Our Mission: Re-vision Shit — Holy Shit!

HOLY SHIT: A Better Way to Go? Our mission is to transform the way you think about shit. And we will not be de-TURD.  Do you poop and pee everyday? Heh, if you’re alive, you gotta “go” somehow. So, with your “POO-mission”, I’m gonna show y… — HOLY SHIT: A Better Way to Go? Our mission is to transform the way you think about shit. And we will not be de-TURD. Do you poop and pee everyday? Heh, if you’re alive, you gotta “go” somehow. So, with your “POO-mission”, I’m gonna show you a “new way to go”!

Everyone can agree: Poop is gross and it stinks! But, is it an accident that poop smells bad?  Maybe shit is telling us, “Stay away from me, I contain pathogens that can make you sick.” — Everyone can agree: Poop is gross and it stinks! But, is it an accident that poop smells bad? Maybe shit is telling us, “Stay away from me, I contain pathogens that can make you sick.”

So, if we want poop to be as far away as possible, than the flush toilet is a brilliant invention.  We poop and the bad stuff disappears.  The end.  The flush toilet is what we’ve all grown up with, right? It’s all we’ve ever known. &… — So, if we want poop to be as far away as possible, than the flush toilet is a brilliant invention. We poop and the bad stuff disappears. The end. The flush toilet is what we’ve all grown up with, right? It’s all we’ve ever known. And it does its job well.

We live in a culture of disposability. This means all sorts of things have no value at all.  Poop, of course, has no value. We just want it to go “away."  So the flush toilet is essentially a trash can for all of our liquid wastes. — We live in a culture of disposability. This means all sorts of things have no value at all. Poop, of course, has no value. We just want it to go “away." So the flush toilet is essentially a trash can for all of our liquid wastes.

In our culture, it seems that drinking water doesn’t have very much value either.  So with a flush toilet, we literally poop and pee in our drinking water.  Does that make sense? — In our culture, it seems that drinking water doesn’t have very much value either. So with a flush toilet, we literally poop and pee in our drinking water. Does that make sense?

It gets worse. The flush toilet uses more water than anything else at home. The average American flushes 14 gallons per day.  By contrast, the average African uses 5 gallons/day for ALL their water needs. That’s some messed up shit! — It gets worse. The flush toilet uses more water than anything else at home. The average American flushes 14 gallons per day. By contrast, the average African uses 5 gallons/day for ALL their water needs. That’s some messed up shit!

So, what if we created a culture where we chose to honor everything, even shit?  What would it look like if we saw our shit as valuable, even holy?  What if we saw our shit, not as waste, but instead as a valuable resource? — So, what if we created a culture where we chose to honor everything, even shit? What would it look like if we saw our shit as valuable, even holy? What if we saw our shit, not as waste, but instead as a valuable resource?

For millions of years animals have been pooping on the land. That’s a lot of R&D! Microbes and other critters turn poop into compost. Plants use that compost to grow, becoming FOOD that animals eat! It’s a big circle. Nothing goes to waste. Natu… — For millions of years animals have been pooping on the land. That’s a lot of R&D! Microbes and other critters turn poop into compost. Plants use that compost to grow, becoming FOOD that animals eat! It’s a big circle. Nothing goes to waste. Nature's got this shit figured out!

So here is a simple technology called a sawdust toilet, made famous in the Humanure Handbook. Basically, you have a toilet box with toilet seat, and a 5-gallon bucket goes in the box. — So here is a simple technology called a sawdust toilet, made famous in the Humanure Handbook. Basically, you have a toilet box with toilet seat, and a 5-gallon bucket goes in the box.

Step 1. You poop and pee in the bucket.Step 2. You cover the poop and pee with sawdust or other clean, dry material such as shredded leaves/landscape waste, rice hulls. Voila! — Step 1. You poop and pee in the bucket.
Step 2. You cover the poop and pee with sawdust or other clean, dry material such as shredded leaves/landscape waste, rice hulls. Voila!

