad odors. These are projects developed […]