Guess what? It doesn’t stink. It’s pleasant. It’s nice. It’s simple. It’s dignified. It works. Notice, everything here gets recycled into something that can grow new life. Amount of drinking water used: zero. — Guess what? It doesn’t stink. It’s pleasant. It’s nice. It’s simple. It’s dignified. It works. Notice, everything here gets recycled into something that can grow new life. Amount of drinking water used: zero.

The bucket contents get transferred into a composting vessel. These closed systems are totally safe for urban environments. We can 'Doo' this in our neighborhoods. We can get our shit together! — The bucket contents get transferred into a composting vessel. These closed systems are totally safe for urban environments. We can 'Doo' this in our neighborhoods. We can get our shit together!

This is compost made from human poop, pee, food scraps and garden waste. This been hot-composted and aged for two years. Look how beautiful it is! This isn’t shit anymore. I’ve been composting human poop for 20 years and using that compost to grow f… — This is compost made from human poop, pee, food scraps and garden waste. This been hot-composted and aged for two years. Look how beautiful it is! This isn’t shit anymore. I’ve been composting human poop for 20 years and using that compost to grow food in my garden. This works and is totally safe.

Imagine a service, like curbside composting of yard waste, but for poop and pee. The service picks up your full buckets and brings you fresh sanitized buckets and clean cover material!  We’re preparing to demonstrate exactly this concept this s… — Imagine a service, like curbside composting of yard waste, but for poop and pee. The service picks up your full buckets and brings you fresh sanitized buckets and clean cover material! We’re preparing to demonstrate exactly this concept this spring.

Holy Shit! is our advocacy project to change the way people think about shit.  Our goal is to bring fun, silliness, beauty, and honor to places “where the sun don’t shine." — Holy Shit! is our advocacy project to change the way people think about shit. Our goal is to bring fun, silliness, beauty, and honor to places “where the sun don’t shine."

Here’s our beautiful composting poo temples at festivals. People played instruments, sang songs. We even married a couple in one of the stalls. Let’s not take this shit so seriously! — Here’s our beautiful composting poo temples at festivals. People played instruments, sang songs. We even married a couple in one of the stalls. Let’s not take this shit so seriously!

We invited people to make community art mandalas with finished compost. To show that its totally safe, smells good, and is great for growing plants. It feeds the soul to get dirty! — We invited people to make community art mandalas with finished compost. To show that its totally safe, smells good, and is great for growing plants. It feeds the soul to get dirty!

Here’s our core Holy Shit team.  Christina C, Sandra O and a bunch of amazing volunteers. Join our Poo-munity and spread the gospel of Poomoji, The Holy Shit! — Here’s our core Holy Shit team. Christina C, Sandra O and a bunch of amazing volunteers. Join our Poo-munity and spread the gospel of Poomoji, The Holy Shit!

We don’t have to poop and pee in our drinking water.  There is another way “to go”. We can create a culture that honors both water AND waste.  Poop may be stinky but it’s also a valuable resource. — We don’t have to poop and pee in our drinking water. There is another way “to go”. We can create a culture that honors both water AND waste. Poop may be stinky but it’s also a valuable resource.

It’s time for us to take responsibility for our own shit. We can “doo” this! To help us spread the Gospel of the Holy Shit! visit: holyshit.vision, humanurehandbook.com, and compostingtechnology.com — It’s time for us to take responsibility for our own shit. We can “doo” this! To help us spread the Gospel of the Holy Shit! visit: holyshit.vision, humanurehandbook.com, and compostingtechnology.com

Holy Shit!

Could our Shit be... Holy?

Shit may be gross, but it’s also a super valuable resource.

Animals have been pooping on the planet for millions of years (that’s a lot of R&D!). When an animal poops, microbes, earth worms and others go to work to turn that poop into compost. Plants use that compost to create new life. Nothing is ‘wasted.’ Nature’s got this shit figured out.

At HOLY SHIT, we mean ALL of our shit. The way we treat ourselves, each other, AND our mama Earth.

Let’s get our shit together! And have fun doo-ing it.